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Smart metallopoly(l-glutamic acid) polymers: reversible helix-to-coil transition at neutral pH†

Colin Bonduelle,*a   Fatma Makni,a   Laura Severac,a   Estefania Piedra-Arroni,a   Charles-Louis Serpentini,b   Sébastien Lecommandouxc  and  Geneviève Pratviela  

* Corresponding authors

a CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (UPR8241), Université de Toulouse, 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse, France
E-mail: colin.bonduelle@lcc-toulouse.fr
Tel: +33 56 133 3236

b CNRS, IMRCP (Laboratoire des Interactions Moléculaire et de la Réactivité Chimique et Photochimique), UMR 5623, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France

c CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, LCPO, UMR 5629, Bordeaux-INP, Pessac, France

Abstract

Among the smart polymers, smart polypeptides have a unique polymeric scaffold made of amino acids whose structuring can be controlled by an external stimuli. Herein we present how coordination chemistry to Zn species can be reversibly used to control the helix-to-coil transition of synthetic poly(L-glutamic acid) (PGA) polymers at a neutral pH of 7 in aqueous solutions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA19753A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Aug 2016
Accepted
28 Aug 2016
First published
29 Aug 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 84694-84697

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Smart metallopoly(L-glutamic acid) polymers: reversible helix-to-coil transition at neutral pH

C. Bonduelle, F. Makni, L. Severac, E. Piedra-Arroni, C. Serpentini, S. Lecommandoux and G. Pratviel, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 84694 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA19753A

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