Enzyme-mimetic self-catalyzed polymerization of polypeptide helices

Enzyme-mimetic self-catalyzed polymerization of polypeptide helices

The folding-dependent catalytic behavior of enzymes is of fundamental biological importance, yet mechanistically underexplored. Here, the authors show that an α-helix, commonly found in proteins, can facilitate its own growth through the self-catalyzed polymerization of N-carboxyanhydride in solvent...

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Main Authors: Ziyuan Song, Hailin Fu, Ryan Baumgartner, Lingyang Zhu, Kuo-Chih Shih, Yingchun Xia, Xuetao Zheng, Lichen Yin, Christophe Chipot, Yao Lin, Jianjun Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13502-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13502-w

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