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Kerr RV, Fairbairn JA, Merritt AT, Bugg TDH. Peptidomimetic analogues of an Arg-Trp-x-x-Trp motif responsible for interaction of translocase MraY with bacteriophage ϕX174 lysis protein E. Bioorg Med Chem 2021; 52:116502. [PMID: 34808406 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Translocase MraY is the target for bacteriophage ϕX174 lysis protein E, which interacts via a protein-protein interaction mediated by Phe-288 and Glu-287 of E. coli MraY, and an Arg-Trp-x-x-Trp motif on protein E, also found in several cationic antimicrobial peptides. Analogues of Arg-Trp-octyl ester, found previously to show antimicrobial activity, were tested for antimicrobial activity, with Lys-Trp-oct (MIC50P. fluorescens 5 µg/mL) and Arg-Trp-decyl ester (MIC50P. fluorescens 3 µg/mL) showing enhanced antimicrobial activity. Synthesis and testing of α-helix peptidomimetic analogues for this motif revealed improved antibacterial activity (MIC50E. coli 4-7 µg/mL) for analogues containing two aromatic substituents, mimicking the Arg-Trp-x-x-Trp motif, and MraY inhibition (IC50 140 µM) by one such peptidomimetic. Investigation of mechanism of action using the Alamar Blue membrane permeabilisation assay revealed bacteriostatic and bacteriocidal mechanisms in different members of this set of compounds, raising the possibility of more than one biological target. The observed antimicrobial activity and MraY inhibition shown by peptidomimetic compounds confirms that this site could be targeted by drug-like molecules.
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- Rachel V Kerr
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- LifeArc, SBC Open Innovation Campus, Stevenage, Herts SG1 2FX, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
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Akhdar A, Gautier A, Hjelmgaard T, Faure S. N-Alkylated Aromatic Poly- and Oligoamides. Chempluschem 2021; 86:298-312. [PMID: 33620768 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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N-alkylated aromatic poly- and oligoamides are a particular class of abiotic foldamers that is deprived of the capability of forming intramolecular hydrogen-bonding networks to stabilize their tri-dimensional structure. The alkylation of the backbone amide nitrogen atoms greatly increases the chemical diversity accessible for aromatic poly- and oligoamides. However, the nature and the conformational preferences of the N,N-disubstituted amides profoundly modify the folding properties of these aromatic poly- and oligoamides. In this Review, representative members of this class of aromatic poly- and oligoamides will be highlighted, among them N-alkylated phenylene terephthalamides, benzanilides, pyridylamides, and aminomethyl benzamide oligomers. The principal synthetic pathways to the main classes of N-alkylated aromatic polyamides with narrow to broad molecular-weight distribution, or oligoamides with specific sequences, will be detailed and their foldameric properties will be discussed. The Review will end by describing the few applications reported to date and future prospects for the field.
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- Ayman Akhdar
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, ICCF, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, ICCF, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Rockwool International A/S, Hovedgaden 584, 2640, Hedehusene, Denmark
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, ICCF, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Arrata I, Grison CM, Coubrough HM, Prabhakaran P, Little MA, Tomlinson DC, Webb ME, Wilson AJ. Control of conformation in α-helix mimicking aromatic oligoamide foldamers through interactions between adjacent side-chains. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:3861-3867. [PMID: 30938392 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00123a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The design, synthesis and structural characterization of non-natural oligomers that adopt well-defined conformations, so called foldamers, is a key objective in developing biomimetic 3D functional architectures. For the aromatic oligoamide foldamer family, use of interactions between side-chains to control conformation is underexplored. The current manuscript addresses this objective through the design, synthesis and conformational analyses of model dimers derived from 3-O-alkylated para-aminobenzoic acid monomers. The O-alkyl groups on these foldamers are capable of adopting syn- or anti-conformers through rotation around the Ar-CO/NH axes. In the syn-conformation this allows the foldamer to act as a topographical mimic of the α-helix whereby the O-alkyl groups mimic the spatial orientation of the i and i + 4 side-chains from the α-helix. Using molecular modelling and 2D NMR analyses, this work illustrates that covalent links and hydrogen-bonding interactions between side-chains can bias the conformation in favour of the α-helix mimicking syn-conformer, offering insight that may be more widely applied to control secondary structure in foldamers.
