Proteins and Polysaccharides from Underused Marine Resources: Properties and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Underused protein and polysaccharide marine resources can play increasingly great roles in the solving of problems of humanity such as nutrition, medicine, pharmacy, novel biotechnologies, etc. The main problem of the successful usage of natural proteins and polysaccharides is their wide variation of properties and the inefficiency of their fine purification on a large scale. These biopolymers, which belong to identical families but are obtained from organisms living in distinct territories, can have variants in chemical composition and structure and contain different impurities, thus introducing novel properties to their formulations.

The main purpose of this Special Issue is the comprehensive study of proteins and polysaccharides of marine origin, extracted and purified in laboratory conditions. The main objects for this study are polysaccharides from marine plants and animals (alginate, carrageenan, fucoidan, chitosan, etc.) and fish proteins (collagen, gelatin, fish protein isolate), including antifreeze proteins. The characterization of the marine biopolymers’ structures at different levels, polysaccharide–polysaccharide, protein–polysaccharide interactions, and different properties of these systems are important for understanding the biological processes in living systems, as well as for the development and optimization of biotechnological processes and engineered systems.

We welcome contributions in the fields of biopolymer science which are at the borderline between biology, physics, chemistry, and material science. The present Special Issue, entitled “Proteins and Polysaccharides from Underused Marine Resources: Properties and Applications”, aims to provide actual and comprehensive knowledge to the large community involved in this field.

Prof. Dr. Yuriy F. Zuev
Dr. Igor Sedov
Prof. Dr. Svetlana Deckach
Guest Editors

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• underused marine resources
• proteins and polysaccharides
• intermolecular interactions
• biopolymer hydrocolloids
• molecular physics
• chemical physics