Supramolecular luminescent sensors

TL Mako, JM Racicot, M Levine - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
There is great need for stand-alone luminescence-based chemosensors that exemplify
selectivity, sensitivity, and applicability and that overcome the challenges that arise from …

[HTML][HTML] Protein–peptide docking: opportunities and challenges

M Ciemny, M Kurcinski, K Kamel, A Kolinski, N Alam… - Drug discovery today, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•We provide an overview of protein-peptide docking methods and their
applications.•Peptide docking tools can be divided on template-based, local and global …

Roles of cutaneous cell‐cell communication in wound healing outcome: an emphasis on keratinocyte‐fibroblast crosstalk

N Amiri, AP Golin, RB Jalili… - Experimental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue repair is a very complex event and involves a continuously orchestrated sequence of
signals and responses from platelets, fibroblasts, epithelial, endothelial and immune cells …

Using peptidomimetics and constrained peptides as valuable tools for inhibiting protein–protein interactions

NS Robertson, DR Spring - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) are tremendously important for the function of many
biological processes. However, because of the structure of many protein–protein interfaces …

Targeting tumors using peptides

P Scodeller, EK Asciutto - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
To penetrate solid tumors, low molecular weight (Mw< 10 KDa) compounds have an edge
over antibodies: their higher penetration because of their small size. Because of the dense …

Automated affinity selection for rapid discovery of peptide binders

G Zhang, C Li, AJ Quartararo, A Loas… - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In-solution affinity selection (AS) of large synthetic peptide libraries affords identification of
binders to protein targets through access to an expanded chemical space. Standard affinity …

14-3-3 proteins activate Pseudomonas exotoxins-S and -T by chaperoning a hydrophobic surface

T Karlberg, P Hornyak, AF Pinto, S Milanova… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Pseudomonas are a common cause of hospital-acquired infections that may be lethal. ADP-
ribosyltransferase activities of Pseudomonas exotoxin-S and-T depend on 14-3-3 proteins …

Addressing Challenges of Macrocyclic Conformational Sampling in Polar and Apolar Solvents: Lessons for Chameleonicity

X Tang, J Kokot, F Waibl… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We evaluated a workflow to reliably sample the conformational space of a set of 47 peptidic
macrocycles. Starting from SMILES strings, we use accelerated molecular dynamics …

Site‐Selective Peptide Macrocyclization

R Wills, V Adebomi, M Raj - ChemBioChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclized peptides have seen a rise in popularity in the pharmaceutical industry as drug
molecules. As such, new macrocyclization methodologies have become abundant in the last …

Constrained peptides with fine‐tuned flexibility inhibit NF‐Y transcription factor assembly

S Jeganathan, M Wendt, S Kiehstaller… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Protein complex formation depends on the interplay between preorganization and flexibility
of the binding epitopes involved. The design of epitope mimetics typically focuses on …