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Qiu T, Liu Q, Chen YX, Zhao YF, Li YM. Aβ42 and Aβ40: similarities and differences. J Pept Sci 2015; 21:522-9. [PMID: 26018760 DOI: 10.1002/psc.2789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Revised: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The abnormal accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide in the brain is one of the most important hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. Aβ is an aggregation-prone and toxic polypeptide with 39-43 residues, derived from the amyloid precursor protein proteolysis process. According to the amyloid hypothesis, abnormal accumulation of Aβ in the brain is the primary influence driving Alzheimer's disease pathologies. Among all kinds of Aβ isoforms, Aβ40 and Aβ42 are believed to be the most important ones. Although these two kinds of Aβ differ only in two amino acid residues, recent studies show that they differ significantly in their metabolism, physiological functions, toxicities, and aggregation mechanism. In this review, we mainly summarize the similarities and differences between Aβ42 and Aβ40, recent studies on selective inhibitors as well as probes will also be mentioned.
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- Tian Qiu
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.,Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, 100069, China
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Jiang QQ, Sicking W, Ehlers M, Schmuck C. Discovery of potent inhibitors of human β-tryptase from pre-equilibrated dynamic combinatorial libraries. Chem Sci 2014; 6:1792-1800. [PMID: 29163876 PMCID: PMC5644118 DOI: 10.1039/c4sc02943g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Pre-equilibrated combinatorial libraries based on multivalent peptide acyl hydrazones were used to find potent inhibitors of β-tryptase. The best inhibitors bind to the protein surface, and inhibit β-tryptase with nanomolar affinity (Kica. 10 nM) and high selectivity in a reversible and non-competitive way.
Pre-equilibrated dynamic combinatorial libraries based on acyl hydrazone interchange of peptide-derived hydrazides and di- and tri-aldehydes have been used to discover potent inhibitors with nanomolar affinities for β-tryptase. To identify potent inhibitors the activity of the full library containing 95 members was compared with those of sub-libraries in which individual building blocks were missing. The most active library members contain a rigid central aromatic scaffold with three cationic peptide arms. The arms of the best inhibitors also contained a tailor-made GCP oxoanion binding motif attached to a lysine side chain. The most potent tri-armed hydrazones with peptide arms GKWR or GKWK(GCP) were shown to inhibit β-tryptase (Kica. 10–20 nM) reversibly, non-competitively and selectively (compared to related serine proteases, e.g. trypsin and chymotrypsin), most likely by binding to the protein surface, also in agreement with molecular modelling calculations. These new inhibitors are one order of magnitude more efficient than related tetravalent inhibitors obtained from previous work on a split-mix-combinatorial library and were identified with significantly less effort, demonstrating the usefulness of this approach for the identification of enzyme inhibitors in general.
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- Qian-Qian Jiang
- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Duisburg-Essen , Universitätsstraße 7 , 45141 Essen , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Duisburg-Essen , Universitätsstraße 7 , 45141 Essen , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Duisburg-Essen , Universitätsstraße 7 , 45141 Essen , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Duisburg-Essen , Universitätsstraße 7 , 45141 Essen , Germany .
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Sączewski F, Balewski Ł. Biological activities of guanidine compounds, 2008 - 2012 update. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2013; 23:965-95. [PMID: 23617396 DOI: 10.1517/13543776.2013.788645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Compounds incorporating guanidine moiety have found many practical applications in diverse areas of chemistry, such as nucleophilic organocatalysis, anion recognition and coordination chemistry. Moreover, guanidine functional group is found in natural products, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic ingredients produced by synthetic methods. Thus, knowledge of their biological activities and therapeutic uses is of utmost importance for researchers involved in drug discovery processes. AREAS COVERED In this review the authors highlight the continued development and therapeutic applications of newly synthesized guanidine-containing compounds including small peptides and peptidomimetics incorporating arginine. The review presents patents and patent applications filed in the years 2008 - 2012 with emphasis placed on new mechanisms of pharmacological action of guanidine derivatives. EXPERT OPINION While guanidines are often thought of as strong organic bases and compounds hydrophilic in nature, over the last 4 years there has been an enormous increase in discovery of new promising lead structures with guanidine core, suitable for development of potential drugs acting at central nervous system, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-diabetic and chemotherapeutic agents as well as cosmetics.
