Asymmetric catalysis mediated by synthetic peptides, version 2.0: expansion of scope and mechanisms

AJ Metrano, AJ Chinn, CR Shugrue, EA Stone… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Low molecular weight synthetic peptides have been demonstrated to be effective catalysts
for an increasingly wide array of asymmetric transformations. In many cases, these peptide …

Peptidomimetics via modifications of amino acids and peptide bonds

I Avan, CD Hall, AR Katritzky - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptidomimetics represent an important field in chemistry, pharmacology and material
science as they circumvent the limitations of traditional peptides used in therapy. Self …

Applications of discrete synthetic macromolecules in life and materials science: recent and future trends

R Aksakal, C Mertens, M Soete, N Badi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, the field of sequence‐defined polymers and related ultraprecise,
monodisperse synthetic macromolecules has grown exponentially. In the early stage, mainly …

Sequence programmable peptoid polymers for diverse materials applications

AS Knight, EY Zhou, MB Francis… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer sequence programmability is required for the diverse structures and complex
properties that are achieved by native biological polymers, but efforts towards controlling the …

Origins of life: The Protein Folding Problem all over again?

CD Kocher, KA Dill - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - pnas.org
How did specific useful protein sequences arise from simpler molecules at the origin of life?
This seemingly needle-in-a-haystack problem has remarkably close resemblance to the old …

Assessing helical protein interfaces for inhibitor design

BN Bullock, AL Jochim, PS Arora - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Structure-based design of synthetic inhibitors of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) requires
adept molecular design and synthesis strategies as well as knowledge of targetable …

Tricks with clicks: modification of peptidomimetic oligomers via copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne [3+ 2] cycloaddition

JM Holub, K Kirshenbaum - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review examines recent developments involving use of Copper-catalyzed Azide-
Alkyne [3+ 2] Cycloaddition (CuAAC) reactions in the synthesis, modification, and …

Peptoid nanosheets exhibit a new secondary-structure motif

RV Mannige, TK Haxton, C Proulx, EJ Robertson… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
A promising route to the synthesis of protein-mimetic materials that are capable of complex
functions, such as molecular recognition and catalysis, is provided by sequence-defined …

Peptoid origins

RN Zuckermann - Peptide Science, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Peptoid oligomers were initially developed as part of a larger basic research effort to
accelerate the drug‐discovery process in the biotech/biopharma industry. Their ease of …

Extraordinarily Robust Polyproline Type I Peptoid Helices Generated via the Incorporation of α-Chiral Aromatic N-1-Naphthylethyl Side Chains

JR Stringer, JA Crapster, IA Guzei… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Peptoids, or oligomers of N-substituted glycines, are a class of foldamers that have shown
extraordinary functional potential since their inception nearly two decades ago. However …