Strategies employed in the design of antimicrobial peptides with enhanced proteolytic stability

Z Lai, X Yuan, H Chen, Y Zhu, N Dong, A Shan - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the alarming developing rate of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens, the
development and modification of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are unprecedentedly active …

Recent advances in the development of anti-infective peptoids

KL Bicker, SL Cobb - Chemical Communications, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In the search for new sources of antimicrobials many researchers have investigated
antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as templates for the design of innovative therapeutics …

Cooperative Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding Strongly Enforces cis-Peptoid Folding

AW Wijaya, AI Nguyen, LT Roe… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Sequence-defined peptoids, or N-substituted glycines, are an attractive class of bioispired
polymer due to their biostability and efficient synthesis. However, the de novo design of …

Strategies to Control the Cis‐Trans Isomerization of Peptoid Amide Bonds

D Kalita, B Sahariah, S Pravo Mookerjee… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Peptoids are oligomers of N‐substituted glycine units. They structurally resemble peptides
but, unlike natural peptides, the side chains of peptoids are present on the amide nitrogen …

Peptide science: A “rule model” for new generations of peptidomimetics

HR Reese, CC Shanahan, C Proulx, S Menegatti - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Peptides have been heavily investigated for their biocompatible and bioactive properties.
Though a wide array of functionalities can be introduced by varying the amino acid …

Submonomer synthesis of peptoids containing trans-inducing N-imino-and N-alkylamino-glycines

CM Davern, BD Lowe, A Rosfi, EA Ison, C Proulx - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of hydrazones as a new type of submonomer in peptoid synthesis is described,
giving access to peptoid monomers that are structure-inducing. A wide range of hydrazones …

Fluorinated aromatic monomers as building blocks to control α-peptoid conformation and structure

D Gimenez, G Zhou, MFD Hurley… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Peptoids are peptidomimetics of interest in the fields of drug development and biomaterials.
However, obtaining stable secondary structures is challenging, and designing these …

Incorporation of CF 3-pseudoprolines into polyproline type II foldamers confers promising biophysical features

C Cayrou, A Walrant, D Ravault, K Guitot… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The development and the use of fluorinated polyproline-type II (PPII) foldamers are still
underexplored. Herein, trifluoromethyl pseudoprolines have been incorporated into …

Reverse turn and loop secondary structures in stereodefined cyclic peptoid scaffolds

A D'Amato, G Pierri, C Tedesco… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Controlling the network of intramolecular interactions encoded by N α-chiral side chains and
the equilibria between cis-and trans-amide junctions in cyclic peptoid architectures …

Bio-instructive materials on-demand–combinatorial chemistry of peptoids, foldamers, and beyond

CN Herlan, D Feser, U Schepers… - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Combinatorial chemistry allows for the rapid synthesis of large compound libraries for high
throughput screenings in biology, medicinal chemistry, or materials science. Especially …