ABSTRACT
Peptide self-assembly is a fast growing research area because self-assembly of proteins and glycolipids control the efciency of biological processes in intracellular organelles and membranes. Peptides may be considered as structural precursors for more complex protein assemblies and they present self-assembly behaviors atequilibrium, even in solute-buffer simple solutions, that is, at thermodynamic equilibrium in pseudo-binary solutions. They share many similarities with surfactants,copolymers, and nanoparticles. For instance, peptide self-organization could be related to protein folding where different parts of the secondary structure self-assemble to form a3D arrangementand the tertiary structure of the protein, which is essential to its function. Furthermore, folded
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