Implications of aromatic–aromatic interactions: From protein structures to peptide models KM Makwana, R Mahalakshmi Protein Science 24 (12), 1920-1933, 2015 | 189 | 2015 |
Diversity-oriented stapling yields intrinsically cell-penetrant inducers of autophagy L Peraro, Z Zou, KM Makwana, AE Cummings, HL Ball, H Yu, YS Lin, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (23), 7792-7802, 2017 | 143 | 2017 |
Analysis of loops that mediate protein–protein interactions and translation into submicromolar inhibitors TR Siegert, MJ Bird, KM Makwana, JA Kritzer Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (39), 12876-12884, 2016 | 64 | 2016 |
Trp-Trp Cross-Linking: A Structure–Reactivity Relationship in the Formation and Design of Hyperstable Peptide β-Hairpin and α-Helix Scaffolds KM Makwana, R Mahalakshmi Organic letters 17 (10), 2498-2501, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
NMR Analysis of Tuning Cross-Strand Phe/Tyr/Trp–Trp Interactions in Designed β-Hairpin Peptides: Terminal Switch from l to d Amino Acid as a Strategy for β … KM Makwana, R Mahalakshmi The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 119 (17), 5376-5385, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
Asymmetric Contribution of Aromatic Interactions Stems from Spatial Positioning of the Interacting Aryl Pairs in β‐Hairpins KM Makwana, R Mahalakshmi ChemBioChem 15 (16), 2357-2360, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
Comparative analysis of cross strand aromatic–Phe interactions in designed peptide β-hairpins KM Makwana, R Mahalakshmi Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 12 (13), 2053-2061, 2014 | 16 | 2014 |
Stabilizing effect of electrostatic vs. aromatic interactions in diproline nucleated peptide β-hairpins KM Makwana, S Raghothama, R Mahalakshmi Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15 (37), 15321-15324, 2013 | 13 | 2013 |
Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Haemophilus influenzae IgA1 Protease L Shehaj, SK Choudary, KM Makwana, MC Gallo, TF Murphy, JA Kritzer ACS infectious diseases 5 (7), 1129-1138, 2019 | 12 | 2019 |
Capping β‐hairpin with N‐terminal d‐amino acid stabilizes peptide scaffold KM Makwana, R Mahalakshmi Peptide Science 106 (3), 260-266, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
N-amination converts amyloidogenic tau peptides into soluble antagonists of cellular seeding KM Makwana, MP Sarnowski, J Miao, YS Lin, JR Del Valle ACS chemical neuroscience 12 (20), 3928-3938, 2021 | 7 | 2021 |
Blocking tau transmission by biomimetic graphene nanoparticles R Zhu, KM Makwana, Y Zhang, BH Rajewski, JR Del Valle, Y Wang Journal of Materials Chemistry B 11 (31), 7378-7388, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
Total synthesis of pargamicin A YM Elbatrawi, T Gerrein, A Anwar, KM Makwana, D Degen, RH Ebright, ... Organic letters 24 (50), 9285-9289, 2022 | 4 | 2022 |
Stereopositional Outcome in the Packing of Dissimilar Aromatics in Designed β‐Hairpins KM Makwana, R Mahalakshmi Chemistry–A European Journal 22 (12), 4147-4156, 2016 | 4 | 2016 |
Nature of aryl–tyrosine interactions contribute to β-hairpin scaffold stability: NMR evidence for alternate ring geometry KM Makwana, R Mahalakshmi Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (6), 4220-4230, 2015 | 4 | 2015 |
β-Bracelets: Macrocyclic Cross-β Epitope Mimics Based on a Tau Conformational Strain BH Rajewski, KM Makwana, IJ Angera, DK Geremia, AR Zepeda, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (42), 23131-23142, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
Modified peptides for the inhibition of abnormal tau accumulation J Del Valle, K Makwana, M Sarnowski US Patent App. 18/263,190, 2024 | | 2024 |
Macrocyclic peptides J Del Valle, BH Rajewski, K Makwana US Patent App. 18/334,732, 2023 | | 2023 |
Graphene Quantum Dots Prevent the Amyloidogenic Tau Protein Aggregation in Alzheimer’s Disease R Zhu, Y Zhang, B Rajewski, K Makwana, H Jeon, J Johnston, J Del Valle, ... 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting, 2022 | | 2022 |