Aromatic interactions with naphthylalanine in a β-hairpin peptide. Meyer D, Mutschler C, Robertson I, Batt A, Tatko C. J Pept Sci. , 2013 Mar 2. doi: 10.1002/psc.2496. [Epub ahead of print] Stable peptides have been explored as epitope mimics for protein-protein and... Read more
The synthesis and application of Fmoc-Lys(5-Fam) building blocks. Tokmina-Roszyk M, Tokmina-Roszyk D, Fields GB. Biopolymers. 2013 Feb 26. doi: 10.1002/bip.22222. [Epub ahead of print] Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) peptide substrates are often utilized... Read more
A comparison of Boc and Fmoc SPPS strategies for the preparation of C-terminal peptide α-thiolesters: NY-ESO-1 (39) Cys-(68) Ala-COSR. Harris PW, Brimble MA., Biopolymers. 2013 Feb 26. doi: 10.1002/bip.22223. [Epub ahead of print] The synthesis of a polypeptide... Read more
Alanine Scan of the Peptide Antibiotic Feglymycin: Assessment of Amino Acid Side Chains Contributing to Antimicrobial Activity. Hänchen A, Rausch S, Landmann B, Toti L, Nusser A, Süssmuth RD. Chembiochem., 2013, 14, 625-32. DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201300032. The... Read more
Sonication-Induced Coiled Fibrous Architectures of Boc-L-Phe-L-Lys(Z)-OMe R Afrasiabi, H-B Kraatz, Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 1769–1777. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202268 An ultra-short peptide Boc-l-Phe-l-Lys(Z)-OMe (Z=carbobenzyloxy) was shown to act as a highly efficient... Read more
Design, Synthesis and Structure–Activity Relationship of New Arginine Vasopressin Analogues Containing Proline Derivatives in Position 2 A Kwiatkowska, M Lewandowska, L BoroviÄková, J Slaninová, B Lammek, A Prahl, Chem. Biol. Drug Design, 2013, 81, 420–428.... Read more
Introduction of histidine units using benzotriazolide activation Kiran Bajaj, Siva S. Panda, Mohamed A. Ibrahim, Said A. El-Feky, Alan R. Katritzky, J. Pept. Sci., 2013, 19, 110–117. DOI: 10.1002/psc.2483 Nα-Boc-Nim-(4-toluenesulfonyl-l-histidylbenzotriazole)... Read more
Ethyl 2-(tert-Butoxycarbonyloxyimino)-2-cyanoacetate (Boc-Oxyma) as Coupling Reagent for Racemization-Free Esterification, Thioesterification, Amidation and Peptide Synthesis K Thalluri, KC Nadimpally, MP Chakravarty, A Paul, B Mandal, Advan. Synth. Catal., 2013, 355,... Read more
Self-assembling functionalized nanopeptides for immediate hemostasis and accelerative liver tissue regeneration. Cheng T-Y, Wu H-C, Huang M-Y, Chang W-H, Lee C-H, Wang T-W. Nanoscale. 2013, 5, 2734-4. DOI: 10.1039/C3NR33710C Traumatic injury or surgery may trigger... Read more
Cyclization of the Antimicrobial Peptide Gomesin with Native Chemical Ligation: Influences on Stability and Bioactivity. Chan LY, Zhang VM, Huang YH, Waters NC, Bansal PS, Craik DJ, Daly NL. Chembiochem. 2013 Feb 20. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201300034. [Epub ahead of print]... Read more
Medusins: A new class of antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of phyllomedusine frogs Xinping Xi, Renjie Li, Yingchun Jiang, Yan Lin, Yuxin Wu, Mei Zhou, Jie Xu, Lei Wang, , Tianbao Chen, Chris Shaw, Biochimie, Available online 14 February 2013 doi:... Read more
