Peptide Self-Assemblies from Unusual α-Sheet Conformations Based on Alternation of d/l Amino Acids

Autor: Peng Zhou, Xuzhi Hu, Jie Li, Yan Wang, Henghao Yu, Zhaoyu Chen, Dong Wang, Yurong Zhao, Stephen M. King, Sarah E. Rogers, Jiqian Wang, Jian Ren Lu, Hai Xu
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(47)
ISSN: 1520-5126
Popis: Peptide self-assembly is a hierarchical process during which secondary structures formed in the initial stages play a critical role in determining the subsequent assembling processes and final structural ordering. Unusual secondary structures hold promise as a source to develop novel supramolecular architectures with unique properties. In this work, we report the design of a new peptide self-assembly strategy based on unusual α-sheet secondary structures. In light of the strong propensity of leucine toward forming helical conformations and its high hydrophobicity, we design two short amphiphilic peptides Ac-L
Databáze: OpenAIRE