Self-Assembled Peptides: Characterisation and In Vivo Response

Biointerphases

Journal for Biophysical Chemistry

Table 1 Structure and bonding of different classes of SAP scaffolds

Entry	Class	Bond	Structure	References
1	Tripeptide repeats (RAD)_n	Hydrophobic/complementary charge	ß-sheet tapes	[17, 18, 24, 75–81]
2	Glutamine-rich	Hydrophobic/π–π stack	β-sheet ribbons	[82–88]
3	Peptide Amphiphiles	Ionic/amphiphillic	Cylindrical micelles	[19, 33, 54, 58, 89–96]
4	N-terminally capped peptides	π–π-stack, H-bonds	Nanotubes, nanofibres	[5, 26, 30, 32, 38, 52, 97, 98]
5	Beta hairpin	Ionic/hydrophobic/H bond	β-sheets tapes	[34, 99–102]
6	Coiled coils	Hydrophobic/complementary charge	α-helical rods	[35, 103–108]