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ArticleNature communications2024

Chiral inversion induced by aromatic interactions in short peptide assembly.

Kai Qi, Hao Qi, Muhan Wang, Xiaoyue Ma, Yan Wang, Qiang Yao, Wenliang Liu, Yurong Zhao, Jiqian Wang, Yuefei Wang and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Emergent properties of supramolecular peptide assemblies.Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2026
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  8. Chirality Effects in Peptide-Based Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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  9. 2D Interfacial Crystallization Stabilized by Short-Chain Aliphatic Interfaces.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Kai QiState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Department of Biological and Energy Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, 266580, China.ORCID 0009-0007-4181-1394
Hao QiState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Department of Biological and Energy Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, 266580, China.
Muhan WangDepartment of Civil Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266033, China.
Xiaoyue MaState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Department of Biological and Energy Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, 266580, China.
Yan WangState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Department of Biological and Energy Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, 266580, China.
Qiang YaoState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Department of Biological and Energy Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, 266580, China.
Wenliang LiuState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Department of Biological and Energy Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, 266580, China.
Yurong ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Department of Biological and Energy Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, 266580, China.
Jiqian WangState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Department of Biological and Energy Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, 266580, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7525-5943
Yuefei WangState Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China. wangyuefei@tju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-5736-7431
Wei QiState Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7378-1392
Jun ZhangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China. zhangjunupc@upc.edu.cn.
Jian R LuBiological Physics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom. j.lu@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-5648-3564
Hai XuState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Department of Biological and Energy Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, 266580, China. xuh@upc.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-5796-4404

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22072181National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22172193
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although hydrophobic interactions provide the main driving force for initial peptide aggregation, their role in regulating suprastructure handedness of higher-order architectures remains largely unknown. We here interrogate the effects of hydrophobic amino acids on handedness at various assembly stages of peptide amphiphiles. Our studies reveal that relative to aliphatic side chains, aromatic side chains set the twisting directions of single β-strands due to their strong steric repulsion to the backbone, and upon packing into multi-stranded β-sheets, the side-chain aromatic interactions between strands form the aromatic ladders with a directional preference. This ordering not only leads to parallel β-sheet arrangements but also induces the chiral flipping over of single β-strands within a β-sheet. In contrast, the lack of orientational hydrophobic interactions in the assembly of aliphatic peptides implies no chiral inversion upon packing into β-sheets. This study opens an avenue to harness peptide aggregates with targeted handedness via aromatic side-chain interactions.

Indexed as

Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsPeptidesAmino AcidsAmino Acids, AromaticCircular DichroismModels, MolecularProtein Conformation, beta-StrandProtein Structure, SecondaryStereoisomerismAmino AcidsAmino Acids, AromaticPeptides

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PMID39043665
PMCPMC11266598

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