glycylglycine

Glycylglycine (Diglycine) is a dipeptide used in biochemical research. It is the simplest of all dipeptides and is used as a starting template for preparation of more complex peptides. Glycine is involved in the body's production of DNA, phospholipids, and collagen, and in the release of energy.

Lysostaphin is a potent antistaphylococcal compound that exhibits enzymatic activity through three distinct enzymes: glycylglycine endopeptidase, endo-β-N-acetyl glucosamidase, and N-acetyl muramyl-L-alanine amidase.

CAY10679, an anionic oligopeptide-based bola-amphiphile, features a central hexane segment bordered by a glycylglycine group at each end, establishing pronounced hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions. This amphiphilic peptide's propensity for self-assembling into microtubes in aqueous acidic solutions has been explored. Such bola-amphiphiles hold significant potential in the development of nanotubes, nanovesicles, nanowires, and nanocarriers for drug delivery, among various bionanotechnology applications.