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Parra RD. Hydrogen-Bond-Driven Peptide Nanotube Formation: A DFT Study. Molecules 2023; 28:6217. [PMID: 37687047 PMCID: PMC10488343 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28176217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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DFT calculations were carried out to examine geometries and binding energies of H-bond-driven peptide nanotubes. A bolaamphiphile molecule, consisting of two N-α amido glycylglycine head groups linked by either one CH2 group or seven CH2 groups, is used as a building block for nanotube self-assembly. In addition to hydrogen bonds between adjacent carboxy or amide groups, nanotube formation is also driven by weak C-H· · ·O hydrogen bonds between a methylene group and the carboxy OH group, and between a methylene group and an amide O=C group. The intratubular O-H· · ·O=C hydrogen bonds account for approximately a third of the binding energies. Binding energies calculated with the wB97XD/DGDZVP method show that the hydrocarbon chains play a stabilizing role in nanotube self-assembly. The shortest nanotube has the length of a single monomer and a diameter than increases with the number of monomers. Lengthening of the tubular structure occurs through intertubular O-H· · ·O=C hydrogen bonds. The average intertubular O-H· · ·O=C hydrogen bond binding energy is estimated to change with the size of the nanotubes, decreasing slightly towards some plateau value near 15 kcal/mol according to the wB97XD/DGDZVP method.
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- Rubén D Parra
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, DePaul University, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
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Piskorz T, de Vries AH, van Esch JH. How the Choice of Force-Field Affects the Stability and Self-Assembly Process of Supramolecular CTA Fibers. J Chem Theory Comput 2022; 18:431-440. [PMID: 34812627 PMCID: PMC8757428 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In recent years, computational methods have become an essential element of studies focusing on the self-assembly process. Although they provide unique insights, they face challenges, from which two are the most often mentioned in the literature: the temporal and spatial scale of the self-assembly. A less often mentioned issue, but not less important, is the choice of the force-field. The repetitive nature of the supramolecular structure results in many similar interactions. Consequently, even a small deviation in these interactions can lead to significant energy differences in the whole structure. However, studies comparing different force-fields for self-assembling systems are scarce. In this article, we compare molecular dynamics simulations for trifold hydrogen-bonded fibers performed with different force-fields, namely GROMOS, CHARMM General Force Field (CGenFF), CHARMM Drude, General Amber Force-Field (GAFF), Martini, and polarized Martini. Briefly, we tested the force-fields by simulating: (i) spontaneous self-assembly (none form a fiber within 500 ns), (ii) stability of the fiber (observed for CHARMM Drude, GAFF, MartiniP), (iii) dimerization (observed for GROMOS, GAFF, and MartiniP), and (iv) oligomerization (observed for CHARMM Drude and MartiniP). This system shows that knowledge of the force-field behavior regarding interactions in oligomer and larger self-assembled structures is crucial for designing efficient simulation protocols for self-assembling systems.
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- Tomasz
K. Piskorz
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Delft University
of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, Delft, 2629 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Groningen
Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute
for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Delft University
of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, Delft, 2629 HZ, The Netherlands
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Barbee MH, Wright ZM, Allen BP, Taylor HF, Patteson EF, Knight AS. Protein-Mimetic Self-Assembly with Synthetic Macromolecules. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Meredith H. Barbee
- Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Lake PT, Mattson MA, McCullagh M. Implicit Solvation Using the Superposition Approximation (IS-SPA): Extension to Peptides in a Polar Solvent. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:703-713. [PMID: 33428425 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c01094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Efficient, accurate, and adaptable implicit solvent models remain a significant challenge in the field of molecular simulation. A recent implicit solvent model, IS-SPA, based on approximating the mean solvent force using the superposition approximation, provides a platform to achieve these goals. IS-SPA was originally developed to handle nonpolar solutes in a polar solvent and did not accurately capture polar solvation. Here, we demonstrate that IS-SPA can accurately capture polar solvation by incorporating solvent orientation and accounting for the contributions from long ranged electrostatics. Solvent orientation is approximated as that of an ideal dipole aligned in a mean electrostatic field and an analytic form of the long ranged electrostatics is derived. Parameters for the model are calculated from explicit solvent simulations of an isolated atom or molecule and include atom-based solvent densities, mean electric field functions, radially symmetric averaged Lennard-Jones forces, and multipoles of the explicit solvent model. Using these parameters, IS-SPA accounts for asymmetry of charge solvation and reproduces the explicit solvent potential of mean force of dimerization of two oppositely charged Lennard-Jones spheres in chloroform with high fidelity. Additionally, the model more accurately captures the effect of explicit solvent on the monomer and dimer configurations of alanine dipeptide in chloroform than a generalized Born or constant density dielectric model. The current version of the algorithm is expected to outperform explicit solvent simulations for aggregation of small peptides at concentrations below 150 mM, well above the typical experimental concentrations for these materials.
