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Peptide Self‐Assembly: Modular Self‐Assembling Peptide Platform with a Tunable Thermoresponsiveness via a Single Amino Acid Substitution (Adv. Funct. Mater. 35/2018)
Author(s) -
Jeong Woojin,
Kwon Soo hyun,
Lim Yongbeom
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201870243
Subject(s) - peptide , materials science , self assembly , substitution (logic) , modular design , amino acid , nanotechnology , self assembling peptide , combinatorial chemistry , chemistry , computer science , biochemistry , nanofiber , programming language , operating system
Miniaturized elastin‐like peptides (MELPs) consisting of less than 23 amino acids show the self‐assembling propensity and rapid thermosresponsiveness. As Yong‐beom Lim and co‐workers report in article number 1803114 , a single amino acid substitution can control the self‐assembly process. Exploiting the high degree of freedom in small self‐assembling peptide design enables diverse sophisticated structures of MELPs as well as conjugation with other functional biomaterials.