Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Polypeptides for Use as Functional and Structural Materials

Polymeric peptide pigments with sequence-encoded properties

(2017) Ayala Lampel et al.   SCIENCE

Chemical Synthesis of Multiblock Copolypeptides Inspired by Spider Dragline Silk Proteins

(2017) Kousuke Tsuchiya et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Enzyme-Mimic Peptide Assembly To Achieve Amidolytic Activity

(2016) Yoke-Ming Wong et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Papain-Catalyzed Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Telechelic Polypeptides Using Bis(Leucine Ethyl Ester) Initiator

(2016) Kousuke Tsuchiya et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Dynamic peptide libraries for the discovery of supramolecular nanomaterials

(2016) Charalampos G. Pappas et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Synthesis of peptides with narrow molecular weight distributions via exopeptidase-catalyzed aminolysis of hydrophobic amino-acid alkyl esters

(2016) Sachiko Nitta et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

Derivatization of Proteinase K with Heavy Atoms Enhances Its Thermal Stability

(2016) Kenjiro Yazawa et al.   ACS Catalysis

Papain-Catalyzed Synthesis of Polyglutamate Containing a Nylon Monomer Unit

(2016) Kenjiro Yazawa et al.   Polymers

The Pharmacological Potential of Non-ribosomal Peptides from Marine Sponge and Tunicates

(2016) Shivankar Agrawal et al.   Frontiers in Pharmacology

Synthetic Short Peptides for Rapid Fabrication of Monolayer Cell Sheets

(2016) Yinan Ma et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Synthetic Short Peptides for Rapid Fabrication of Monolayer Cell Sheets

(2016) Yinan Ma et al.   ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Relationships between physical properties and sequence in silkworm silks

(2016) Ali D. Malay et al.   Scientific Reports

The Benzyl Ester Group of Amino Acid Monomers Enhances Substrate Affinity and Broadens the Substrate Specificity of the Enzyme Catalyst in Chemoenzymatic Copolymerization

(2015) Jose Manuel Ageitos et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Sequence Adaptive Peptide–Polysaccharide Nanostructures by Biocatalytic Self-Assembly

(2015) Yousef M. Abul-Haija et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Oligo(l-cysteine) for Use as a Thermostable Bio-Based Material

(2015) Yinan Ma et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Linear and Branched Cationic Peptides: Evaluation as Gene Carriers

(2015) Jose Manuel Ageitos et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Toward spinning artificial spider silk

(2015) Anna Rising et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Crystal structure and physical properties of Antheraea yamamai silk fibers: Long poly(alanine) sequences are partially in the crystalline region

(2015) Keiji Numata et al.   POLYMER

Facile synthesis of polymethionine oxides through polycondensation of activated urethane derivative of α-amino acid and their application to antifouling polymer against proteins and cells

(2015) Shuhei Yamada et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Poly(amino acid)s/polypeptides as potential functional and structural materials

(2015) Keiji Numata   POLYMER JOURNAL

Synthesis of Adhesive Peptides Similar to Those Found in Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) Using Papain and Tyrosinase

(2014) Keiji Numata et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Optimization of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) as an Artificial Amidase

(2014) Yoke-Ming Wong et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Short One-Pot Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of l-Lysine and l-Alanine Diblock Co-Oligopeptides

(2014) Jenny Fagerland et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Polypeptide films via N-carboxyanhydride ring-opening polymerization (NCA-ROP): past, present and future

(2014) Steven Harris Wibowo et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Chemo-enzymatic Routes to Lipopeptides and Their Colloidal Properties

(2014) Geng Li et al.   LANGMUIR

Synthesis of Homopolypeptides by Aminolysis Mediated by Proteases Encapsulated in Silica Nanospheres

(2014) Peter J. Baker et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Recent Advances in Chemoenzymatic Peptide Syntheses

(2014) Kenjiro Yazawa et al.   MOLECULES

Influence of Nε-Protecting Groups on the Protease-Catalyzed Oligomerization of l-Lysine Methyl Ester

