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. 2017 Oct 25;9(11):551. doi: 10.3390/polym9110551

Table 3.

Illustrative examples of block copolypeptides reported in the literature.

Type of Block Copolymer Block Copolypeptide Reference
Diblock poly[γ-benzyl-l-glutamate-b-(l-glutamic Acid)] [121]
Diblock Nε-4-phenylbenzamido-l-lysine-b-Nε-trifluoroacetyl-l-lysine [120]
Diblock o-(tetra-o-acetyl-d-glucopyranosyl)-l-serine-NCA-b-alanine NCA [119]
Diblock poly(γ-benzyl-l-glutamate)-b-polyglycine [122]
Diblock poly[γ-benzyl-l-glutamate-b-(poly(Nε-carbobenzoxy-l-lysine)], poly[γ-benzyl-l-glutamate-b-polyglycine], poly[γ-benzyl-l-glutamate-b-poly(l-tyrosine)], poly[γ-benzyl-l-glutamate-b-poly(poly(l-leucine)]. [76]
Diblock poly(γ-benzyl-l-glutamate)-b-poly(l-lysine) [123]
Diblock poly[γ-benzyl-l-glutamate-b-(poly(Nε-carbobenzoxy-l-lysine)], and block copolypeptides containing l-leucine and l-proline) [130]
Diblock poly(Nε-2[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]acetyl-l-lysine)-b-poly(l-aspartic acid, sodium salt) [131]
Diblock poly(l-lysine Hbr) or poly(l-glutamic acid sodium salt), and helical, hydrophobic segments of poly(l-leucine) [132,133]
Diblock diblock copolypeptides of hydrophilic l-lysine or l-glutamic acid and hydrophobic leucine or valine [134]
Diblock poly(l-lysine)-b-poly(l-glycine), poly(l-lysine)-b-poly(l-alanine), poly(l-lysine)-b-poly(l-phenylalanine) [135]
Diblock poly(S-(o-nitrobenzyl)-l-cysteine)-b-poly(ethylene glycol) (PNBC-b-PEO) block copolymers [50]
Diblock Hydrophilic (glutamic acid or lysine) and one nonpolar block (alanine) or with both hydrophilic blocks with opposite charges (glutamic acid and lysine) [136]
Diblock Poly(l-lysine)-b-poly(l-glycine) [137,138]
Diblock poly(l-lysine)-b-poly(l-phenylalanine) [139]
Diblock poly(l-methionine)65-b-poly(l-leucine0.5-stat-l-phenylalanine0.5)20 [140]
Diblock/Triblock poly-l-lysine-b-poly-l-leucine and poly-l-lysine-b-poly-l-leucine-b-poly-l-lysine [128]
Triblock poly[(γ-benzyl-l-glutamate)-b-(l-leucine)-b-(γ-benzyl-l-glutamate)] and the corresponding poly[(l-Glutamic Acid)-b-(l-leucine)-b-(l-Glutamic Acid)], poly(Nε-carbobenzoxy-l-lysine)-b-(γ-benzyl-l-glutamate)-b-(poly-Nε-carbobenzoxy-l-lysine) [76,126,127,141]
Triblock poly(l-homoarginine HCl)m-block-poly(Lglutamate Na)n-block-poly(l-leucine)20 [6]
Triblock poly[(Nε-carbobenzoxy-l-lysine)-b-poly(l-leucine)-b-poly(Nε-carbobenzoxy l-lysine)] [128,129]
Tetrablock Poly(γ-benzyl-l-glutamate)-b-poly(l-alanine)-b-poly(Nε-benzyloxycarbonyl-l-lysine)-b-poly(β-benzyl-l-aspartate) [79]