Metal-Enhanced Helical Chirality of Coil Macromolecules : Bioinspired by Metal Coordination-Induced Protein Folding

Although the supramolecular helical structures of biomacromolecules have been studied, the examples of supramolecular systems that are assembled using coils to form helical polymer chains are still limited. Inspired by enhanced helical chirality at the supramolecular level in metal coordination-induced protein folding, a series of alanine-based coil copolymers (poly-(l-co-d)-ala-NH2) carrying (l)- and (d)-alanine pendants were synthesized as a fresh research model to study the cooperative processes between homochirality property and metal coordination. The complexes of poly-(l-co-d)-ala-NH2 and metal ions underwent a coil-to-helix transition and exhibited remarkable nonlinear effects based on the enantiomeric excess of the monomer unit in the copolymers, affording enhanced helical chirality compared to poly-(l-co-d)-ala-NH2. More importantly, the synergistic effect of amplification of asymmetry and metal coordination triggered the formation of a helical molecular orbital on the polymer backbone via the coordination with the d orbital of copper ions. Thus, the helical chirality enhancement degree of poly-(l-co-d)-ala-NH2/Cu2+ complexes (31.4) is approximately 3 times higher than that of poly-(l-co-d)-ala-NH2/Ag+ complexes (9.8). This study not only provides important mechanistic insights into the enhancement of helical chirality for self-assembly but also establishes a new strategy for studying the homochiral amplification of asymmetry in biological supramolecular systems.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Biomacromolecules - 24(2023), 1 vom: 09. Jan., Seite 344-357

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Duan, Huimin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jiawei [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Jiadan [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Dongming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alanine
Ions
Journal Article
Macromolecular Substances
Metals
OF5P57N2ZX
Polymers
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 10.01.2023

Date Revised 13.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01165

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350746818