Cysteine Redox Chemistry in Peptide Self-Assembly to Modulate Hydrogelation

Cysteine redox chemistry is widely used in nature to direct protein assembly, and in recent years it has inspired chemists to design self-assembling peptides too. In this concise review, we describe the progress in the field focusing on the recent advancements that make use of Cys thiol–disulfide re...

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Autores principales: Cringoli, Maria Cristina, Marchesan, Silvia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37446630
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28134970
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Sumario:Cysteine redox chemistry is widely used in nature to direct protein assembly, and in recent years it has inspired chemists to design self-assembling peptides too. In this concise review, we describe the progress in the field focusing on the recent advancements that make use of Cys thiol–disulfide redox chemistry to modulate hydrogelation of various peptide classes.

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