Dynamic Self-Assembly Process of a Designed Peptide

2013 ◽  
Vol 750-752 ◽  
pp. 1630-1634
Author(s):  
Li Ping Ruan ◽  
Zhi Hua Xing

In this paper, we reported the dynamic self-assembly process of an half-sequence ionic self-complementarity peptide CH3CO-Pro-Ser-Phe-Cys-Phe-Lys-Phe-Glu-Pro-NH2, which could self-assemble into stable nanofibers and formed hydrogel consisting of >99% water. The dynamic self-assembly process was detected by circular dichroism (CD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). CD spectrum revealed that the mainly contents of the peptide were regular β-sheet structure. The data indicated that though the secondary structure of the peptide formed immediately, the microstructure of the self-assembly process of the designed peptide formed slowly. AFM image illustrated that the self-assembly process was layer-by-layer assembly.

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-28
Author(s):  
Bandana Das ◽  
Banti Ganguly ◽  
Indra Ghosh ◽  
Ranendu Kumar Nath ◽  
Bijay Kumar Mishra ◽  
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COSMOS ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
pp. 173-183
Author(s):  
BOON TEE ONG ◽  
PARAYIL KUMARAN AJIKUMAR ◽  
SURESH VALIYAVEETTIL

The present article reviews the self-assembly of oligopeptides to form nanostructures, both in solution and in solid state. The solution structures of the peptides were examined using circular dichroism and dynamic light scattering. The solid state assembly was examined by adsorbing the peptides onto a mica surface and analyzing it using atomic force microscopy. The role of pH and salt concentration on the peptide self-assembly was also examined. Nanostructures within a size range of 3–10 nm were obtained under different conditions.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Wang ◽  
Qi Xiao ◽  
Xuan Song ◽  
Yunfei Wan ◽  
Jie Zhu

The well-organized collagen layers on mica surface have drawn extensive attention for its essential applications and studies on the process of self-assembly as a model system. In this work, collagen extracted from fish scales by acid-base method was used to explore the self-assembly characters, and atomic force microscopy was applied to observe the collagen assembled on mica surface mediated by acetate with four different cations, including K+, Na+, Mg2+, and Ca2+. It showed that cations might influence the interaction between collagen fibrils and mica surface at high ionic concentration. And a similar network structure was acquired with uniform pore size for four kinds of acetates; nearly ranged collagen fibrils in the same direction were collected in Mg2+ solutions, while flat films with some fibrils were achieved in K+ solutions. The Hofmeister series and Collins’ model were adapted to explain the effects of cations and acetate on the self-assembly of collagen. These results and analysis would be helpful for directing the pattern of collagen assembly on a solid surface with a potential application in food science and engineering.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan Song ◽  
Zhiwei Wang ◽  
Shiyu Tao ◽  
Guixia Li ◽  
Jie Zhu

Self-assembly of extracted collagen from swine trotter tendon under different conditions was firstly observed using atomic force microscopy; then the effects of collagen concentration, pH value, and metal ions to the topography of the collagen assembly were analyzed with the height images and section analysis data. Collagen assembly under 0.1 M, 0.2 M, 0.3 M CaCl2, and MgCl2 solutions in different pH values showed significant differences (P < 0.05) in the topographical properties including height, width, and roughness. With the concentration being increased, the width of collagen decreased significantly (P < 0.05). The width of collagen fibers was first increased significantly (P < 0.05) and then decreased with the increasing of pH. The collagen was assembled with network structure on the mica in solution with Ca2+ ions. However, it had shown uniformed fibrous structure with Mg2+ ions on the new cleaved mica sheet. In addition, the width of collagen fibrous was 31~58 nm in solution with Mg2+ but 21~50 nm in Ca2+ solution. The self-assembly collagen displayed various potential abilities to construct fibers or membrane on mica surfaces with Ca2+ ions and Mg2+ irons. Besides, the result of collagen self-assembly had shown more relations among solution pH value, metal ions, and collagen molecular concentration, which will provide useful information on the control of collagen self-assembly in tissue engineering and food packaging engineering.


2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (07) ◽  
pp. 986-990
Author(s):  
Young-A Son ◽  
Young-Min Park ◽  
Byung-Soon Kim

A multi-layer film has been fabricated, using poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) ( PDDAC ) and a copper phthalocyanine ( CuPc ) dye, held together by electrostatic forces and layer-by-layer self-assembly attractions. The result of the multi-layer fabrication was characterized by UV-vis absorbance measurements and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). UV-vis absorption spectra of the multi-layer films increased linearly at 676 nm, which indicated that the fabrication proceeded regularly. The AFM images show that the surface of the self-assembled multi-layer was thickly covered with PDDAC / CuPc and relatively uniform.


RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (51) ◽  
pp. 29378-29384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Kominami ◽  
Kei Kobayashi ◽  
Shinichiro Ido ◽  
Hirokazu Kimiya ◽  
Hirofumi Yamada

We investigated self-assembly such as hexamerization and two-dimensional crystallization of immunoglobulin G (IgG) molecules on mica by atomic force microscopy. We also estimated the association rate constant of the self-assembled IgG antibodies.


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