Multimetallic Architectures from the Self-assembly of Amino Acids and Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine Zinc(II) Complexes: Circular Dichroism Enhancement by Chromophores Organization

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (19) ◽  
pp. 6515-6518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Badetti ◽  
Klaus Wurst ◽  
Giulia Licini ◽  
Cristiano Zonta
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
The Self ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

Directive Effect of Chain Length in Modulating Peptide Nano-assemblies

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 923-929
Author(s):  
Gaurav Pandey ◽  
Prem Prakash Das ◽  
Vibin Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
Light Scattering ◽  
Chain Length ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
The Self ◽  
Ionic Charge ◽  
Self Assembling ◽  
Biophysical Techniques

Background: RADA-4 (Ac-RADARADARADARADA-NH2) is the most extensively studied and marketed self-assembling peptide, forming hydrogel, used to create defined threedimensional microenvironments for cell culture applications. Objectives: In this work, we use various biophysical techniques to investigate the length dependency of RADA aggregation and assembly. Methods: We synthesized a series of RADA-N peptides, N ranging from 1 to 4, resulting in four peptides having 4, 8, 12, and 16 amino acids in their sequence. Through a combination of various biophysical methods including thioflavin T fluorescence assay, static right angle light scattering assay, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), electron microscopy, CD, and IR spectroscopy, we have examined the role of chain-length on the self-assembly of RADA peptide. Results: Our observations show that the aggregation of ionic, charge-complementary RADA motifcontaining peptides is length-dependent, with N less than 3 are not forming spontaneous selfassemblies. Conclusion: The six biophysical experiments discussed in this paper validate the significance of chain-length on the epitaxial growth of RADA peptide self-assembly.

Circular dichroism of palladium(II) complexes of amino acids and peptides

1970 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 528-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmond Woodrow Wilson ◽  
Robert Bruce Martin
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

scholarly journals Unusual Aggregation Properties of Single Amino Acid L-Lysine Hydrochloride

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharti Koshti ◽  
Ramesh Singh ◽  
Vivekshinh Kshtriya ◽  
Shanka Walia ◽  
Dhiraj Bhatia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Deionized Water ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Single Amino Acid ◽  
Maple Syrup ◽  
Self Assembling

<p>.<br></p><p>The self-assembly of single amino acids is very important topic of research since there are plethora of diseases like phenylketonuria, tyrosinemia, hypertryptophanemia, hyperglycinemia, cystinuria and maple syrup urine disease to name a few which are caused by the accumulation or excess of amino acids. These are in-born errors of metabolisms (IEM’s) which are caused due to the deficiency of enzymes involved in catabolic pathways of these enzymes. Hence, it is very pertinent to understand the fate of these excess amino acids in the body and their self-assembling behaviour at molecular level. From the previous literature reports it may be surmised that the single amino acids like Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan, Cysteine and Methionine assemble to amyloid like structures, and hence have important implications in the pathophysiology of IEM’s like phenylketonuria, tyrosinemia, hypertryptophanemia, cystinuria and hypermethioninemia respectively. In this manuscript we report the self-assembly of lysine hydrocholride to fiber like structures in deionized water. It could be observed that lysine assemble to globular structures in fresh condition and then gradually changes to fiber like morphologies by self-association over time after 24 hours. These fibers gradually change to tubular morphologies after 3 day followed by fractal irregular morphologies in 10 and 15 days respectively. Notably, lysine exists as positively charged amino acid at physiological pH and the amine groups in lysine remain protonated. Hence, the self-assembling properties of lysine hydrochloride in deionized water is also pertinent and give insights into the fate of this amino acid in body in case it remains unmetabolized. Further, MTT assays were done to analyse the toxicities of these aggregates and the assay suggest their cytotoxic nature on SHSY5Y neural cell lines. Hence, the aggregation of lysine may be attributed to the pathological symptoms caused in diseases like hyperlysinemia which is associated with the neurological problems like seizures and short-term memory as observed in case of amyloid diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s to name a few.</p>

Proton NMR and circular dichroism studies of the B and Z conformations of the self-complementary deoxyhexanucleotide d(m5C-G-C-G-m5C-G): mechanism of the Z-B-coil transitions

Biochemistry ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1362-1371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Son Tran-Dinh ◽  
Jean Taboury ◽  
Jean Michel Neumann ◽  
Tam Huynh-Dinh ◽  
Bernadette Genissel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Proton Nmr ◽  
The Self ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

Circular dichroism spectra of amino acid complexes. II. Chelated amino acid complexes with the CoN5O chromophore

1970 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1735 ◽  
Author(s):  
CJ Hawkins ◽  
PJ Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Visible Region ◽  
Optically Active ◽  
Circular Dichroism Spectra ◽  
Amino Acid Complexes ◽  
Similar Series ◽  
Cotton Effects ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

The circular dichroism spectra of a series of optically active (α-aminocarboxylato)tetraamminecobalt(111) complexes have been measured in aqueous solution, and in the presence of salts of polarizable anions. The observed spectra in the visible region have been analysed to determine the signs of the Cotton effects of the three components of the 1A1g ↔ 1T1g cobalt(111) transition. For L-amino acids, the transition with A2g(D4h) parentage is negative, and the two transitions with Eg(D4h) parentage have opposite signs. Published circular dichroism spectra of complexes of the type [Co(en)2(L-am)]2+ were similarly interpreted in terms of a perturbed tetragonal chromophore, and it was shown that the vicinal effect of the L-amino acids imposed the same signs onto the component transitions as for the tetraammines and for a similar series of pentaamminecobalt(111) complexes.

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