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Leveraging Supramolecular Polymers to Induce the Targeted Protein Degradation of α-Synuclein

Jul 2026 · bioRxiv · 0 citations · 1 references
Biology Medicine

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This work focused on adding modularity and dynamic capability to this classical model by leveraging a multivalent macromolecular approach to TPD, where peptide amphiphiles were designed to self-assemble into high-aspect-ratio supramolecular nanofibers and present peptide epitopes on the surface of the fibers to target simultaneous binding of α-Syn.

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