Structure‐based design of inhibitors of protein–protein interactions: mimicking peptide binding epitopes

M Pelay‐Gimeno, A Glas, O Koch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) are involved at all levels of cellular organization, thus
making the development of PPI inhibitors extremely valuable. The identification of selective …

Inhibition of α-helix-mediated protein–protein interactions using designed molecules

V Azzarito, K Long, NS Murphy, AJ Wilson - Nature chemistry, 2013 - nature.com
Inhibition of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) represents a significant challenge because it
is unclear how they can be effectively and selectively targeted using small molecules …

Sulfono-γ-AApeptides as helical mimetics: Crystal structures and applications

P Sang, Y Shi, B Huang, S Xue, T Odom… - Accounts of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Foldamers have defined and predictable structures, improved resistance to
proteolytic degradation, enhanced chemical diversity, and are versatile in their mimicry of …

α/β-Peptide foldamers targeting intracellular protein–protein interactions with activity in living cells

JW Checco, EF Lee, M Evangelista… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Peptides can be developed as effective antagonists of protein–protein interactions, but
conventional peptides (ie, oligomers of l-α-amino acids) suffer from significant limitations in …

Peptidomimetics: a synthetic tool for inhibiting protein–protein interactions in cancer

L Mabonga, AP Kappo - International Journal of Peptide Research and …, 2020 - Springer
Protein–protein interactions (PPI) are vital in modulating biochemical pathways in many
biological processes. Inhibiting PPI is a tremendously important diagnostic and therapeutic …

α-Helix-mimicking sulfono-γ-AApeptide inhibitors for p53–MDM2/MDMX protein–protein interactions

P Sang, Y Shi, J Lu, L Chen, L Yang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The use of peptidomimetic scaffolds is a promising strategy for the inhibition of protein–
protein interactions (PPIs). Herein, we demonstrate that sulfono-γ-AApeptides can be …

Targeting recognition surfaces on natural proteins with peptidic foldamers

JW Checco, SH Gellman - Current opinion in structural biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Peptidic foldamers can display improved properties over natural peptides in
vivo.•Designed d-peptides and α/β-peptides can target irregularly-shaped protein …

Cavity-containing aromatic oligoamide foldamers and macrocycles: progress and future perspectives

TA Sobiech, Y Zhong, B Gong - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
As a major class of foldamers, aromatic oligoamide foldamers have attracted intense
interest. The rigidity of aromatic residues and amide linkages allows the development of …

Macropinocytosis as a key determinant of peptidomimetic uptake in cancer cells

DY Yoo, SA Barros, GC Brown, C Rabot… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Peptides and peptidomimetics represent the middle space between small molecules and
large proteins—they retain the relatively small size and synthetic accessibility of small …

Stabilized helical peptides: overview of the technologies and its impact on drug discovery

M Klein - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Protein-protein interactions are predominant in the workings of all cells. Until
now, there have been a few successes in targeting protein-protein interactions with small …