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Formation of Ordered Biomolecular Structures by the Self-assembly of Short Peptides
Published on: November 21, 2013
Enzymatically triggered self-assembly of poly(ethylene glycol)-attached oligopeptides into well-organized nanofibers
Tomoyuki Koga1, Ken-ichi Kitamura, Nobuyuki Higashi
1Department of Molecular Science & Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, 610-0321, Japan. nhigashi@mail.doshisha.ac.jp.
Abstract:
A unique and programmable peptide self-assembling system has been fabricated by using poly(ethylene glycol)-attached amphiphilic oligopeptide, which shows rapid self-assembly into well-organized beta-sheet nanofibers in response to an enzymatic reaction.

