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Assembly of triblock amphiphilic peptides into one-dimensional aggregates and network formation

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Peptide assembly plays a key role in both neurological diseases and development of novel biomaterials with well-defined nanostructures. Synthetic model peptides provide a unique platform to explore the role of intermolecular interactions in the assembly process. a triblock peptide architecture designed by the Hartgerink group is a versatile system which relies on Coulomb interactions, hydrogen bonding, and hydrophobicity to guide these peptides' assembly at three different length scales: beta-sheets, double-wall ribbon-like aggregates, and finally a highly porous network structure which can support gels with <= 1% by weight peptide concentration. in this study, by using molecular dynamics simulations of a structure based implicit solvent coarse grained model, we analyzed this hierarchical assembly process. Parametrization of our CG model is based on multiple-state points from atomistic simulations, which enables this model to represent the conformational adaptability of the triblock peptide molecule based on the surrounding medium. Our results indicate that emergence of the double-wall beta-sheet packing mechanism, proposed in light of the experimental evidence, strongly depends on the subtle balance of the intermolecular forces. We demonstrate that, even though backbone hydrogen bonding dominates the early nucleation stages, depending on the strength of the hydrophobic and Coulomb forces, Alternative structures such as zero-dimensional aggregates with two beta-sheets oriented orthogonally (which we refer to as a cross-packed structure) and beta-sheets with misoriented hydrophobic side chains are also feasible. We discuss the implications of these competing structures for the three different length scales of assembly by systematically investigating the influence of density, counterion valency, and hydrophobicity.

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amer Chemical Soc

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Chemistry, Physical chemistry

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Journal of Physical Chemistry B

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10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b07545

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