Discovery, structure, and chemical synthesis of disulfide-rich peptide toxins and their analogs

GM Fang, XX Chen, QQ Yang, LJ Zhu, NN Li… - Chinese Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently, medicinal peptide molecules are of great interest to many international
pharmaceutical companies, mainly because of their relatively lower research costs, shorter …

Design and structural characterisation of monomeric water-soluble α-helix and β-hairpin peptides: State-of-the-art

P Morales, MA Jiménez - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
Peptides are not only useful models for the structural understanding of protein folding and
stability but also provide promising therapeutic avenues for the treatment of numerous …

Pseudo-isolated α-helix platform for the recognition of deep and narrow targets

D Kim, S Han, H Park, S Choi, M Kaur… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Although interest in stabilized α-helical peptides as next-generation therapeutics for
modulating biomolecular interfaces is increasing, peptides have limited functionality and …

Magnetic control of self-assembly and disassembly in organic materials

Y Jung, H Kim, HK Cheong, Y Lim - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Because organic molecules and materials are generally insensitive or weakly sensitive to
magnetic fields, a certain means to enhance their magnetic responsiveness needs to be …

Potent inhibition of HIF1α and p300 interaction by a constrained peptide derived from CITED2

X Qin, H Chen, L Tu, Y Ma, N Liu, H Zhang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Disrupting the interaction between HIF1α and p300 is a promising strategy to modulate the
hypoxia response of tumor cells. Herein, we designed a constrained peptide inhibitor …

Landscaping macrocyclic peptides: stapling hDM2-binding peptides for helicity, protein affinity, proteolytic stability and cell uptake

AD de Araujo, J Lim, KC Wu, HN Hoang… - RSC Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclic peptides that modulate protein–protein interactions can be valuable therapeutic
candidates if they can be delivered intact to their target proteins in cells. Here we …

Cross‐Linked Poly‐4‐Acrylomorpholine: A Flexible and Reversibly Compressible Aligning Gel for Anisotropic NMR Analysis of Peptides and Small Molecules in …

KA Farley, MRM Koos, Y Che, R Horst… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Determination of the solution conformation of both small organic molecules and peptides in
water remains a substantial hurdle in using NMR solution conformations to guide drug …

Bicyclic helical peptides as dual inhibitors selective for Bcl2A1 and Mcl-1 proteins

A D. de Araujo, J Lim, KC Wu, Y Xiang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A 26-residue peptide BimBH3 binds indiscriminately to multiple oncogenic Bcl2 proteins that
regulate apoptosis of cancer cells. Specific inhibition of the BimBH3-Bcl2A1 protein–protein …

Fortified coiled coils: Enhancing mechanical stability with lactam or metal staples

P López‐García, AD de Araujo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Coiled coils (CCs) are powerful supramolecular building blocks for biomimetic materials,
increasingly used for their mechanical properties. Here, we introduce helix‐inducing …

Interrogating the lactate dehydrogenase tetramerization site using (stapled) peptides

L Thabault, L Brisson, C Brustenga… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Lactate dehydrogenases (LDHs) are tetrameric enzymes of major significance in cancer
metabolism as well as promising targets for cancer therapy. However, their wide and polar …