Prebiotic peptides: Molecular hubs in the origin of life

M Frenkel-Pinter, M Samanta, G Ashkenasy… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The fundamental roles that peptides and proteins play in today's biology makes it almost
indisputable that peptides were key players in the origin of life. Insofar as it is appropriate to …

Peptide hydrogels as immunomaterials and their use in cancer immunotherapy delivery

N Falcone, M Ermis, DG Tamay… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide‐based hydrogel biomaterials have emerged as an excellent strategy for immune
system modulation. Peptide‐based hydrogels are supramolecular materials that self …

Macrocycle‐Based Charge Transfer Cocrystals with Dynamically Reversible Chiral Self‐Sorting Display Chain Length‐Selective Vapochromism to Alkyl Ketones

MJ Gu, WC Guo, XN Han, Y Han… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chirality‐driven self‐sorting plays an essential role in controlling the biofunction of
biosystems, such as the chiral double‐helix structure of DNA from self‐recognition by …

[HTML][HTML] Turning chiral peptides into a racemic supraparticle to induce the self-degradation of MDM2

W Yang, W Liu, X Li, J Yan, W He - Journal of Advanced Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Chirality is immanent in nature, and chiral molecules can achieve their
pharmacological action through chiral matching with biomolecules and molecular …

In Vivo Self-Sorting of Peptides via In Situ Assembly Evolution

X Liu, F Tian, Z Zhang, J Liu, S Wang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Despite significant progress achieved in artificial self-sorting in solution, operating self-
sorting in the body remains a considerable challenge. Here, we report an in vivo self-sorting …

Self-assembly of aromatic amino acid enantiomers into supramolecular materials of high rigidity

S Bera, B Xue, P Rehak, G Jacoby, W Ji, LJW Shimon… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Most natural biomolecules may exist in either of two enantiomeric forms. Although in nature,
amino acid biopolymers are characterized by l-type homochirality, incorporation of d-amino …

Fabrication strategies for chiral self-assembly surface

X Niu, M Yuan, R Zhao, L Wang, Y Liu, H Zhao, H Li… - Microchimica Acta, 2024 - Springer
Chiral self-assembly is the spontaneous organization of individual building blocks from
chiral (bio) molecules to macroscopic objects into ordered superstructures. Chiral self …

Enhanced circularly polarized luminescence attained via self-assembly of heterochiral as opposed to homochiral dipeptides in water

S Bera, S Bhattacharya - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) is gaining interest across various disciplines,
including materials science, pharmaceuticals, and sensing technologies. Organic …

Simultaneous chiral fixation and chiral regulation endowed by dynamic covalent bonds

Y Guo, X Cheng, Z He, Z Zhou, T Miao… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of chiral superstructures through the self‐assembly of non‐chiral polymers
usually relies on the interplay of multiple non‐covalent bonds, which is significantly limited …

Supramolecular assembly of peptide and metallopeptide gelators and their stimuli‐responsive properties in biomedical applications

N Falcone, HB Kraatz - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular gels are a fascinating class of soft materials that have attracted significant
attention in recent years. They are composed of small molecule gelators that assemble into …