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 …

The self-assembly, aggregation and phase transitions of food protein systems in one, two and three dimensions

R Mezzenga, P Fischer - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The aggregation of proteins is of fundamental relevance in a number of daily phenomena,
as important and diverse as blood coagulation, medical diseases, or cooking an egg in the …

Protein nanofibrils and their use as building blocks of sustainable materials

C Lendel, N Solin - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development towards a sustainable society requires a radical change of many of the
materials we currently use. Besides the replacement of plastics, derived from petrochemical …

Using protein nanofibrils to remove azo dyes from aqueous solution by the coagulation process

D Morshedi, Z Mohammadi, MMA Boojar… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2013 - Elsevier
The ever-increasing applications of hazardous azo dyes as industrialized coloring agents
have led to serious remediation challenges. In this study, proteinaceous nanofibrils were …

Potato protein nanofibrils produced from a starch industry sidestream

L Josefsson, X Ye, CJ Brett, J Meijer… - ACS Sustainable …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Protein nanofibrils have emerged as promising building blocks in functional
bio/nanomaterials as well as in food products. We here demonstrate that nanofibrils with …

Versatile multi-functionalization of protein nanofibrils for biosensor applications

L Sasso, S Suei, L Domigan, J Healy, V Nock… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein nanofibrils offer advantages over other nanostructures due to the ease in their self-
assembly and the versatility of surface chemistry available. Yet, an efficient and general …

Structural basis for the formation of soy protein nanofibrils

L Josefsson, M Cronhamn, M Ekman, H Widehammar… - RSC …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid-like protein nanofibrils (PNFs) can assemble from a range of different proteins
including disease-associated proteins, functional amyloid proteins and several proteins for …

Amyloid fibrils from hemoglobin

N Jayawardena, M Kaur, S Nair, J Malmstrom… - Biomolecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Amyloid fibrils are a class of insoluble protein nanofibers that are formed via the self-
assembly of a wide range of peptides and proteins. They are increasingly exploited for a …

Influence of fluorination on protein-engineered coiled-coil fibers

HT More, KS Zhang, N Srivastava, JA Frezzo… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We describe the design and characterization of fluorinated coiled-coil proteins able to
assemble into robust nano-and microfibers. Fluorination is achieved biosynthetically by …

Protein nanofibrils: Preparation, properties, and possible applications in industrial nanomaterials

X Ye, C Lendel, M Langton, RT Olsson… - Industrial applications of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This chapter deals with protein nanofibrils (PNFs), also referred to as amyloid fibrils. This is
an emerging field in nanoscience and engineering. Sources for PNFs, ways of making …