Super-helices self-assembled from a binary system of amphiphilic polypeptide block copolymers and polypeptide homopolymers.
We report here a discovery that amphiphilic polypeptide block copolymers and polypeptide homopolymers are able to aggregate together into super-helical structures of rods and rings, in which polypeptide chains form the core and PEG chains form the shell.
Cai
Chunhua
C
Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
Lin
Jiaping
J
Chen
Tao
T
Wang
Xiao-Song
XS
Lin
Shaoliang
S
D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D011099:Polyglutamic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
D010455:Peptides; D011108:Polymers; C003172:poly-gamma-benzyl-L-glutamate; D011099:Polyglutamic Acid; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols