Orientation-controlled conjugation of haloalkane dehalogenase fused homing peptides to multifunctional nanoparticles for the specific recognition of cancer cells

In control: The ligand positioning and orientation on multifunctional nanoparticles (MNP) are controlled by using a versatile bimodular approach that exploits an 11 amino acid (U11) homing peptide genetically fused with a haloalkane dehalogenase (HALO) enzyme. The resultant nanoparticles have good targeting efficiency and selectivity toward broadly occurring urokinase plasminogen activator receptor positive human cancer cells. © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.