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Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 7(54), p. 2245-2250, 2014

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410768

Wiley, Angewandte Chemie, 7(127), p. 2273-2278, 2014

DOI: 10.1002/ange.201410768

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Chirality-Assisted Ring-Like Aggregation of Aβ(1–40) at Liquid–Solid Interfaces: A Stereoselective Two-Step Assembly Process

Journal article published in 2014 by Guanbin Gao, Mingxi Zhang, Pei Lu, Guanlun Guo, Dong Wang ORCID, Taolei Sun
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Abstract

Molecular chirality is introduced at liquid–solid interfaces. A ring-like aggregation of amyloid Aβ(1–40) on N-isobutyryl-L-cysteine (L-NIBC)-modified gold substrate occurs at low Aβ(1–40) concentration, while D-NIBC modification only results in rod-like aggregation. Utilizing atomic force microscope controlled tip-enhanced Raman scattering, we directly observe the secondary structure information for Aβ(1–40) assembly in situ at the nanoscale. D- or L-NIBC on the surface can guide parallel or nonparallel alignment of β-hairpins through a two-step process based on electrostatic-interaction-enhanced adsorption and subsequent stereoselective recognition. Possible electrostatic interaction sites (R5 and K16) and a chiral recognition site (H14) of Aβ(1–40) are proposed, which may provide insight into the understanding of this effect.