Multiplexing Natural Orientation: Oppositely Directed Self-Assembling Peptides

作者:Jeong Woo jin; Han Sanghun; Park Hyeseo; Jin Kyeong Sik; Lim Yong beom*
来源:Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15(6): 2138-2145.
DOI:10.1021/bm500313f

摘要

We explore here the possibility that polypeptide chains with directional multiplicity might provide for the control of peptide self-assembly processes. We tested this new possibility using an oppositely directed peptide (ODP) supramolecular system. The ODP could make it possible to form a beta alpha beta motif with antiparallel beta-sheets, which does not exist in nature. Furthermore, the designed ODPs were able to self-assemble into discrete, homogeneous, and structured protein-like controlled nano-objects. ODPs represent a simple but powerful unnatural self-assembling peptide system that can become a basic scaffold for fabricating more complex and elaborate artificial nanostructures.

  • 出版日期2014-6