Dipeptide hydrogel formation triggered by boronic acid-sugar recognition

S. Grigoriou; E.K. Johnson; T.D. James; P.J. Cameron; L. Chen; D.J. Adams

doi:10.1039/c2sm25713k

Dipeptide hydrogel formation triggered by boronic acid-sugar recognition

S. Grigoriou, E.K. Johnson, T.D. James, P.J. Cameron, L. Chen, D.J. Adams

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The pH drop associated with sugar recognition and binding by boronic acids has been used to initiate the formation of gels from dipeptide gelators. Gels formed in the presence of fructose, but not glucose which has a weaker binding constant to boronic acids.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2788-2791
Number of pages	4
Journal	Soft Matter
Volume	8
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sm25713k
Publication status	Published - 7 Jul 2012

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