[HTML][HTML] Peptide-based nanomaterials: Self-assembly, properties and applications

T Li, XM Lu, MR Zhang, K Hu, Z Li - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Peptide-based materials that have diverse structures and functionalities are an important
type of biomaterials. In former times, peptide-based nanomaterials with excellent stability …

Self-assembling peptide EAK16 and RADA16 nanofiber scaffold hydrogel

F Gelain, Z Luo, S Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Short peptides are ubiquitous in nature. They are found as hormones, pheromones,
antibacterial and antifungal agents in innate immunity systems, toxins, and pesticides. But …

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 …

Prebiotic peptides: Molecular hubs in the origin of life

M Frenkel-Pinter, M Samanta, G Ashkenasy… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The fundamental roles that peptides and proteins play in today's biology makes it almost
indisputable that peptides were key players in the origin of life. Insofar as it is appropriate to …

Small bioactive peptides for biomaterials design and therapeutics

IW Hamley - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review is aimed to provide a concise yet extensive survey of key short bioactive peptide
sequences for a range of applications ranging from biomaterials development to peptides …

Structure and aggregation mechanisms in amyloids

ZL Almeida, RMM Brito - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aggregation of a polypeptide chain into amyloid fibrils and their accumulation and
deposition into insoluble plaques and intracellular inclusions is the hallmark of several …

The cytotoxic Staphylococcus aureus PSMα3 reveals a cross-α amyloid-like fibril

E Tayeb-Fligelman, O Tabachnikov, A Moshe… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Amyloids are ordered protein aggregates, found in all kingdoms of life, and are involved in
aggregation diseases as well as in physiological activities. In microbes, functional amyloids …

Chiral self-assembly of peptides: Toward the design of supramolecular polymers with enhanced chemical and biological functions

Y Shen, Y Wang, IW Hamley, W Qi, R Su… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chirality is one of the most important structural features in biological systems. Peptides, as a
class of small biomolecules, can self-assemble into various chiral supramolecular polymers …

Charge‐induced secondary structure transformation of amyloid‐derived dipeptide assemblies from β‐sheet to α‐helix

R Xing, C Yuan, S Li, J Song, J Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary structures such as α‐helix and β‐sheet are the major structural motifs within the
three‐dimensional geometry of proteins. Therefore, structure transitions from β‐sheet to α …

Rigid helical-like assemblies from a self-aggregating tripeptide

S Bera, S Mondal, B Xue, LJW Shimon, Y Cao… - Nature Materials, 2019 - nature.com
The structural versatility, biocompatibility and dynamic range of the mechanical properties of
protein materials have been explored in functional biomaterials for a wide array of …