Leveraging Peptide Sequence Modification to Promote Assembly of Chiral Helical Gold Nanoparticle Superstructures.

Biochemistry
Soumitra Mokashi-PunekarNathaniel L Rosi

Abstract

Peptide conjugate molecules comprising a gold-binding peptide (e.g., AYSSGAPPMPPF) attached to an aliphatic tail have proven to be powerful agents for directing the synthesis and assembly of gold nanoparticle superstructures, in particular chiral helices having interesting plasmonic chiroptical properties. The composition and structure of these molecular agents can be tailored to carefully tune the structure and properties of gold nanoparticle single and double helices. To date, modifications to the β-sheet region (AYSSGA) of the peptide sequence have not been exploited to control the metrics and assembly of such superstructures. We report here that systematic peptide sequence variation in a series of gold-binding peptide conjugate molecules can be leveraged not only to affect the assembly of peptide conjugates but also to control the synthesis, assembly, and optical properties of gold nanoparticle superstructures. Depending upon the hydrophobicity of a single-amino acid variant, the conjugates yield either dispersed gold nanoparticles or helical superstructures. These results provide evidence that subtle changes to peptide sequence, via single-amino acid variation in the β-sheet region, can be leveraged to program structural c...Continue Reading

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Jul 27, 2021·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Kathryn N GuyeDavid S Ginger

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