Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surfactant peptide nanostructures, and uses thereof
- Patent Title (中): 表面活性剂肽纳米结构及其用途
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Application No.: US11338987Application Date: 2006-01-25
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Publication No.: US07671258B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Shuguang Zhang , Sylvain Vauthey
- Applicant: Shuguang Zhang , Sylvain Vauthey
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Elmore Patent Law Group
- Agent Carolyn S. Elmore; Mahreen Chaudhry Hoda
- Main IPC: C07K4/00
- IPC: C07K4/00 ; C07K19/00 ; A61K38/00

Abstract:
This work describes a new class of short polypeptides that can self-assemble to form regular nanotubes with an average diameters of about 50 nm. These peptides (7 to 8 amino acids) have a structure very similar to those observed in surfactant molecules with a defined hydrophilic head group constituting of charged amino acids and a lipophilic tail made out of hydrophobic amino acids such as alanine, valine or leucine. Cryo-TEM micrographs show numerous three-fold junctions connecting the self-assembling nanostructures and thus leading to the formation of a rather dense network of entangled nanotubes. Additionally, the observation of clear openings at the end of the supramolecular structures confirms the presence of tubular organization.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060211615A1 Surfactant peptide nanostructures, and uses thereof Public/Granted day:2006-09-21
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