Functional chromopeptide nanoarchitectonics: molecular design, self-assembly and biological applications

R Chang, L Zhao, R Xing, J Li, X Yan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Chromoproteins are a class of delicate natural compounds that elegantly complex
photosensitive species with proteins and play a central role in important life processes, such …

Peptide‐modulated self‐assembly of chromophores toward biomimetic light‐harvesting nanoarchitectonics

Q Zou, K Liu, M Abbas, X Yan - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Elegant self‐assembling complexes by the combination of proteins/peptides with functional
chromophores are decisively responsible for highly efficient light‐harvesting and energy …

Self-assembling peptide-based nanoarchitectonics

L Zhao, Q Zou, X Yan - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Self-assembly is omnipresent in nature. While natural self-assembly systems are
complicated in structure, the simplification of natural systems while maintaining their …

Nanoarchitectonics of biomolecular assemblies for functional applications

MB Avinash, T Govindaraju - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The stringent processes of natural selection and evolution have enabled extraordinary
structure–function properties of biomolecules. Specifically, the archetypal designs of …

Photoactive properties of supramolecular assembled short peptides

B Sun, K Tao, Y Jia, X Yan, Q Zou, E Gazit… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioinspired nanostructures can be the ideal functional smart materials to bridge the
fundamental biology, biomedicine and nanobiotechnology fields. Among them, short …

Functional architectures based on self-assembly of bio-inspired dipeptides: structure modulation and its photoelectronic applications

C Chen, K Liu, J Li, X Yan - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2015 - Elsevier
Getting inspiration from nature and further developing functional architectures provides an
effective way to design innovative materials and systems. Among bio-inspired materials …

Recent advance in tailoring the structure and functions of self-assembled peptide nanomaterials for biomedical applications

D Zhu, H Kong, Z Sun, Y Xu, P Han, Y Xi… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular design and biomimetic/bioinspired synthesis provide facile ways for the
construction of functional nanomaterials for various applications. Peptide-based functional …

Functional protein nanostructures: a chemical toolbox

SL Kuan, FRG Bergamini, T Weil - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature has evolved an optimal synthetic factory in the form of translational and
posttranslational processes by which millions of proteins with defined primary sequences …

Molecular designer self-assembling peptides

X Zhao, S Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemistry has generally been associated with inorganic and organic syntheses, metal–
organic composites, coordinate metal chemistry, catalyses, block copolymer, coating, thin …

Tailor‐made functional peptide self‐assembling nanostructures

M Amit, S Yuran, E Gazit, M Reches… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Noncovalent interactions are the main driving force in the folding of proteins into a 3D
functional structure. Motivated by the wish to reveal the mechanisms of the associated self …