High-throughput screening of stapled helical peptides in drug discovery

Y Zhang, J Guo, J Cheng, Z Zhang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Therapeutic peptides have revolutionized treatment for a number of human diseases. In
particular, the past two decades have witnessed rapid progress of stapled helical peptides in …

Rapid Evaluation of Staple Placement in Stabilized α Helices Using Bacterial Surface Display

M Case, T Navaratna, J Vinh, G Thurber - ACS chemical biology, 2023 - ACS Publications
There are a wealth of proteins involved in disease that cannot be targeted by current
therapeutics because they are inside cells, inaccessible to most macromolecules, and lack …

The Impact of Data on Structure-Based Binding Affinity Predictions Using Deep Neural Networks

PY Libouban, S Aci-Sèche, JC Gómez-Tamayo… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) has gained significant traction in the field of drug discovery, with
deep learning (DL) algorithms playing a crucial role in predicting protein–ligand binding …

Application of per-residue energy decomposition to design peptide inhibitors of PSD95 GK domain

M Tian, H Li, X Yan, J Gu, P Zheng, S Luo… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Specific interaction between the postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95) and synapse-
associated protein 90/postsynaptic density 95–associated protein (SAPAP) is crucial for …

Structure-guided design and cloning of peptide inhibitors targeting CDK9/cyclin T1 protein-protein interaction

MS Taghizadeh, M Taherishirazi, A Niazi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
CDK9 (cyclin-dependent kinase 9) plays a significant role in numerous pathological
conditions, such as HIV-1 infection and cancer. The interaction between CDK9 and cyclin T1 …

Structural factors governing binding of curvature-sensing peptides to bacterial extracellular vesicles covered with hydrophilic polysaccharide chains

K Kawano, K Kamasaka, F Yokoyama, J Kawamoto… - Biophysical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have attracted an attention as important targets in the fields of
biology and medical science because they contain physiologically active molecules …

Peptide Stapling with Boronate Esters‐A Reversible Folding of (Artificial) Peptide Chain to α‐Helix

M Kijewska, G Wołczański… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stabilization of a peptide conformation via stapling strategy may be realized by the
reversible or more often irreversible connection of side chains being in mutually appropriate …

Dissecting the geometric and hydrophobic constraints of stapled peptides

J Li, YS Tan, CS Verma - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Stapled peptides are a promising class of molecules with potential as highly specific probes
of protein–protein interactions and as therapeutics. Hydrocarbon stapling affects the peptide …

Recent photoswitchable peptides with biological function

VT Trinh, O Vázquez - 2023 - books.rsc.org
The ability to modulate cellular responses with light is the essence of photopharmacology.
Photocontrollable peptides, capable of reversibly adopting either an active conformation or …

Of corpses, light and electricity

A Albini - 2023 - books.rsc.org
What is the essential requirement for the existence of living beings? In the early 19th
century, this question was approached in two different ways. The first approach proposed …