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- Irene Arrata
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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New N-phenylpyrrolamide DNA gyrase B inhibitors: Optimization of efficacy and antibacterial activity. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 154:117-132. [PMID: 29778894 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The ATP binding site located on the subunit B of DNA gyrase is an attractive target for the development of new antibacterial agents. In recent decades, several small-molecule inhibitor classes have been discovered but none has so far reached the market. We present here the discovery of a promising new series of N-phenylpyrrolamides with low nanomolar IC50 values against DNA gyrase, and submicromolar IC50 values against topoisomerase IV from Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The most potent compound in the series has an IC50 value of 13 nM against E. coli gyrase. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) against Gram-positive bacteria are in the low micromolar range. The oxadiazolone derivative 11a, with an IC50 value of 85 nM against E. coli DNA gyrase displays the most potent antibacterial activity, with MIC values of 1.56 μM against Enterococcus faecalis, and 3.13 μM against wild type S. aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). The activity against wild type E. coli in the presence of efflux pump inhibitor phenylalanine-arginine β-naphthylamide (PAβN) is 4.6 μM.
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Burslem GM, Kyle HF, Prabhakaran P, Breeze AL, Edwards TA, Warriner SL, Nelson A, Wilson AJ. Synthesis of highly functionalized oligobenzamide proteomimetic foldamers by late stage introduction of sensitive groups. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:3782-6. [PMID: 27005701 PMCID: PMC4839272 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob00078a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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α-Helix proteomimetics represent an emerging class of ligands that can be used to inhibit an array of helix mediated protein-protein interactions. Within this class of inhibitor, aromatic oligobenzamide foldamers have been widely and successfully used. This manuscript describes alternative syntheses of these compounds that can be used to access mimetics that are challenging to synthesize using previously described methodologies, permitting access to compounds functionalized with multiple sensitive side chains and accelerated library assembly through late stage derivatisation.
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- George M Burslem
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK. and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK. and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK and Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D, Alderley Park, Cheshire, SK10 4TG, UK
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK. and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK. and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK. and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS29JT, UK
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Shugrue CR, DeFrancisco JR, Metrano AJ, Brink BD, Nomoto RS, Linton BR. Detection of weak hydrogen bonding to fluoro and nitro groups in solution using H/D exchange. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:2223-7. [PMID: 26782121 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob02360b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) exchange can be a sensitive technique for measuring the strength of hydrogen bonding to neutral organic nitro and fluoro groups. The slower rates of reaction in comparison to suitable controls suggest that hydrogen bonding is present, albeit rather weak.
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- C R Shugrue
- Department of Chemistry, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Wilson AJ. Helix mimetics: Recent developments. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 119:33-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2015] [Revised: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Azzarito V, Miles JA, Fisher J, Edwards TA, Warriner SL, Wilson AJ. Stereocontrolled protein surface recognition using chiral oligoamide proteomimetic foldamers. Chem Sci 2015; 6:2434-2443. [PMID: 29308155 PMCID: PMC5646261 DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03559c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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An oligoamide helix mimicking foldamer with well-defined conformation is shown to recognize its target protein hDM2 in a manner that depends upon the composition, spatial projection and stereochemistry of functional groups appended to the scaffold.
The development of foldamers capable of selective molecular recognition of solvent exposed protein surfaces represents an outstanding challenge in supramolecular chemical biology. Here we introduce an oligoamide foldamer with well-defined conformation that bears all the hallmarks of an information rich oligomer. Specifically, the foldamer recognizes its target protein hDM2 leading to inhibition of its protein–protein interaction with p53 in a manner that depends upon the composition, spatial projection and stereochemistry of functional groups appended to the scaffold. Most significantly, selective inhibition of p53/hDM2 can be achieved against four other targets and the selectivity for p53/hDM2 inhibition versus Mcl-1/NOXA-B inhibition is critically dependent upon the stereochemistry of the helix mimetic.
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- Valeria Azzarito
- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK.,School of Molecular and Cellular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
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Rodriguez-Marin S, Murphy NS, Shepherd HJ, Wilson AJ. Design, synthesis and conformational analyses of bifacial benzamide based foldamers. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra20451h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Two bifacial oligobenzamide based scaffolds that mimic the side chains at i, i + 3 and i + 4 positions of an alpha helix are presented.
