Exploring Helical Peptides and Foldamers for the Design of Metal Helix Frameworks: Current Trends and Future Perspectives

Nikhil Bajpayee, Thangavel Vijayakanth, Sigal Rencus-Lazar, Sneha Dasgupta, Aamod V. Desai, Rahul Jain, Ehud Gazit*, Rajkumar Misra*

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Abstract

Flexible and biocompatible metal peptide frameworks (MPFs) derived from short and ultra-short peptides have been explored for the storage of greenhouse gases, molecular recognition, and chiral transformations. In addition to short flexible peptides, peptides with specifically folded conformations have recently been utilized to fabricate a variety of metal helix frameworks (MHFs). The secondary structures of the peptides govern the structure-assembly relationship and thereby control the formation of three-dimensional (3D)-MHFs. Particularly, the hierarchical structural organization of peptide-based MHFs has not yet been discussed in detail. Here, we describe the recent progress of metal-driven folded peptide assembly to construct 3D porous structures for use in future energy storage, chiral recognition, and biomedical applications, which could be envisioned as an alternative to the conventional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202214583
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume62
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2023

Funding

FundersFunder number
European Research Council PoC project Piezogel
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
Tel Aviv University
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme966813
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China3‐19130, DST/INSPIRE/04/2020/002499

    Keywords

    • Biocompatibility
    • Foldamers
    • Helical Peptides
    • Metal-Helix Frameworks
    • Porous Structures

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