Issue 69, 2017

Cooperative, ion-sensitive co-assembly of tripeptide hydrogels

Abstract

Peptide co-assembly is of interest for the development of functional supramolecular biomaterials. Herein, computational simulations were combined with experimental validation to aid the design and understanding of cooperative co-assembly of a structure-forming tripeptide (FFD) and a functional copper-binding tripeptide (GHK) leading to hydrogel formation in response to complexation with copper ions.

Graphical abstract: Cooperative, ion-sensitive co-assembly of tripeptide hydrogels

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Jun 2017
Accepted
07 Aug 2017
First published
07 Aug 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 9562-9565

Cooperative, ion-sensitive co-assembly of tripeptide hydrogels

Y. M. Abul-Haija, G. G. Scott, J. K. Sahoo, T. Tuttle and R. V. Ulijn, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 9562 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC04796G

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