Disassembling Peptide-based Fibres by Switching the Hydrophobic-hydrophilic Balance

Overview

Journal Soft Matter

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialties Biochemistry
Chemistry

Date 2020 Sep 9

PMID 32900034

Citations 7

Authors

Joris T Meijer

Marloes J A G Henckens

Inge J Minten

Dennis W P M Lowik

Jan C M van Hest

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Abstract

Amyloid-like model peptides, modified on the N-terminus with an alkyl tail and on the C-terminus with a PEG chain, yielded fibres that were susceptible to triggered disassembly by removal of the alkyl chain, which affected the hydrophobic-hydrophilic balance.

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