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Mitochondrial targeting sequences why ‘non‐amphiphilic’ peptides may still be amphiphilic [PDF]

FEBS Letters, 1988
The notion that mitochondrial targeting peptides form amphiphilic α‐helices with one apolar and one polar, positively charged face is controversial, since some experimental results seem to imply that non‐amphiphilic targeting peptides can also function as import signals.
Gavel, Ylva, Nilsson, Lennart, von Heijne, Gunnar   +2 more
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Driving Forces for Adsorption of Amphiphilic Peptides to the Air-Water Interface

, 2010
We have studied the partitioning of amphiphilic peptides at the air-water interface. The free energy of adsorption from bulk to interface was calculated by determining the potential of mean force via atomistic molecular dynamics simulations.
Engin, Ozge, Sayar, M., Engin, O, Hess, B., Sayar, Mehmet, Mehmet Sayar, Hess, Berk,, Engin, O., Hess, B, Villa, Alessandra, Alessandra Villa, Ozge Engin, Berk Hess, Villa, A,, Hess, Berk, Sayar, M, Villa, A.   +16 more
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Culinary Chemistry as a Platform for Interfacial Materials Design

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Culinary processes control interfaces through heating, shear, gelation, and molecular transport. This Review connects selected gastronomic examples with food‐derived nanomaterials, plasmonic sensing, anthocyanin photovoltaics, and intelligent packaging. Original agar‐based plasmonic films illustrate the proposed translation.
Josep Moreno, I. Brian Becerril‐Castro, Irene Calderon‐Gonzalez, Jaslyn Ru Ting Chen, Zhiming Wang, Alexander O. Govorov, José Manuel Romo‐Herrera, Neus Feliu, Wolfgang J. Parak, Miguel A. Correa‐Duarte, In Yee Phang, Xing Yi Ling, Ramón A. Alvarez‐Puebla   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilization of a Bioinformatic Approach to Identify Emulsifying Peptides Embedded in Brewers’ Spent Grain Proteins and Characterization of Their Emulsifying Properties

Colloids and Interfaces
Brewers’ spent grain (BSG) represents the major byproduct of the brewing industry and remains largely underutilized. While BSG contains a rather high amount of protein, poor functional properties limit its use as a functional ingredient for foods without
Rasmus Kranold Mikkelsen, Ioanna Fragkaki, Simon Gregersen Echers, Naim Abdul-Khalek, Michael Toft Overgaard, Charlotte Jacobsen, Betül Yesiltas   +6 more
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Data-mining unveils structure–property–activity correlation of viral infectivity enhancing self-assembling peptides

Nature Communications, 2023
Gene therapy via retroviral vectors holds great promise for treating a variety of serious diseases. It requires the use of additives to boost infectivity.
Kübra Kaygisiz, Lena Rauch-Wirth, Arghya Dutta, Xiaoqing Yu, Yuki Nagata, Tristan Bereau, Jan Münch, Christopher V. Synatschke, Tanja Weil   +8 more
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A Critical Review on the Evolution of Chitosan‐Based Injectable Hydrogels in Bone Regeneration

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
The graphical illustration depicts hydrogel formulation using chitosan and biocompatible cross‐linkers, major advantages, and incorporation of cells, osteoinductive factors, and therapeutic drugs. Following injection, pH‐responsive gelation enables controlled drug release, promotes cell recruitment and osteogenic differentiation, enhances extracellular
Shivani Santosh Sakhrani, Abu ul Hassan S. Rana, S. Sudheer Khan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amphiphilic peptides and their cross-disciplinary role as building blocks for nanoscience

, 2010
Peptides are particularly attractive as molecular building blocks in the bottom-up fabrication of supramolecular structures based on self-assembly and have potential in many important applications in the fields of biotechnology and bioengineering. In the
Albericio, Fernando, Cavalli, Silvia, Kros, Alexander   +2 more
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Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao, Yiming Ma, Baihao Shao, Molly M. Stevens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peptides at the Interface: Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Designer Peptides and Their Membrane Interaction Propensity

, 2016
Self-assembling amphiphilic designer peptides have been successfully applied as nanomaterials in biomedical applications. Understanding molecular interactions at the peptide–membrane interface is crucial, since interactions at this site often determine ...
Heinz Amenitsch (375184), Karin Kornmueller (1279764), Ruth Prassl (375180), Claudia Meindl (783843), Gerd Leitinger (670401), Bernhard Lehofer (3234006), Eleonore Fröhlich (1840108)   +6 more
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Natural channel protein inserts and functions in a completely artificial, solid-supported bilayer membrane [PDF]

, 2013
Reconstitution of membrane proteins in artificial membrane systems creates a platform for exploring their potential for pharmacological or biotechnological applications.
Fu, Wangyang, Palivan, Cornelia G., Meier, Wolfgang, Zhang, Xiaoyan, Meier W, Zhang X, Fu W, Palivan CG   +7 more
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