(2014) Xu Qin et al.   ACS Catalysis

Proteinase K-Catalyzed Synthesis of Linear and Star Oligo(l-phenylalanine) Conjugates

(2013) Jose M. Ageitos et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Enzyme-Triggered Cargo Release from Methionine Sulfoxide Containing Copolypeptide Vesicles

(2013) April R. Rodriguez et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Self-Assembly of Elastin–Mimetic Double Hydrophobic Polypeptides

(2013) Duc H. T. Le et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Enzyme-triggered hydrogelation via self-assembly of alternating peptides

(2013) Xu Qin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Poly(l-alanine) in Aqueous Environment

(2012) Peter James Baker et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Simplifying alternating peptide synthesis by protease-catalyzed dipeptide oligomerization

(2012) Xu Qin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Surprising metal binding properties of phytochelatin-like peptides prepared by protease-catalysis

(2012) Kodandaraman Viswanathan et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Block Copolypeptides Prepared by N-Carboxyanhydride Ring-Opening Polymerization

(2012) Gijs J. M. Habraken et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Papain Catalyzed (co)Oligomerization of α-Amino Acids

(2012) Leendert W. Schwab et al.   Polymers

Recent Advances in Nonviral Vectors for Gene Delivery

(2011) Xia Guo et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Screw-Sense Control of Helical Oligopeptides Containing Equal Amounts of L- and D-Amino Acids

(2011) Yosuke Demizu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Efficient chemo-enzymatic synthesis of endomorphin-1 using organic solvent stable proteases to green the synthesis of the peptide

(2011) Honglin Sun et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

α-Chymotrypsin-catalyzed synthesis of poly-l-cysteine in a frozen aqueous solution

(2011) Asako Narai-Kanayama et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Protease-Catalyzed Oligomerization of l-Lysine Ethyl Ester in Aqueous Solution

(2011) Xu Qin et al.   ACS Catalysis

Silk-based delivery systems of bioactive molecules

(2010) Keiji Numata et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Mechanisms of Enzymatic Degradation of Amyloid β Microfibrils Generating Nanofilaments and Nanospheres Related to Cytotoxicity

(2010) Keiji Numata et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Protease-Catalyzed Oligomerization of Hydrophobic Amino Acid Ethyl Esters in Homogeneous Reaction Media Usingl-Phenylalanine as a Model System

(2010) Kodandaraman Viswanathan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Complete Recombinant Silk-Elastinlike Protein-Based Tissue Scaffold

(2010) Weiguo Qiu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

N- versus C-Terminal Control over the Screw-Sense Preference of the Configurationally Achiral, Conformationally Helical Peptide Motif Aib8GlyAib8

(2010) Jordi Solà et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Differences in Cytotoxicity of β-Sheet Peptides Originated from Silk and Amyloid β

(2010) Keiji Numata et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Silks produced by insect labial glands

(2010) František Sehnal et al.   Prion

Mechanism of enzymatic degradation of beta-sheet crystals

(2009) Keiji Numata et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Twenty years of cell-penetrating peptides: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutics

(2009) Frederic Heitz et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Applications of Orthogonal “Click” Chemistries in the Synthesis of Functional Soft Materials

(2009) Rhiannon K. Iha et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Polymer-Peptide Block Copolymers - An Overview and Assessment of Synthesis Methods

(2009) Hana Robson Marsden et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

D‐Amino Acid Specific Proteases and Native All‐L‐Proteins: A Convenient Combination for Semisynthesis

(2008) Nicole Wehofsky et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis and application of dipeptides; current status and perspectives

(2008) Makoto Yagasaki et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Modification of silk fibroin using diazonium coupling chemistry and the effects on hMSC proliferation and differentiation

(2008) Amanda R. Murphy et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Protease-Catalyzed Co-Oligomerizations ofl-Leucine Ethyl Ester withl-Glutamic Acid Diethyl Ester: Sequence and Chain Length Distributions

(2008) Geng Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Enzyme-assisted self-assembly under thermodynamic control

(2008) Richard J. Williams et al.   Nature Nanotechnology