What happens when left meets right under equimolar and non-equimolar co-assembly of short peptide stereoisomers?

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The co-assembly of different peptide chains usually leads to the formation of intricate architectures and sophisticated functions in biological systems. Although the co-assembly of stereoisomeric peptides represents a facile and flexible strategy for the synthesis of peptide-based nanomaterials with novel structures and potentially interesting properties, there is a lack of a general knowledge on how different isomers pack during assembly. Through the combined use of simulations and experimental observations, we report that heterochiral pairing is preferred to homochiral pairing at the molecular scale but self-sorting dictates beyond the molecular level for the mixtures of the short stereoisomeric β-sheet peptides I3K (Ile-Ile-Ile-Lys). Furthermore, we demonstrate that flat β-sheets and fibril morphology are always preferred to twisted ones during heterochiral pairing and subsequent assembly. However, the heterochiral pairing into flat morphology is not always at an equimolar ratio. Instead, a non-equimolar ratio (1:2) is observed for the mixing of homochiral LI3LK and heterochiral LI3DK, whose strand twisting degrees differ greatly. Such a study provides a paradigm for understanding the co-assembly of stereoisomeric peptides at the molecular scale and harnessing their blending for targeted nanostructures.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:663

Enthalten in:

Journal of colloid and interface science - 663(2024) vom: 30. März, Seite 287-294

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Xiaofang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Wenliang [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yurong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Muhan [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Xuzhi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jiqian [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Jian Ren [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Hai [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Co-assembly
Flat morphology
Heterochiral pairing
Journal Article
Mixing ratio
Peptide stereoisomers
Peptides

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Date Completed 22.03.2024

Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.140

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NLM368928020