title: Self-assembling peptide nanotubes from enantiomeric pairs of cyclic peptides with alternating D and L amino acid residues.
abstract: Cyclic peptides with alternating d- and l-amino acid residues containing tert-leucine residues in every second position can form peptide nanotubes only when both enantiomers of the peptide are present in the solution. These results strongly indicate the formation of peptide nanotubes that assemble with one enantiomer in every second position, thereby forming a lamellar structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurochemistry and Neurotoxicology and Department of Structural Chemistry, Stockholm University, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Katri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rosenthal-Aizman
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Undén
mesh_terms: D000585:Aminacrine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D045333:Nanotubes, Peptide / Q000737:chemistry*; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D045333:Nanotubes, Peptide; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D000585:Aminacrine