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- Silvia Rodriguez-Marin
- School of Chemistry
- University of Leeds
- Leeds LS2 9JT
- UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Leeds
- Leeds LS2 9JT
- UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Leeds
- Leeds LS2 9JT
- UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
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Kier BL, Andersen NH. Captides: rigid junctions between beta sheets and small molecules. J Pept Sci 2014; 20:704-15. [PMID: 24909552 DOI: 10.1002/psc.2657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Revised: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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An extensive series of covalently linked small molecule-peptide adducts based on a terminally capped-beta hairpin motif is reported. The constructs can be prepared by standard solid-phase Fmoc chemistry with one to four peptide chains linked to small molecule hubs bearing carboxylic acid moieties. The key feature of interest is the precise, buried environment of the small molecule, and its rigid orientation relative to one or more short but fully structured peptide chain(s). Most of this study employs a minimalist nine residue 'captide', a capped β-turn, but we illustrate general applicability to peptides which can terminate in a beta strand. The non-peptide portion of these adducts can include nearly any molecule bearing one or more carboxylic acid groups. Fold-dependent rigidity sets this strategy apart from the currently available bioconjugation methods, which typically engender significant flexibility between peptide and tag. Applications to catalyst enhancement, drug design, higher-order assembly, and FRET calibration rulers are discussed.
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- Brandon L Kier
- University of Washington - Chemistry, Bagley Hall Room 205 Box 351700, Seattle, WA, 98195-1700, USA
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Milroy LG, Grossmann TN, Hennig S, Brunsveld L, Ottmann C. Modulators of Protein–Protein Interactions. Chem Rev 2014; 114:4695-748. [DOI: 10.1021/cr400698c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 352] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Lech-Gustav Milroy
- Laboratory
of Chemical Biology and Institute of Complex Molecular Systems, Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Den Dolech
2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Otto-Hahn Straße 15, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Otto-Hahn Straße 15, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Laboratory
of Chemical Biology and Institute of Complex Molecular Systems, Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Den Dolech
2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory
of Chemical Biology and Institute of Complex Molecular Systems, Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Den Dolech
2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Kale SS, Kunjir SM, Gawade RL, Puranik VG, Rajamohanan PR, Sanjayan GJ. Conformational modulation of peptide secondary structures using β-aminobenzenesulfonic acid. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:2886-8. [PMID: 24487479 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc48850k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This communication describes the influence of β-aminobenzenesulfonic acid ((S)Ant) on the conformational preferences of hetero foldamers. The designed (Aib-(S)Ant-Aib)n and (Aib-(S)Ant-Pro)n oligomers display a well-defined folded conformation featuring intramolecular mixed hydrogen bonding (7/11) and intra-residual (6/5) H-bonding interactions, respectively.
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- Sangram S Kale
- Division of Organic Chemistry, National Chemical Laboratory, Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411 008, India.
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Recapitulating the α-helix: nonpeptidic, low-molecular-weight ligands for the modulation of helix-mediated protein–protein interactions. Future Med Chem 2013; 5:2157-74. [DOI: 10.4155/fmc.13.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Protein–protein interactions play critical roles in a wide variety of biological processes, and their dysregulations contribute to the pathogenesis of several diseases, including cancer. Chemical entities that can abrogate aberrant protein–protein interactions may provide novel therapeutic agents. A large number of protein–protein interactions are mediated by protein secondary structure, the most commonly encountered form of which is the α-helix. Accordingly, over the last decade, there has been a flood of nonpeptidic small molecules that recapitulate the projection and chemical nature of key side chains of the canonical α-helix as a strategy to disrupt helix-mediated protein–protein interactions. In this review, we discuss recent advances (post 2006) in the design of synthetic α-helix mimetics, which include single-faced and two-faced/amphipathic structures, for the modulation of protein–protein interactions.
