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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Discrete Actuation of Water-Responsive Crystalline Metal-Peptide Frameworks.

Hui Yuan, Yiming Tang, Elma Naranjo, Pierre-Andre Cazade, Yifei Yao, Vijayakanth Thangavel, Rusen Yang, Sigal Rencus-Lazar, Damien Thompson, Linda J W Shimon and 3 more

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Hui Yuan *The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel.
Yiming Tang *Department of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory for Computational Physical Science (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P.R. China.
Elma Naranjo *Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, 10031, USA.
Pierre-Andre CazadeDepartment of Physics, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland.
Yifei YaoDepartment of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory for Computational Physical Science (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P.R. China.
Vijayakanth ThangavelThe Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel.
Rusen YangAcademy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710126, P.R. China.
Sigal Rencus-LazarThe Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel.
Damien ThompsonDepartment of Physics, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland.
Linda J W ShimonDepartment of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel.
Guanghong WeiDepartment of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory for Computational Physical Science (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P.R. China.
Xi ChenAdvanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, 10031, USA.
Ehud GazitThe Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5764-1720

Funding

China-Israel Cooperative Scientific Research 52361145848Israel Science Foundation 3246/23National Natural Science Foundation of China 12374208Science Foundation Ireland 12/RC/2275_P2Twinning for excellence in biophysics of protein interactions and self-assembly grant 101079147
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineering guest-responsive materials capable of controlled and precise sorption behavior and structural deformation in response to external stimuli is imperative for various applications. However, existing systems often exhibit complex, unpredictable dynamics, posing challenges for efficient control and utilization. Here, we design crystalline metal-peptide frameworks with tunable water-responsive (WR) dynamics by assembling glycine-threonine (Gly-Thr, GT) or glycine-serine (Gly-Ser, GS) peptides with zinc (Zn) ions, achieving either continuous or discrete threshold water-sorption-dependent phase transitions. As ambient relative humidity (RH) changes, the Zn-GT crystal continuously adsorbs or desorbs water, resulting in gradual structural adaptations, similar to those observed in other supramolecular systems. In contrast, the Zn-GS crystal undergoes stepwise water sorption and structural transitions at specific RH thresholds. These contrasting WR modes arise from differences in water binding and structural dynamics; in Zn-GT, each coordinating water molecule contributes varying degrees of framework integrity and evaporates sequentially, whereas in Zn-GS, water molecules with comparable interactions within a flexible framework are released simultaneously during dehydration. Our study demonstrates the mechanism by which host-guest interactions can be harnessed to control dynamic sorption and actuation behavior of supramolecular materials at the molecular level, offering mechanistic insights that may guide the rational design of next-generation programmable, stimulus-responsive systems.

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Discrete threshold actuationIntermolecular interactionMetal–peptide frameworkModifications of crystal structureTunable water‐responsive mode

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PMID40888115
PMCPMC12535390

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