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SUBMITTER: Tao K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7136075 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tao Kai K Chen Yu Y Orr Asuka A AA Tian Zhen Z Makam Pandeeswar P Gilead Sharon S Si Mingsu M Rencus-Lazar Sigal S Qu Songnan S Zhang Mingjun M Tamamis Phanourios P Gazit Ehud E
Advanced functional materials 20200107 10
The self-assembly of cyclodipeptides composed of natural aromatic amino acids into supramolecular structures of diverse morphologies with intrinsic emissions in the visible light region is demonstrated. The assembly process can be halted at the initial oligomerization by coordination with zinc ions, with the most prominent effect observed for cyclo-dihistidine (cyclo-HH). This process is mediated by attracting and pulling of the metal ions from the solvent into the peptide environment, rather th ...[more]