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CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS
Volume 43, Issue 15, Pages 5326-5345Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4cs00082j
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Biomedical Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore)
- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology [PTDC/SAU-ENB/117013/2010]
- program Investigador FCT [IF100772/2013]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/SAU-ENB/117013/2010] Funding Source: FCT
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Self-assembling amyloid-like peptides and proteins give rise to promising biomaterials with potential applications in many fields. Amytoid structures are formed by the process of molecular recognition and self-assembly, wherein a peptide or protein monomer spontaneously self-associates into dimers and oligomers and subsequently into supramolecutar aggregates, finally resulting in condensed fibrils. Mature amyloid fibrils possess a quasi-crystalline structure featuring a characteristic fiber diffraction pattern and have well-defined properties, in contrast to many amorphous protein aggregates that arise when proteins misfold. Core sequences of four to seven amino acids have been identified within natural amyloid proteins. They are capable to form amyloid fibers and fibrils and have been used as amyloid model structures, simplifying the investigations on amyloid structures due to their small size. Recent studies have highlighted the use of self-assembled amytoid-based fibers as nanomaterials. Here, we discuss the latest advances and the major challenges in developing amyloids for future applications in nanotechnology and nanomedicine, with the focus on development of sensors to study protein ligand interactions.
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