Material Binding Peptides for Nanotechnology
Author
Seker, U. O. S.
Demir, Hilmi Volkan
Date
2011Source Title
Molecules
Print ISSN
1420-3049
Publisher
MDPI AG
Volume
16
Issue
2
Pages
1426 - 1426
Language
English
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Abstract
Remarkable progress has been made to date in the discovery of material binding peptides and their utilization in nanotechnology, which has brought new challenges and opportunities. Nowadays phage display is a versatile tool, important for the selection of ligands for proteins and peptides. This combinatorial approach has also been adapted over the past decade to select material-specific peptides. Screening and selection of such phage displayed material binding peptides has attracted great interest, in particular because of their use in nanotechnology. Phage display selected peptides are either synthesized independently or expressed on phage coat protein. Selected phage particles are subsequently utilized in the synthesis of nanoparticles, in the assembly of nanostructures on inorganic surfaces, and oriented protein immobilization as fusion partners of proteins. In this paper, we present an overview on the research conducted on this area. In this review we not only focus on the selection process, but also on molecular binding characterization and utilization of peptides as molecular linkers, molecular assemblers and material synthesizers.
Keywords
Material Binding PeptideFilamentous Phage
Nanotechnology
Nanoparticles
Self Assembly
Phage Displayed Peptides
In-vitro
Room-temperature
Engineered Polypeptides
Semiconductor Surfaces
Repeating Polypeptides
Molecular Biomimetics
Mechanical-properties
Silver Nanoparticles
Inorganic Materials