Macrocyclization strategies for cyclic peptides and peptidomimetics

C Bechtler, C Lamers - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptides are a growing therapeutic class due to their unique spatial characteristics that can
target traditionally “undruggable” protein–protein interactions and surfaces. Despite their …

Chemical technology principles for selective bioconjugation of proteins and antibodies

P Chauhan, V Ragendu, M Kumar, R Molla… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteins are multifunctional large organic compounds that constitute an essential
component of a living system. Hence, control over their bioconjugation impacts science at …

Traceless cysteine-linchpin enables precision engineering of lysine in native proteins

NC Reddy, R Molla, PN Joshi, S TK, I Basu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The maintenance of machinery requires its operational understanding and a toolbox for
repair. The methods for the precision engineering of native proteins meet a similar …

A Cysteine‐Directed Proximity‐Driven Crosslinking Method for Native Peptide Bicyclization

FJ Chen, N Pinnette, F Yang, J Gao - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient and site‐specific modification of native peptides and proteins is desirable for
synthesizing antibody‐drug conjugates as well as for constructing chemically modified …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the stability challenges of bioactive peptides and improvement strategies

J Pei, X Gao, D Pan, Y Hua, J He, Z Liu… - Current Research in Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioactive peptides are widely used in functional foods due to their remarkable efficacy,
selectivity, and low toxicity. However, commercially produced bioactive peptides lack quality …

Characterization of protein unfolding by fast cross-linking mass spectrometry using di-ortho-phthalaldehyde cross-linkers

JH Wang, YL Tang, Z Gong, R Jain, F **ao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chemical cross-linking of proteins coupled with mass spectrometry is widely used in protein
structural analysis. In this study we develop a class of non-hydrolyzable amine-selective di …

A strategy to select macrocyclic peptides featuring asymmetric molecular scaffolds as cyclization units by phage display

TR Oppewal, ID Jansen, J Hekelaar… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Macrocyclic peptides (MPs) have positioned themselves as a privileged class of compounds
for the discovery of therapeutics and development of chemical probes. Aided by the …

Extendable stapling of unprotected peptides by crosslinking two amines with o-phthalaldehyde

B Li, L Wang, X Chen, X Chu, H Tang, J Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Peptide modification methods that do not rely on the cysteine residue are underdeveloped,
and their development could greatly expand the current toolbox for peptide chemistry …

Applications of thiol-ene chemistry for peptide science

MD Nolan, EM Scanlan - Frontiers in chemistry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Radical thiol-ene chemistry has been demonstrated for a range of applications in peptide
science, including macrocyclization, glycosylation and lipidation amongst a myriad of others …

Cys–Cys and Cys–Lys stapling of unprotected peptides enabled by hypervalent iodine reagents

J Ceballos, E Grinhagena, G Sangouard… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Easy access to a wide range of structurally diverse stapled peptides is crucial for the
development of inhibitors of protein‐protein interactions. Herein, we report bis‐functional …