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ArticleScience advances2021

Molecular design of stapled pentapeptides as building blocks of self-assembled coiled coil-like fibers.

Yixiang Jiang, Wan Zhang, Fadeng Yang, Chuan Wan, Xiang Cai, Jianbo Liu, Qianling Zhang, Zigang Li, Wei Han

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  6. Self-Assembling Peptides: From Design to Biomedical Applications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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Yixiang JiangState Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8558-8119
Wan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7052-5441
Fadeng YangState Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0654-2241
Chuan WanState Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8226-7619
Xiang CaiState Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1694-2807
Jianbo LiuShenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0485-1833
Qianling ZhangCollege of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6942-3958
Zigang LiState Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China. hanw@pkusz.edu.cn lizg@pkusz.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4649-1592
Wei HanState Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China. hanw@pkusz.edu.cn lizg@pkusz.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0759-1766

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peptide self-assembly inspired by natural superhelical coiled coils has been actively pursued but remains challenging due to limited helicity of short peptides. Side chain stapling can strengthen short helices but is unexplored in design of self-assembled helical nanofibers as it is unknown how staples could be adapted to coiled coil architecture. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility of this design for pentapeptides using a computational method capable of predicting helicity and fiber-forming tendency of stapled peptides containing noncoded amino acids. Experiments showed that the best candidates, which carried an aromatically substituted staple and phenylalanine analogs, displayed exceptional helicity and assembled into nanofibers via specific head-to-tail hydrogen bonding and packing between staple and noncoded side chains. The fibers exhibited sheet-of-helix structures resembling the recently found collapsed coiled coils whose formation was sensitive to side chain flexibility. This study expands the chemical space of coiled coil assemblies and provides guidance for their design.

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