A global review on short peptides: frontiers and perspectives

V Apostolopoulos, J Bojarska, TT Chai, S Elnagdy… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Peptides are fragments of proteins that carry out biological functions. They act as signaling
entities via all domains of life and interfere with protein-protein interactions, which are …

Cyclic dipeptides: The biological and structural landscape with special focus on the anti-cancer proline-based scaffold

J Bojarska, A Mieczkowski, ZM Ziora, M Skwarczynski… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cyclic dipeptides, also know as diketopiperazines (DKP), the simplest cyclic forms of
peptides widespread in nature, are unsurpassed in their structural and bio-functional …

The generalized invariom database (GID)

B Dittrich, CB Huebschle, K Proepper… - … Section B: Structural …, 2013 - scripts.iucr.org
Invarioms are aspherical atomic scattering factors that enable structure refinement of more
accurate and more precise geometries than refinements with the conventional independent …

Structural and biofunctional insights into the Cyclo (Pro-Pro-Phe-Phe-) Scaffold from experimental and in silico studies: Melanoma and beyond

J Bojarska, M Breza, M Remko, M Czyz… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Short peptides have great potential as safe and effective anticancer drug leads. Herein, the
influence of short cyclic peptides containing the Pro-Pro-Phe-Phe sequence on patient …

A supramolecular self-assembly of peptide-derived compounds via 1, 5-disubstituted tetrazole-based supramolecular synthons: An experimental and computational …

J Bojarska, M Breza, M Remko, Y Yuan… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The tetrazole moiety is a versatile scaffold in medicinal chemistry due to its specific structure
and essential roles in biosciences. Here, a supramolecular behavior of newly synthesized …

Supramolecular synthon hierarchy in cyclopropyl-containing peptide-derived compounds

J Bojarska, M Breza, M Remko, P Borowiecki… - …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Considering the increasing importance of cyclopropyl-containing peptide-derived
compounds in the pharmaceutical industry, herein, we report the crystal engineering of a …

A Proline-Based Tectons and Supramolecular Synthons for Drug Design 2.0: A Case Study of ACEI

J Bojarska, M Remko, M Breza, I Madura, A Fruziński… - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Proline is a unique, endogenous amino acid, prevalent in proteins and essential for living
organisms. It is appreciated as a tecton for the rational design of new bio-active substances …

The First Insight Into the Supramolecular System of D,L-α-Difluoromethylornithine: A New Antiviral Perspective

J Bojarska, R New, P Borowiecki, M Remko… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Targeting the polyamine biosynthetic pathway by inhibiting ornithine decarboxylase (ODC)
is a powerful approach in the fight against diverse viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 …

Supramolecular synthon polymorphism in modified amino acids. Structural, conformational and energy landscapes of N-benzoyl-2′-hydroxy-3-methylisovaline

J Bojarska, M Remko, ID Madura… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
The title compound, N-benzoyl-2′-hydroxy-3-methylisovaline, representing synthon
polymorphism, can be interesting inter alia from the point of view of modern supramolecular …

Captopril and its dimer captopril disulfide: comparative structural and conformational studies

J Bojarska, W Maniukiewicz, A Fruziński… - … Section C: Structural …, 2015 - journals.iucr.org
The crystal structures of captopril {systematic name:(2S)-1-[(2S)-2-methyl-3-
sulfanylpropanoyl] pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid}, C9H15NO3S,(1), and its dimer disulfide …