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Structural Transformation of Coassembled Fmoc-Protected Aromatic Amino Acids to Nanoparticles

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Materials made of assembled biomolecules such as amino acids have drawn much attention during the past decades. Nevertheless, research on the relationship between the chemical structure of building block molecules, supramolecular interactions, and self-assembled structures is still necessary. Herein, the self-assembly and the coassembly of fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc)-protected aromatic amino acids (tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine) were studied. The individual self-assembly of Fmoc-Tyr-OH and Fmoc-Phe-OH in water formed nanofibers, while Fmoc-Trp-OH self-assembled into nanoparticles. Moreover, when Fmoc-Tyr-OH or Fmoc-Phe-OH was coassembled with Fmoc-Trp-OH, the nanofibers were transformed into nanoparticles. UV–vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and fluorescence spectroscopy were used to investigate the supramolecular interactions leading to the self-assembled architectures. π–π stacking and hydrogen bonding were the main driving forces leading to the self-assembly of Fmoc-Tyr-OH and Fmoc-Phe-OH forming nanofibers. Further, a mechanism involving a two-step coassembly process is proposed based on nucleation and elongation/growth to explain the structural transformation. Fmoc-Trp-OH acted as a fiber inhibitor to alter the molecular interactions in the Fmoc-Tyr-OH or Fmoc-Phe-OH self-assembled structures during the coassembly process, locking the coassembly in the nucleation step and preventing the formation of nanofibers. This structural transformation is useful for extending the application of amino acid self- or coassembled materials in different fields. For example, the amino acids forming nanofibers could be applied for tissue engineering, while they could be exploited as drug nanocarriers when they form nanoparticles.
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hal-04659561 , version 1 (23-07-2024)

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Tengfei Wang, Cécilia Ménard-Moyon, Alberto Bianco. Structural Transformation of Coassembled Fmoc-Protected Aromatic Amino Acids to Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16 (8), pp.10532-10544. ⟨10.1021/acsami.3c18463⟩. ⟨hal-04659561⟩

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