@misc{10481/69687,
year = {2021},
month = {5},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/69687},
abstract = {Making use of the combination of multiparametric Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) and single-molecule Fluorescence Lifetime Correlation Spectroscopy (FLCS), we have been able to study for the early stages of the fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl-diphenylalanine (Fmoc-FF) self-assembly process with single-molecule resolution, the kinetics of fiber formation, the packaging of the peptides within the fibers and the capacity of the peptides to reassemble after disruption (self-healing) in the presence of different metallic cations. Other techniques such as FTIR, TEM, DSC and DFT calculations support our findings. The impact that the mechanism of self-assembly has on the physical (rigidity and self-healing) properties of the resulting gels have also been evaluated by rheology. Calcium ions are able to promote the self-assembly of Fmoc-FF faster and more efficiently, forming more rigid hydrogels than do cesium ions. The reasons behind this effect may be explained by the different capacities that these two cations have to coordinate with the peptide, modulate its hydrophobicity and stabilize the water-solute interphase. These findings shed light on the impact that small changes have on the process of self-assembly and can help to understand the influence of the environmental conditions on the in vivo uncontrolled self-assembly of certain proteins.},
organization = {Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad, MINECO	CTQ2017-86568-R	
FIS2017-85954-R},
organization = {Agencia Estatal de Investigacion, AEI, Spain	CTQ2017-86568-R	
FIS2017-85954-R},
organization = {Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, FEDER, European Union	CTQ2017-86568-R	
FIS2017-85954-R},
organization = {FEDER/Junta de Andalucia-Consejeria de Transformacion Economica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades (Spain)	P18-FR-3533},
organization = {Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion/Agencia Estatal de Investigacion	FU2015-67284-R},
publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
title = {In situ real-time monitoring of the mechanism of self-assembly of short peptide supramolecular polymers},
doi = {10.1039/d1qm00477h},
author = {Mañas Torres, María del Carmen and Gila Vilchez, Cristina and González Vera, Juan Antonio and Conejero Lara, Francisco and Blanco Suárez, Víctor and Cuerva Carvajal, Juan Manuel and López López, Modesto Torcuato and Orte Gutiérrez, Ángel and Álvarez Cienfuegos Rodríguez, Luis},
}