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- Franciszek Sączewski
- Medical University of Gdańsk, Department of Chemical Technology of Drugs, Al. Gen. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Jameson LP, Smith NW, Dzyuba SV. Dye-binding assays for evaluation of the effects of small molecule inhibitors on amyloid (aβ) self-assembly. ACS Chem Neurosci 2012; 3:807-19. [PMID: 23173064 DOI: 10.1021/cn300076x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Dye-binding assays, such as those utilizing Congo red and thioflavin T, are among the most widely used tools to probe the aggregation of amyloidogenic biomolecules and for the evaluation of small molecule inhibitors of amyloid aggregation and fibrillization. A number of recent reports have indicated that these dye-binding assays could be prone to false positive effects when assessing inhibitors' potential toward Aβ peptides, species involved in Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, this review focuses on the application of thioflavin T for determining the efficiency of small molecule inhibitors of Aβ aggregation and addresses potential reasons that might be associated with the false positive effects in an effort to increase reliability of dye-binding assays.
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- Laramie P. Jameson
- Department of Chemistry, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, United States
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Conley MP, Valero J, de Mendoza J. Guanidinium-Based Receptors for Oxoanions. Supramol Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/9780470661345.smc061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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de Greef TFA, Nieuwenhuizen MML, Sijbesma RP, Meijer EW. Competitive Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Oligo(ethylene oxide) Substituted Quadruple Hydrogen Bonded Systems. J Org Chem 2010; 75:598-610. [DOI: 10.1021/jo902053t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Tom F. A. de Greef
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems and Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems and Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems and Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems and Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Alfonso I, Bolte M, Bru M, Burguete MI, Luis SV, Vicent C. Molecular recognition of N-protected dipeptides by pseudopeptidic macrocycles: a comparative study of the supramolecular complexes by ESI-MS and NMR. Org Biomol Chem 2010; 8:1329-39. [DOI: 10.1039/b924981h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Design and biological activity of β-sheet breaker peptide conjugates. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 380:397-401. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.01.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2009] [Accepted: 01/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Smith NW, Annunziata O, Dzyuba SV. Amphotericin B interactions with soluble oligomers of amyloid Abeta1-42 peptide. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:2366-70. [PMID: 19268601 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2008] [Revised: 02/03/2009] [Accepted: 02/07/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Amphotericin B has recently been suggested as an efficient inhibitor of amyloid peptide fibril formation; however its interactions with more neurotoxic, soluble forms of amyloid peptides have not been reported to date. Circular dichroism spectroscopy allowed for distinguishing between the binding and inhibition of aggregation events: amphotericin B distinctly interacts with both unordered and ordered, beta-structure-rich soluble oligomeric forms of Abeta1-42 peptide, yet amphotericin B has no measurable impact neither on the secondary structure nor on time-dependent aggregation profile of the amyloid peptide.
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- Nicholas W Smith
- Department of Chemistry, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, USA
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- Stefan Kubik
- Fachbereich Chemie-Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Marra A, Vecchi A, Chiappe C, Melai B, Dondoni A. Validation of the Copper(I)-Catalyzed Azide−Alkyne Coupling in Ionic Liquids. Synthesis of a Triazole-Linked C-Disaccharide as a Case Study. J Org Chem 2008; 73:2458-61. [DOI: 10.1021/jo7026454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Alberto Marra
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Organica, Università di Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Bioorganica e Biofarmacia, Università di Pisa, Via Bonanno 33, 56126 Pisa, Italy ; ;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Organica, Università di Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Bioorganica e Biofarmacia, Università di Pisa, Via Bonanno 33, 56126 Pisa, Italy ; ;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Organica, Università di Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Bioorganica e Biofarmacia, Università di Pisa, Via Bonanno 33, 56126 Pisa, Italy ; ;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Organica, Università di Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Bioorganica e Biofarmacia, Università di Pisa, Via Bonanno 33, 56126 Pisa, Italy ; ;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Organica, Università di Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Bioorganica e Biofarmacia, Università di Pisa, Via Bonanno 33, 56126 Pisa, Italy ; ;
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Paulick MG, Wise AR, Forstner MB, Groves JT, Bertozzi CR. Synthetic analogues of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins and their behavior in supported lipid bilayers. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 129:11543-50. [PMID: 17715922 DOI: 10.1021/ja073271j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Positioned at the C-terminus of many eukaryotic proteins, the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor is a posttranslational modification that anchors the modified proteins in the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane. GPI-anchored proteins play vital roles in signal transduction, the vertebrate immune response, and the pathobiology of trypanosomal parasites. While many GPI-anchored proteins have been characterized, the biological functions of the GPI anchor have yet to be elucidated at a molecular level. We synthesized a series of GPI-protein analogues bearing modified anchor structures that were designed to dissect the contribution of various glycan components to the GPI-protein's membrane behavior. These anchor analogues were similar in length to native GPI anchors and included mimics of the native structure's three domains. A combination of expressed protein ligation and native chemical ligation was used to attach these analogues to the green fluorescent protein (GFP). These modified GFPs were incorporated in supported lipid bilayers, and their mobilities were analyzed using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. The data from these experiments suggest that the GPI anchor is more than a simple membrane-anchoring device; it also may prevent transient interactions between the attached protein and the underlying lipid bilayer, thereby permitting rapid diffusion in the bilayer. The ability to generate chemically defined analogues of GPI-anchored proteins is an important step toward elucidating the molecular functions of this interesting post-translational modification.
