Hierarchically oriented organization in supramolecular peptide crystals

C Yuan, W Ji, R Xing, J Li, E Gazit, X Yan - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
Hierarchical self-assembly and crystallization with long-range ordered spatial arrangement
is ubiquitous in nature and plays an essential role in the regulation of structures and …

Self-assembling peptide and protein amyloids: from structure to tailored function in nanotechnology

G Wei, Z Su, NP Reynolds, P Arosio… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide and protein amyloid nanostructures have traditionally been
considered only as pathological aggregates implicated in human neurodegenerative …

Factors affecting the physical stability (aggregation) of peptide therapeutics

KL Zapadka, FJ Becher… - Interface …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The number of biological therapeutic agents in the clinic and development pipeline has
increased dramatically over the last decade and the number will undoubtedly continue to …

Techniques to study amyloid fibril formation in vitro

MR Nilsson - Methods, 2004 - Elsevier
Amyloid fibrils are ordered aggregates of peptides or proteins that are fibrillar in structure
and contribute to the complications of many diseases (eg, type 2 diabetes mellitus …

Responsive hydrogels from the intramolecular folding and self-assembly of a designed peptide

JP Schneider, DJ Pochan, B Ozbas… - Journal of the …, 2002 - ACS Publications
A general peptide design is presented that links the pH-dependent intramolecular folding of
β-hairpin peptides to their propensity to self-assemble, affording hydrogels rich in β-sheet …

Amino acid sequence in constitutionally isomeric tetrapeptide amphiphiles dictates architecture of one-dimensional nanostructures

H Cui, AG Cheetham, ET Pashuck… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The switching of two adjacent amino acids can lead to differences in how proteins fold thus
affecting their function. This effect has not been extensively explored in synthetic peptides in …

Chirality-sensing supramolecular systems

GA Hembury, VV Borovkov, Y Inoue - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
Chirality that is induced, monitored, controlled, or applied via the principles of a
supramolecular approach is a modern interdisciplinary field of research that deals with …

Synthetic polypeptides for biomedical applications

TJ Deming - Progress in Polymer Science, 2007 - Elsevier
This article summarizes recent developments in the synthesis of copolypeptides from
polymerization of α-amino acid-N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs), focusing on their …

Self-assembly of giant peptide nanobelts

H Cui, T Muraoka, AG Cheetham, SI Stupp - Nano letters, 2009 - ACS Publications
Many alkylated peptide amphiphiles have been reported to self-assemble into cylindrical
nanofibers with diameters on the order of a few nanometers and micrometer scale lengths; …

Design of nanostructured biological materials through self-assembly of peptides and proteins

S Zhang, DM Marini, W Hwang, S Santoso - Current opinion in chemical …, 2002 - Elsevier
Several self-assembling peptide and protein systems that form nanotubes, helical ribbons
and fibrous scaffolds have recently emerged as biological materials. Peptides and proteins …