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Molecular dynamics simulations of self-assembled peptide amphiphile based cylindrical nanofibers
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Tekin, E. Deniz |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | We carried out united-atom molecular dynamics simulations to understand the structural properties of peptide amphiphile (PA)-based cylindrical nanofibers and the factors that play a role in the “Self-Assembly” process on some specific nanofibers. In our simulations, we start from various cylindrical nanofiber structures with a different number of layers and a different number of PAs in each layer, based on previous experimental and theoretical results. We find that the 19-layered nanofiber, with 12 PAs at each layer, distributed radially and uniformly with alkyl chains in the center, is the most stable configuration with a diameter of 8.4 nm which is consistent with experimental results. The most dominant secondary structures formed in the fibers are random coils and β-sheets, respectively. We also find that hydrophobic interactions between the VVAG–VVAG moiety of the PA molecules and electrostatic interactions between D–Na+ and between E–R are responsible for the fiber's self-assembly properties. During the aggregation process, first dimers, then trimers are formed. |
| Starting Page | 66582 |
| Ending Page | 66590 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1039/C5RA10685K |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/getauthorversionpdf/C5RA10685K |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA10685K |
| Volume Number | 5 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