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- Margot G Paulick
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Covalent fusion of two artificial recognition motifs for arginine and aspartate resulted in a new class of ditopic RGD receptor molecules, 1-4. The two binding sites for the oppositely charged amino acid residues are linked by either flexible linkers of different length (in 1-3) or a rigid aromatic spacer (in 4). These spacers are shown to be critical for the complexation efficiency of the artificial hosts. If the linkers are too flexible, as in 1-3, an undesired intramolecular self-association occurs within the host and competes with, and thereby weakens, substrate binding. The rigid aromatic linker in 4 prevents any intramolecular self-association and hence efficient RGD binding is observed, even in buffered water (association constant of K(a) approximately 3000 m(-1)). A further increase in hydrophobic contacts, as in host 16, can complement the specific Coulomb attractions, thereby leading to an even more stable complex (Ka=5000 m(-1)). The recognition events have been studied with NMR spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectroscopy, and fluorescence titrations.
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- Carsten Schmuck
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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Shepherd J, Langley GJ, Herniman JM, Kilburn JD. Rapid Sequencing of Split-and-Mix Peptide Receptor Libraries – Identification of Binding Partners for Val-Val-Ile-Ala in Aqueous Solution. European J Org Chem 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200601004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Heinze K, Wild U, Beckmann M. Solid-Phase Synthesis of Chiral Modular Ferrocene-Based Peptides. Eur J Inorg Chem 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200600857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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O’Neil EJ, DiVittorio KM, Smith BD. Phosphatidylcholine-derived bolaamphiphiles via click chemistry. Org Lett 2007; 9:199-202. [PMID: 17217264 PMCID: PMC2851100 DOI: 10.1021/ol062557a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The copper-catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition is employed to modify phosphatidylcholine precursors with sn-2 acyl chains containing terminal alkyne or azide groups. Although the reactions are conducted as biphasic dispersions, the yields are essentially quantitative. Bolaamphiphiles are formed by simply clicking together two phosphatidylcholine alkyne precursors to a central bisazide scaffold. The chemistry introduces polar 1,4-triazole units into the lipophilic region of the bilayer membrane, and the bolaamphiphiles do not form stable vesicles. [structure: see text].
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- Edward J. O’Neil
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Shepherd J, Gale T, Jensen KB, Kilburn JD. Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Tweezer Receptor Libraries and Identification of Receptors for Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala in Aqueous Solution. Chemistry 2006; 12:713-20. [PMID: 16224810 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200500876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Libraries of "unsymmetrical" tweezer receptors, featuring a guanidinium head group as a carboxylate binding site and two independently synthesized peptidic arms, have been prepared and screened to identify receptors for the N-Ac-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala tripeptide sequence. The binding properties of one such receptor structure, with dye-labeled N-Ac-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala, were investigated. These studies demonstrated that when attached to the solid-phase, the receptor binds dye-labeled N-Ac-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala, in buffered aqueous media, with mM binding affinity.
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- Jon Shepherd
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, UK
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Schmuck C, Heil M, Scheiber J, Baumann K. Ladungswechselwirkungen machen es möglich: ein kombinierter statistischer und kombinatorischer Ansatz zur Auffindung künstlicher Rezeptoren für die Bindung von Tetrapeptiden in Wasser. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200501812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Schmuck C, Heil M, Scheiber J, Baumann K. Charge Interactions Do the Job: A Combined Statistical and Combinatorial Approach to Finding Artificial Receptors for Binding Tetrapeptides in Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2005; 44:7208-12. [PMID: 16231382 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Carsten Schmuck
- Universität Würzburg, Institut für Organische Chemie, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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