Assembly of supramolecular nanotubes into tubisome structures from self-assembled cyclic-peptide polymer conjugates

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Cyclic peptide-polymer conjugates can readily self-assembly into long nanotubes, and are being extensively studied for biomedical applications. Recently, we have conjugated a hydrophobic chain onto one side of the cyclic peptide (CP), and a hydrophilic chain on the other. Using SANS, we discovered that these structures self-assembled into large Janus-like structures, coined "tubisomes," with a hydrophobic core surrounded by CP-nanotubes and a hydrophilic shell. These make excellent candidates as trans-membrane pores, and drug/gene delivery vehicles. In the proposed study we will look at the pH induced self-assembly of these structures, where the hydrophobic shell consists of a pH-responsive polymer, as changing the pH will induce assemble/disassemble. By studying this closely we can pin down the fundamental parameters needed to control the assembly process to make bespoke structures.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.98005049
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/98005049
Provenance
Creator Professor Sebastien Perrier; Dr Ed Mansfield; Dr Joaquin Sanchis Martinez; Dr Qiao Song; Dr Robert Dalgliesh; Ms Julia Rho; Mr Sean Heinere Tivini Robert Ellacott
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Discipline Biology; Biomaterials; Chemistry; Engineering Sciences; Life Sciences; Materials Science; Materials Science and Engineering; Natural Sciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-10-18T23:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-10-21T09:55:13Z