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- Peter T Lake
- Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078-1010, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078-1010, United States
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Chan KH, Lim J, Jee JE, Aw JH, Lee SS. Peptide-Peptide Co-Assembly: A Design Strategy for Functional Detection of C-peptide, A Biomarker of Diabetic Neuropathy. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21249671. [PMID: 33352955 PMCID: PMC7766332 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Diabetes-related neuropathy is a debilitating condition that may be averted if it can be detected early. One possible way this can be achieved at low cost is to utilise peptides to detect C-peptide, a biomarker of diabetic neuropathy. This depends on peptide-peptide co-assembly, which is currently in a nascent stage of intense study. Instead, we propose a bead-based triple-overlay combinatorial strategy that can preserve inter-residue information during the screening process for a suitable complementary peptide to co-assemble with C-peptide. The screening process commenced with a pentapeptide general library, which revealed histidine to be an essential residue. Further screening with seven tetrapeptide focused libraries led to a table of self-consistent peptide sequences that included tryptophan and lysine at high frequencies. Three complementary nonapeptides (9mer com-peptides), wpkkhfwgq (Trp-D), kwkkhfwgq (Lys-D), and KWKKHFWGQ (Lys-L) (as a negative control) were picked from this table for co-assembly studies with C-peptide. Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopies were utilized to study inter-peptide interactions and changes in secondary structures respectively. ATR-FTIR studies showed that there is indeed inter-peptide interaction between C-peptide and the tryptophan residues of the 9mer com-peptides. CD studies of unaggregated and colloidal C-peptide with the 9mer com-peptides suggest that the extent of co-assembly of C-peptide with Trp-D is greatest, followed by Lys-D and Lys-L. These results are promising and indicate that the presented strategy is viable for designing and evaluating longer complementary peptides, as well as complementary peptides for co-assembly with other polypeptides of interest and importance. We discuss the possibility of designing complementary peptides to inhibit toxic amyloidosis with this approach.
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- Kiat Hwa Chan
- Division of Science, Yale-NUS College, 16 College Avenue West, Singapore 138527, Singapore;
- Correspondence: (K.H.C.); (S.S.L.)
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore 138669, Singapore; (J.L.); (J.E.J.)
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore 138669, Singapore; (J.L.); (J.E.J.)
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- Division of Science, Yale-NUS College, 16 College Avenue West, Singapore 138527, Singapore;
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore 138669, Singapore; (J.L.); (J.E.J.)
- Correspondence: (K.H.C.); (S.S.L.)
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Crowet JM, Sinnaeve D, Fehér K, Laurin Y, Deleu M, Martins JC, Lins L. Molecular Model for the Self-Assembly of the Cyclic Lipodepsipeptide Pseudodesmin A. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:8916-8922. [PMID: 31558021 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b08035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Self-assembly of peptides into supramolecular structures represents an active field of research with potential applications ranging from material science to medicine. Their study typically involves the application of a large toolbox of spectroscopic and imaging techniques. However, quite often, the structural aspects remain underexposed. Besides, molecular modeling of the self-assembly process is usually difficult to handle, since a vast conformational space has to be sampled. Here, we have used an approach that combines short molecular dynamics simulations for peptide dimerization and NMR restraints to build a model of the supramolecular structure from the dimeric units. Experimental NMR data notably provide crucial information about the conformation of the monomeric units, the supramolecular assembly dimensions, and the orientation of the individual peptides within the assembly. This in silico/in vitro mixed approach enables us to define accurate atomistic models of supramolecular structures of the bacterial cyclic lipodepsipeptide pseudodesmin A.
