Hierarchical nanomaterials assembled from peptoids and other sequence-defined synthetic polymers

Z Li, B Cai, W Yang, CL Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In nature, the self-assembly of sequence-specific biopolymers into hierarchical structures
plays an essential role in the construction of functional biomaterials. To develop synthetic …

Emerging trends in enzyme inhibition by multivalent nanoconstructs

N Kanfar, E Bartolami, R Zelli, A Marra… - Organic & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Multivalent nanoconstructs, extensively used for enhancing the recognition of biomolecular
targets, have been recently exploited for enzyme inhibition showing interesting properties …

Nanostructured glycan architecture is important in the inhibition of influenza A virus infection

SJ Kwon, DH Na, JH Kwak, M Douaisi, F Zhang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Rapid change and zoonotic transmission to humans have enhanced the virulence of the
influenza A virus (IAV). Neutralizing antibodies fail to provide lasting protection from …

Discovery of stable and selective antibody mimetics from combinatorial libraries of polyvalent, loop-functionalized peptoid nanosheets

JH Kim, SC Kim, MA Kline, EM Grzincic, BW Tresca… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The ability of antibodies to bind a wide variety of analytes with high specificity and high
affinity makes them ideal candidates for therapeutic and diagnostic applications. However …

Recent advances in engineering polyvalent biological interactions

CT Varner, T Rosen, JT Martin, RS Kane - Biomacromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Polyvalent interactions, where multiple ligands and receptors interact simultaneously, are
ubiquitous in nature. Synthetic polyvalent molecules, therefore, have the ability to affect …

Flexible peptide linkers enhance the antimicrobial activity of surface-immobilized bacteriolytic enzymes

X Wu, K Fraser, J Zha, JS Dordick - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Chemical linkers are frequently used in enzyme immobilization to improve enzyme flexibility
and activity, whereas peptide linkers, although ubiquitous in protein engineering, are much …

Degradable hybrid materials based on cationic acylhydrazone dynamic covalent polymers promote DNA complexation through multivalent interactions

C Bouillon, D Paolantoni, JC Rote… - … A European Journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The design of smart nonviral vectors for gene delivery is of prime importance for the
successful implementation of gene therapies. In particular, degradable analogues of …

Integrating display and delivery functionality with a cell penetrating peptide mimic as a scaffold for intracellular multivalent multitargeting

Y Bai, L Nguyen, Z Song, S Peng, JY Lee… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The construction of a multivalent ligand is an effective way to increase affinity and selectivity
toward biomolecular targets with multiple-ligand binding sites. Adopting this strategy, we …

Fabrication of rigidity and space variable protein oligomers with two peptide linkers

H Choi, H Park, K Son, HM Kim, Y Jung - Chemical Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular protein assemblies have garnered considerable interest due to their
potential in diverse fields with unrivaled attainable functionalities and structural accuracy …

Molecular bottlebrush polymer modified magnetic adsorbents with high physicochemical selectivity and unique shape selectivity

C Li, J Yuan, C Wang, Y Wei - Journal of Chromatography A, 2018 - Elsevier
A molecular bottlebrush functionalized magnetic adsorbent (magGO@ bottlebrush) was
fabricated in this work. Poly (hydroxyethyl methacrylate)(PHEMA) was first grafted from …