基于吡咯二肽水凝胶中酶诱导的超分子有序结构用于开发高效能量转移模板。

Enzyme-Induced Supramolecular Order in Pyrene Dipeptide Hydrogels for the Development of an Efficient Energy-Transfer Template.

机构信息

Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Phase-10, Sector-64, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India.

出版信息

Biomacromolecules. 2021 Jun 14;22(6):2393-2407. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00187. Epub 2021 May 11.

Abstract

Peptide self-assembly is gathering much attention due to the precise control it provides for the arrangement of functional moieties for the fabrication of advanced functional materials. It is desirable to use a physical, chemical, or biological trigger that can control the self-assembly process. In the current article, we have applied an enzyme to induce the peptide self-assembly of an aromatic peptide amphiphile, which modulates the supramolecular order in the final gel phase material. We accessed diverse peptide hydrogels from identical gelator concentrations by simply changing the enzyme concentration, which controlled the reaction kinetics and influenced the dynamics of self-assembly. Depending upon the concentration of the enzyme, a bell-shaped relationship was observed in terms of intermolecular interactions, morphology, and properties of the final gel phase material. The access of non-equilibrium structures was further demonstrated by fluorescence emission spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and rheology. This strategy is applied to construct a charge-transfer hydrogel by doping the donor hydrogel with an acceptor moiety, which exhibits efficient energy transfer. Interestingly, such structural control at the nanoscopic level can further tune the energy-transfer efficiency by simply modulating the enzyme concentration.

摘要

由于肽自组装能够精确控制功能部分的排列,从而用于制造先进的功能材料,因此受到了广泛关注。人们希望使用物理、化学或生物触发因素来控制自组装过程。在当前的文章中,我们应用了一种酶来诱导芳香肽两亲物的肽自组装,从而调节最终凝胶相材料中的超分子有序性。我们通过简单地改变酶浓度从相同的凝胶剂浓度获得了不同的肽凝胶,这控制了反应动力学并影响了自组装的动力学。根据酶的浓度,观察到分子间相互作用、形态和最终凝胶相材料的性能呈钟形关系。荧光发射光谱、圆二色光谱、原子力显微镜、透射电子显微镜和流变学进一步证明了非平衡结构的获得。通过掺杂给体凝胶中的受体部分构建了一种电荷转移凝胶,该凝胶表现出有效的能量转移。有趣的是,通过简单地调节酶浓度,可以在纳米尺度上进行这种结构控制,从而进一步调整能量转移效率。

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