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- Jean-Marc Crowet
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interfaces, TERRA Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech , University of Liège , Passage des déportés 2 , B-5030 Gembloux , Belgium
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- CNRS-Unité de Glycobiologie structurale et fonctionnelle (UGSF) UMR 8576 , 50, Avenue de Halley, Campus CNRS de la Haute Borne , 59658 Villeneuve d'Ascq , France
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- Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies , Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35 , 69118 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interfaces, TERRA Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech , University of Liège , Passage des déportés 2 , B-5030 Gembloux , Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interfaces, TERRA Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech , University of Liège , Passage des déportés 2 , B-5030 Gembloux , Belgium
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- NMR and Structure Analysis Unit, Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry , Ghent University , Krijgslaan 281 S4 , B-9000 Gent , Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interfaces, TERRA Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech , University of Liège , Passage des déportés 2 , B-5030 Gembloux , Belgium
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Advancement of Peptide Nanobiotechnology via Emerging Microfluidic Technology. MICROMACHINES 2019; 10:mi10100627. [PMID: 31547039 PMCID: PMC6843689 DOI: 10.3390/mi10100627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Peptide nanotechnology has experienced a long and enduring development since its inception. Many different applications have been conceptualized, which depends on the functional groups present on the peptide and the physical shape/size of the peptide nanostructures. One of the most prominent nanostructures formed by peptides are nanoparticles. Until recently, however, it has been challenging to engineer peptide nanoparticles with low dispersity. An emerging and promising technique involves the utility of microfluidics to produce a solution of peptide nanoparticles with narrow dispersity. In this process, two or more streams of liquid are focused together to create conditions that are conducive towards the formation of narrowly dispersed samples of peptide nanoparticles. This makes it possible to harness peptide nanoparticles for the myriad of applications that are dependent on nanoparticle size and uniformity. In this focus review, we aim to show how microfluidics may be utilized to (1) study peptide self-assembly, which is critical to controlling nanostructure shape and size, and peptide-interface interactions, and (2) generate self-assembling peptide-based microgels for miniaturized cell cultures. These examples will illustrate how the emerging microfluidic approach promises to revolutionize the production and application of peptide nanoparticles in ever more diverse fields than before.
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Jain A, Globisch C, Verma S, Peter C. Coarse-Grained Simulations of Peptide Nanoparticle Formation: Role of Local Structure and Nonbonded Interactions. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:1453-1462. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b01138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Alok Jain
- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380054, India
- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Konstanz 78464, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Konstanz 78464, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Konstanz 78464, Germany
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Song Z, Chen X, You X, Huang K, Dhinakar A, Gu Z, Wu J. Self-assembly of peptide amphiphiles for drug delivery: the role of peptide primary and secondary structures. Biomater Sci 2018; 5:2369-2380. [PMID: 29051950 DOI: 10.1039/c7bm00730b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Peptide amphiphiles (PAs), functionalized with alkyl chains, are capable of self-assembling into various nanostructures. Recently, PAs have been considered as ideal drug carriers due to their good biocompatibility, specific biological functions, and hypotoxicity to normal cells and tissues. Meanwhile, the nanocarriers formed by PAs are able to achieve controlled drug release and enhanced cell uptake in response to the stimulus of the physiological environment or specific biological factors in the location of the lesion. However, the underlying detailed drug delivery mechanism, especially from the aspect of primary and secondary structures of PAs, has not been systematically summarized or discussed. Focusing on the relationship between the primary and secondary structures of PAs and stimuli-responsive drug delivery applications, this review highlights the recent advances, challenges, and opportunities of PA-based functional drug nanocarriers, and their potential pharmaceutical applications are discussed.
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- Zhenhua Song
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Sensor Technology and Biomedical Instrument, School of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China.
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Lampel A, Ulijn RV, Tuttle T. Guiding principles for peptide nanotechnology through directed discovery. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:3737-3758. [PMID: 29748676 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00177d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Life's diverse molecular functions are largely based on only a small number of highly conserved building blocks - the twenty canonical amino acids. These building blocks are chemically simple, but when they are organized in three-dimensional structures of tremendous complexity, new properties emerge. This review explores recent efforts in the directed discovery of functional nanoscale systems and materials based on these same amino acids, but that are not guided by copying or editing biological systems. The review summarises insights obtained using three complementary approaches of searching the sequence space to explore sequence-structure relationships for assembly, reactivity and complexation, namely: (i) strategic editing of short peptide sequences; (ii) computational approaches to predicting and comparing assembly behaviours; (iii) dynamic peptide libraries that explore the free energy landscape. These approaches give rise to guiding principles on controlling order/disorder, complexation and reactivity by peptide sequence design.
