Reversible thermal transition of polydiacetylene based on KTTKS collagen sequence
- PMID: 22918197
- DOI: 10.1039/c2cc34665f
Reversible thermal transition of polydiacetylene based on KTTKS collagen sequence
Abstract
Here we explore the physico-chemical properties of a peptide amphiphile obtained by chemical conjugation of the collagen-stimulating peptide KTTKS with 10,12-pentacosadiynoic acid which photopolymerizes as a stable and extended polydiacetylene. We investigate the self-assembly of this new polymer and rationalize its peculiar behavior in terms of a thermal conformational transition. Surprisingly, this polymer shows a thermal transition associated with a non-cooperative increase in β-sheet content at high temperature.
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