Enzyme-mimetic self-catalyzed polymerization of polypeptide helices

Autor: Ziyuan Song, Hailin Fu, Ryan Baumgartner, Lingyang Zhu, Kuo-Chih Shih, Yingchun Xia, Xuetao Zheng, Lichen Yin, Christophe Chipot, Yao Lin, Jianjun Cheng
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13502-w
Popis: The folding-dependent catalytic behavior of enzymes is of fundamental biological importance, yet mechanistically underexplored. Here, the authors show that an α-helix, commonly found in proteins, can facilitate its own growth through the self-catalyzed polymerization of N-carboxyanhydride in solvents with low polarity.
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