ScienceShort peptide sequences can reportedly direct hexagonal pore formation
Nature reports that peptides nine amino acids long can guide the formation of hexagonal pores that tile into multichannel nanoscale fibers capable of expanding sideways.
TLDR
Nature describes research on nine-residue peptides—short chains of nine amino acids—that can encode distinct interaction patterns. Those patterns direct the formation of hexagonal pores, which tile into laterally expandable nanofibrils: nanoscale fibers with multiple channels.
Short peptide sequences can reportedly direct hexagonal pore formation
Nature reports that peptides nine amino acids long can guide the formation of hexagonal pores that tile into multichannel nanoscale fibers capable of expanding sideways.
TLDR
Nature describes research on nine-residue peptides—short chains of nine amino acids—that can encode distinct interaction patterns. Those patterns direct the formation of hexagonal pores, which tile into laterally expandable nanofibrils: nanoscale fibers with multiple channels.