Issue 14, 2011
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Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Designing neutral metallophilic hydrogels from di- and tripeptides†

Ibon Odriozola,*ab   Pablo Casuso,ab   Iraida Loinaz,ab   Germán Cabañeroa  and  Hans. J. Grandea  

* Corresponding authors

a CIDETEC, Centre for Electrochemical Technologies, New Materials Department, Paseo Miramón 196, Spain
E-mail: iodriozola@cidetec.es
Tel: +34 943309022

b BIODONOSTIA Health Research Institute, Paseo Doctor Begiristain s/n, Spain
Tel: +34 943006253

Abstract

Here we report the metallophilic attraction driven gel-forming capability of four cysteine-containing short peptides at neutral pH. Such peptides were designed to have an isoelectric point (pI) close to 7, aided by the introduction of an arginine unit with its highly basic guanidinium group.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1OB05520H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Apr 2011
Accepted
27 May 2011
First published
31 May 2011

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011,9, 5059-5061

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Designing neutral metallophilic hydrogels from di- and tripeptides

I. Odriozola, P. Casuso, I. Loinaz, G. Cabañero and Hans. J. Grande, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 5059 DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05520H

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