Multicomponent peptide assemblies

DM Raymond, BL Nilsson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide nanostructures have been increasingly exploited as functional
materials for applications in biomedicine and energy. The emergent properties of these …

Minimalistic peptide supramolecular co-assembly: expanding the conformational space for nanotechnology

P Makam, E Gazit - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular self-assembly is a ubiquitous process in nature and central to bottom-up
nanotechnology. In particular, the organization of peptide building blocks into ordered …

Determination of polypeptide conformation with nanoscale resolution in water

G Ramer, FS Ruggeri, A Levin, TPJ Knowles… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The folding and acquisition of proteins native structure is central to all biological processes
of life. By contrast, protein misfolding can lead to toxic amyloid aggregates formation, linked …

[HTML][HTML] Fmoc-diphenylalanine hydrogels: Optimization of preparation methods and structural insights

C Diaferia, E Rosa, G Morelli, A Accardo - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels (HGs) are tri-dimensional materials with a non-Newtonian flow behaviour formed
by networks able to encapsulate high amounts of water or other biological fluids. They can …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrashort peptide self-assembly: front-runners to transport drug and gene cargos

S Gupta, I Singh, AK Sharma, P Kumar - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The translational therapies to promote interaction between cell and signal come with
stringent eligibility criteria. The chemically defined, hierarchically organized, and simpler yet …

Green fluorescent protein inspired fluorophores

J Kong, Y Wang, W Qi, M Huang, R Su, Z He - Advances in Colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Green fluorescence proteins (GFP) are appealing to a variety of biomedical and
biotechnology applications, such as protein fusion, subcellular localizations, cell …

Self-assembly of peptides: The acceleration by molecular dynamics simulations and machine learning

N Cao, K Huang, J Xie, H Wang, X Shi - Nano Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Peptides, biopolymeric compounds connected by peptide bonds, have garnered significant
attention in recent years as their potential wide applications in fields such as drug delivery …

Chemical perspective of the mechanism of action of antiamyloidogenic compounds using a minimalistic peptide as a reductionist model

B Koshti, V Kshtriya, C Nardin… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The diphenylalanine (FF) residue which is present at the 19 and 20 positions of the amyloid
beta (1–42)(Aβ42) peptide sequence is considered as a reductionist model for studying …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of peptide nanostructures for biomedical applications

F d'Orlyé, L Trapiella-Alfonso, C Lescot, M Pinvidic… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
There is a challenging need for the development of new alternative nanostructures that can
allow the coupling and/or encapsulation of therapeutic/diagnostic molecules while reducing …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular spectroscopic markers of abnormal protein aggregation

N Wilkosz, M Czaja, S Seweryn, K Skirlińska-Nosek… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Abnormal protein aggregation has been intensively studied for over 40 years and broadly
discussed in the literature due to its significant role in neurodegenerative diseases etiology …