Polypeptides are fascinating materials in various fields because of their structural variety arising from various amino acid sequences. The physical and biological properties of polypeptides are ...

These simplified images from Wayne Anderson's lab show how the polypeptide backbone of a Bacillus anthracis protein folds and curls around itself like a ribbon. It is one of 5,617 proteins in the ...

Protein and polypeptide heteropolymers containing non-α-backbone monomers are highly desirable as potential materials and therapeutics but many remain difficult or impossible to biosynthesize in cells ...