Volume 48, Issue 35 pp. 6431-6434
Communication

Biotransformation on Polymer–Peptide Conjugates: A Versatile Tool to Trigger Microstructure Formation

Hans Kühnle

Hans Kühnle

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, 14424 Potsdam (Germany), Fax: (+49) 331-567-9502 http://www.mpikg.mpg.de/kc/boerner/

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Hans G. Börner Dr.

Hans G. Börner Dr.

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, 14424 Potsdam (Germany), Fax: (+49) 331-567-9502 http://www.mpikg.mpg.de/kc/boerner/

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First published: 12 August 2009
Citations: 101

The work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Emmy Noether BO1762/2-3) and Max Planck Society. We thank M. Antonietti, A. Thomas, E. Krause, D. Gebauer, H. Stephanowitz, A. Heilig, R. Pitschke and A. E. F. Wächtler, M. Kühnle, and Erich C.

Graphical Abstract

At the flick of a switch: Introducing phosphate moieties into (Thr-Val)X peptide aggregation domains disturbs the formation of secondary structures. This suppression is used to regulate the self-assembly of polymer–peptide conjugates. A phosphatase enzyme which hydrolyzes the phosphate esters then triggers the self-assembly process generating fibrillar aggregates (see scheme).

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