Functional supramolecular systems: Design and applications

IS Antipin, MV Alfimov, VV Arslanov… - Russian Chemical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and
technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge …

The realm of unconventional noncovalent interactions in proteins: their significance in structure and function

VA Adhav, K Saikrishnan - Acs Omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteins and their assemblies are fundamental for living cells to function. Their complex
three-dimensional architecture and its stability are attributed to the combined effect of …

A molecular descriptor of intramolecular noncovalent interaction for regulating optoelectronic properties of organic semiconductors

M Liu, X Han, H Chen, Q Peng, H Huang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
In recent years, intramolecular noncovalent interaction has become an important means to
modulate the optoelectronic performances of organic/polymeric semiconductors. However, it …

Mechanism of actin polymerization revealed by cryo-EM structures of actin filaments with three different bound nucleotides

SZ Chou, TD Pollard - … of the National academy of Sciences, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
We used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to reconstruct actin filaments with bound
AMPPNP (β, γ-imidoadenosine 5′-triphosphate, an ATP analog, resolution 3.1 Å), ADP-Pi …

Proliferating coacervate droplets as the missing link between chemistry and biology in the origins of life

M Matsuo, K Kurihara - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
The hypothesis that prebiotic molecules were transformed into polymers that evolved into
proliferating molecular assemblages and eventually a primitive cell was first proposed about …

The prodigious hydrogen bonds with sulfur and selenium in molecular assemblies, structural biology, and functional materials

A Chand, DK Sahoo, A Rana, S Jena… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) play important roles in imparting functionality to the
basic molecules of life by stabilizing their structures and directing their interactions …

Crystallization-induced emission enhancement: A novel fluorescent Au-Ag bimetallic nanocluster with precise atomic structure

T Chen, S Yang, J Chai, Y Song, J Fan, B Rao… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
We report the first noble metal nanocluster with a formula of Au4Ag13 (DPPM) 3 (SR) 9
exhibiting crystallization-induced emission enhancement (CIEE), where DPPM denotes bis …

Probing coenzyme A homeostasis with semisynthetic biosensors

L Xue, P Schnacke, MS Frei, B Koch, J Hiblot… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Coenzyme A (CoA) is one of the central cofactors of metabolism, yet a method for measuring
its concentration in living cells is missing. Here we introduce the first biosensor for …

Superactivity of MOF-808 toward peptide bond hydrolysis

HGT Ly, G Fu, A Kondinski, B Bueken… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
MOF-808, a Zr (IV)-based metal–organic framework, has been proven to be a very effective
heterogeneous catalyst for the hydrolysis of the peptide bond in a wide range of peptides …

Nanoparticle-driven self-assembling injectable hydrogels provide a multi-factorial approach for chronic wound treatment

S Pérez-Rafael, K Ivanova, I Stefanov, J Puiggalí… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Chronic wounds represent a major health burden and drain on medical system. Efficient
wound repair is only possible if the dressing materials target simultaneously multiple factors …