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Xin D, Ko E, Perez LM, Ioerger TR, Burgess K. Evaluating minimalist mimics by exploring key orientations on secondary structures (EKOS). Org Biomol Chem 2013; 11:7789-801. [PMID: 24121516 PMCID: PMC3862180 DOI: 10.1039/c3ob41848k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Peptide mimics that display amino acid side-chains on semi-rigid scaffolds (not peptide polyamides) can be referred to as minimalist mimics. Accessible conformations of these scaffolds may overlay with secondary structures giving, for example, "minimalist helical mimics". It is difficult for researchers who want to apply minimalist mimics to decide which one to use because there is no widely accepted protocol for calibrating how closely these compounds mimic secondary structures. Moreover, it is also difficult for potential practitioners to evaluate which ideal minimalist helical mimics are preferred for a particular set of side-chains. For instance, what mimic presents i, i + 4, i + 7 side-chains in orientations that best resemble an ideal α-helix, and is a different mimic required for a i, i + 3, i + 7 helical combination? This article describes a protocol for fitting each member of an array of accessible scaffold conformations on secondary structures. The protocol involves: (i) use quenched molecular dynamics (QMD) to generate an ensemble consisting of hundreds of accessible, low energy conformers of the mimics; (ii) representation of each of these as a set of Cα and Cβ coordinates corresponding to three amino acid side-chains displayed by the scaffolds; (iii) similar representation of each combination of three side-chains in each ideal secondary structure as a set of Cα and Cβ coordinates corresponding to three amino acid side-chains displayed by the scaffolds; and, (iv) overlay Cα and Cβ coordinates of all the conformers on all the sets of side-chain "triads" in the ideal secondary structures and express the goodness of fit in terms of root mean squared deviation (RMSD, Å) for each overlay. We refer to this process as Exploring Key Orientations on Secondary structures (EKOS). Application of this procedure reveals the relative bias of a scaffold to overlay on different secondary structures, the "side-chain correspondences" (e.g. i, i + 4, i + 7 or i, i + 3, i + 4) of those overlays, and the energy of this state relative to the minimum located. This protocol was tested on some of the most widely cited minimalist α-helical mimics (1-8 in the text). The data obtained indicates several of these compounds preferentially exist in conformations that resemble other secondary structures as well as α-helices, and many of the α-helical conformations have unexpected side-chain correspondences. These observations imply the featured minimalist mimics have more scope for disrupting PPI interfaces than previously anticipated. Finally, the same simulation method was used to match preferred conformations of minimalist mimics with actual protein/peptide structures at interfaces providing quantitative comparisons of predicted fits of the test mimics at protein-protein interaction sites.
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- Dongyue Xin
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842, USA.
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Kulikov OV, Thompson S, Xu H, Incarvito CD, Scott RTW, Saraogi I, Nevola L, Hamilton AD. Design and Synthesis of Oligoamide-Based Double α-Helix Mimetics. European J Org Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Prabhakaran P, Barnard A, Murphy NS, Kilner CA, Edwards TA, Wilson AJ. Aromatic Oligoamide Foldamers with a “Wet Edge” as Inhibitors of the α-Helix-Mediated p53-hDM2 Protein-Protein Interaction. European J Org Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Aromatic Oligoamides with a Rareortho-Connectivity: Synthesis and Study ofortho-Arylopeptoids. European J Org Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Murphy NS, Prabhakaran P, Azzarito V, Plante JP, Hardie MJ, Kilner CA, Warriner SL, Wilson AJ. Solid-phase methodology for synthesis of O-alkylated aromatic oligoamide inhibitors of α-helix-mediated protein-protein interactions. Chemistry 2013; 19:5546-50. [PMID: 23508712 PMCID: PMC3743211 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201204098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Rapid access to rigid rods: A method is described for the synthesis of 3-O-alkylated aromatic oligobenzamide foldamers that could be used for assembly of libraries of α-helix mimetic inhibitors of protein-protein interactions (see scheme; Fmoc=9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl).
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- Natasha S Murphy
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, UK
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Azzarito V, Prabhakaran P, Bartlett AI, Murphy NS, Hardie MJ, Kilner CA, Edwards TA, Warriner SL, Wilson AJ. 2-O-alkylated para-benzamide α-helix mimetics: the role of scaffold curvature. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:6469-72. [PMID: 22785578 DOI: 10.1039/c2ob26262b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The design and synthesis of a new 2-O-alklyated benzamide α-helix mimetic is described. Comparison with regioisomeric 3-O-alkylated benzamides permits a preliminary evaluation of the role that mimetic curvature has in determining molecular recognition properties.
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- Valeria Azzarito
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Kale SS, Kotmale AS, Dutta AK, Pal S, Rajamohanan PR, Sanjayan GJ. Conformational modulation of Ant–Pro oligomers using chirality alteration of proline residues. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:8426-33. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ob26132d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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