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Conformationally constrained functional peptide monolayers for the controlled display of bioactive carbohydrate ligands.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we employed thiolated peptides of the conformationally constrained, strongly helicogenic ?-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) residue to prepare self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold surfaces. Electrochemistry and infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy support the formation of very well packed Aib-peptide SAMs. The immobilized peptides retain their helical structure, and the resulting SAMs are stabilized by a network of intermolecular H bonds involving the NH groups adjacent to the Au surface. Binary SAMs containing a synthetically defined glycosylated mannose-functionalized Aib-peptide as the second component display similar features, thereby providing reproducible substrates suitable for the controlled display of bioactive carbohydrate ligands. The efficiency of such Aib-based SAMs as a biomolecular recognition platform was evidenced by examining the mannose-concanavalin A interaction via surface plasmon resonance biosensing.

SUBMITTER: Kaplan JM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3770261 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Conformationally constrained functional peptide monolayers for the controlled display of bioactive carbohydrate ligands.

Kaplan Justin M JM Shang Jing J Gobbo Pierangelo P Antonello Sabrina S Armelao Lidia L Chatare Vijay V Ratner Daniel M DM Andrade Rodrigo B RB Maran Flavio F

Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids 20130621 26

In this study, we employed thiolated peptides of the conformationally constrained, strongly helicogenic α-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) residue to prepare self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold surfaces. Electrochemistry and infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy support the formation of very well packed Aib-peptide SAMs. The immobilized peptides retain their helical structure, and the resulting SAMs are stabilized by a network of intermolecular H bonds involving the NH groups adjacent to th ...[more]

PMID: 23782319

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