Peptide design and self-assembly into targeted nanostructure and functional materials

NJ Sinha, MG Langenstein, DJ Pochan… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Peptides have been extensively utilized to construct nanomaterials that display targeted
structure through hierarchical assembly. The self-assembly of both rationally designed …

Microbial nanowires–electron transport and the role of synthetic analogues

RCG Creasey, AB Mostert, TAH Nguyen, B Virdis… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Electron transfer is central to cellular life, from photosynthesis to respiration. In the case of
anaerobic respiration, some microbes have extracellular appendages that can be utilised to …

Coiled-coil scallops (Chlamys farreri) peptide hydrogel with metal ionic and temperature tunable assembly

D Wu, C Wu, W Ma, Z Wang, M Yang, HR El-Seedi… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Self-assembly of peptides is a powerful method of preparing nanostructured materials.
Peptides frequently utilize charged groups as a convenient switch for controlling assembly …

Polyserine repeats promote coiled coil-mediated fibril formation and length-dependent protein aggregation

E Lilliu, V Villeri, I Pelassa, F Cesano, D Scarano… - Journal of Structural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Short polyserine (polyS) repeats are frequently found in proteins and longer ones are
produced in neurological disorders such as Huntington disease (HD) owing to translational …

Folding-mediated DNA delivery by α-helical amphipathic peptides

JE Noble, P Vila-Gómez, S Rey, C Dondi… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The renaissance gene therapy experiences these days requires specialist biomaterials and
a systemic understanding of major factors influencing their ability to deliver genetic material …

Supramolecular nanofibers from collagen-mimetic peptides bearing various aromatic groups at N-termini via hierarchical self-assembly

T Koga, S Kingetsu, N Higashi - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Self-assembly of artificial peptides has been widely studied for constructing nanostructured
materials, with numerous potential applications in the nanobiotechnology field. Herein, we …

α-Helix and Coiled-Coil Peptide Nanomaterials

F Thomas - Peptide Bionanomaterials: From Design to Application, 2023 - Springer
Good synthetic access to peptide materials with controllable morphology holds great
promise for medical applications, but also for the development of biomimetic devices. α …

Autonomously folded α-helical lockers promote RNAi

CPE Guyader, B Lamarre, E De Santis, JE Noble… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
RNAi is an indispensable research tool with a substantial therapeutic potential. However,
the complete transition of the approach to an applied capability remains hampered due to …

Revealing sources of variation for reproducible imaging of protein assemblies by electron microscopy

IE Kepiro, B Nardone, A Page, MG Ryadnov - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Electron microscopy plays an important role in the analysis of functional nano-to-
microstructures. Substrates and staining procedures present common sources of variation …

Imaging protein fibers at the nanoscale and in situ

A Bella, M Shaw, E De Santis, MG Ryadnov - Peptide Self-Assembly …, 2018 - Springer
Protein self-assembly offers a rich repertoire of tools and technologies. However, despite
significant progress in this area, a deterministic measure of the phenomenon, which might …