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- A Lampel
- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA.
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Frederix PWJM, Patmanidis I, Marrink SJ. Molecular simulations of self-assembling bio-inspired supramolecular systems and their connection to experiments. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:3470-3489. [PMID: 29688238 PMCID: PMC5961611 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00040a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
In bionanotechnology, the field of creating functional materials consisting of bio-inspired molecules, the function and shape of a nanostructure only appear through the assembly of many small molecules together. The large number of building blocks required to define a nanostructure combined with the many degrees of freedom in packing small molecules has long precluded molecular simulations, but recent advances in computational hardware as well as software have made classical simulations available to this strongly expanding field. Here, we review the state of the art in simulations of self-assembling bio-inspired supramolecular systems. We will first discuss progress in force fields, simulation protocols and enhanced sampling techniques using recent examples. Secondly, we will focus on efforts to enable the comparison of experimentally accessible observables and computational results. Experimental quantities that can be measured by microscopy, spectroscopy and scattering can be linked to simulation output either directly or indirectly, via quantum mechanical or semi-empirical techniques. Overall, we aim to provide an overview of the various computational approaches to understand not only the molecular architecture of nanostructures, but also the mechanism of their formation.
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- Pim W. J. M. Frederix
- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands . ;
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- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands . ;
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- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands . ;
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Garcia AM, Kurbasic M, Kralj S, Melchionna M, Marchesan S. A biocatalytic and thermoreversible hydrogel from a histidine-containing tripeptide. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018. [PMID: 28630961 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc03371k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report the first histidine-containing self-assembling tripeptide devoid of capping groups that forms a thermoreversible hydrogel under physiological conditions and catalyses hydrolysis of an ester, providing a minimalist building block for functional soft materials.
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- A M Garcia
- Dip. Sc. Chim. Farm., University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
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Mishra NK, Jain A, Peter C, Verma S. Combining Experimental and Simulation Techniques to Understand Morphology Control in Pentapeptide Nanostructures. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:8155-8161. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Narendra Kumar Mishra
- Department
of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Soft Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016 (UP), India
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- Fachbereich
Chemie, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Fachbereich
Chemie, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Soft Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016 (UP), India
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Mansbach RA, Ferguson AL. Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulation of the Hierarchical Self-Assembly of π-Conjugated Optoelectronic Peptides. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:1684-1706. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b10165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Rachael A. Mansbach
- Department
of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 W Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1304 W Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Yuan C, Li S, Zou Q, Ren Y, Yan X. Multiscale simulations for understanding the evolution and mechanism of hierarchical peptide self-assembly. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:23614-23631. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp01923h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Multiscale molecular simulations that combine and systematically link several hierarchies can provide insights into the evolution and dynamics of hierarchical peptide self-assembly from the molecular level to the mesoscale.
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- Chengqian Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering
- Institute of Process Engineering
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering
- Institute of Process Engineering
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering
- Institute of Process Engineering
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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- Center for Mesoscience
- Institute of Process Engineering
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering
- Institute of Process Engineering
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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Krieg E, Bastings MMC, Besenius P, Rybtchinski B. Supramolecular Polymers in Aqueous Media. Chem Rev 2016; 116:2414-77. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 527] [Impact Index Per Article: 65.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Marchesan S, Vargiu AV, Styan KE. The Phe-Phe Motif for Peptide Self-Assembly in Nanomedicine. Molecules 2015; 20:19775-88. [PMID: 26540034 PMCID: PMC6332413 DOI: 10.3390/molecules201119658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 10/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Since its discovery, the Phe-Phe motif has gained in popularity as a minimalist building block to drive the self-assembly of short peptides and their analogues into nanostructures and hydrogels. Molecules based on the Phe-Phe motif have found a range of applications in nanomedicine, from drug delivery and biomaterials to new therapeutic paradigms. Here we discuss the various production methods for this class of compounds, and the characterization, nanomorphologies, and application of their self-assembled nanostructures. We include the most recent findings on their remarkable properties, which hold substantial promise for the creation of the next generation nanomedicines.
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- Silvia Marchesan
- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, Trieste 34127, Italy.
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- Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria S.P. Monserrato-Sestu Km. 0.700, Monserrato 09042, Italy.
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Bayview Ave Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
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