Issue 5, 2011
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Soft Matter

Controlled self-assembly of α-helix-decorated peptide nanostructures†

Sung-ju Choi,a   Woo-jin Jeong,a   Tae-Hyun Kimb  and  Yong-beom Lim*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control & Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
E-mail: yblim@yonsei.ac.kr
Fax: +82 2-312-5375
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b Department of Chemistry, University of Incheon, Incheon, Korea

Abstract

This study describes a strategy to control the degree of α-helix stabilization and the shape of α-helix-decorated nanostructures. Coassembly of a macrocyclic peptide and a β-sheet peptide diminished steric clashes between helical peptide segments, further stabilizing α-helices.

Graphical abstract: Controlled self-assembly of α-helix-decorated peptide nanostructures

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SM01275K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Nov 2010
Accepted
09 Dec 2010
First published
07 Jan 2011

Soft Matter, 2011,7, 1675-1677

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Controlled self-assembly of α-helix-decorated peptide nanostructures

S. Choi, W. Jeong, T. Kim and Y. Lim, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 1675 DOI: 10.1039/C0SM01275K

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