title: Transformation of peptide nanotubes into a vesicle via fusion driven by stereo-complex formation.
abstract: Two types of peptide nanotubes, one is prepared from an amphiphilic peptide having a right-handed helix segment and the other from that having a left-handed helix segment, are shown to transform the morphology into a vesicle by membrane fusion due to stereo-complex formation between these helical segments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto-Daigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Shunsaku
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D045333:Nanotubes, Peptide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D012521:Sarcosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D045333:Nanotubes, Peptide; D010455:Peptides; C015475:polysarcosine; D012521:Sarcosine