An adaptable peptide-based porous material

Rabone, J., Yue, Y.-F., Chong, S. Y., Stylianou, K. C., Bacsa, J., Bradshaw, D., Darling, G. R., Berry, N. G., Khimyak, Y. Z. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0424-4128, Ganin, A. Y., Wiper, P., Claridge, J. B. and Rosseinsky, M. J. (2010) An adaptable peptide-based porous material. Science, 329 (5995). pp. 1053-1057. ISSN 0036-8075

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Abstract

Porous materials find widespread application in storage, separation, and catalytic technologies. We report a crystalline porous solid with adaptable porosity, in which a simple dipeptide linker is arranged in a regular array by coordination to metal centers. Experiments reinforced by molecular dynamics simulations showed that low-energy torsions and displacements of the peptides enabled the available pore volume to evolve smoothly from zero as the guest loading increased. The observed cooperative feedback in sorption isotherms resembled the response of proteins undergoing conformational selection, suggesting an energy landscape similar to that required for protein folding. The flexible peptide linker was shown to play the pivotal role in changing the pore conformation.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Pharmaceutical Materials and Soft Matter Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Materials (former - to 2017)
Depositing User:	Rhiannon Harvey
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2012 10:27
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 16:38
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/36595
DOI:	10.1126/science.1190672

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