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Self-assembly of amphiphilic peptides

Hamley, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4549-0926 (2011) Self-assembly of amphiphilic peptides. Soft Matter, 7 (9). pp. 4122-4138. ISSN 1744-683X

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1039/c0sm01218a

Abstract/Summary

The self-assembly of amphiphilic peptides is reviewed. The review covers surfactant-like peptides with amphiphilicity arising from the sequence of natural amino acids, and also peptide amphiphiles (PAs) in which lipid chains are attached to hydrophilic peptide sequences containing charged residues. The influence of the secondary structure on the self-assembled structure and vice versa is discussed. For surfactant-like peptides structures including fibrils, nanotubes, micelles and vesicles have been reported. A particularly common motif for PAs is beta-sheet based fibrils, although other structures have been observed. In these structures, the peptide epitope is presented at the surface of the nanostructure, providing remarkable bioactivity. Recent discoveries of potential, and actual, applications of these materials in biomedicine and bionanotechnology are discussed.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
ID Code:19780
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry

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