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Plant derived cyclic peptides [PDF]
Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 Cyclic peptides are widespread throughout the plant kingdom, and display diverse sequences, structures and bioactivities. The potential applications attributed to these peptides and their unusual biosynthesis has captivated the attention of researchers for many years.
Norelle L. Daly, David T. Wilson
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Pharmaceuticals, 2023 Fungal infections remain a significant concern for human health. The emergence of microbial resistance, the improper use of antimicrobial drugs, and the need for fewer toxic antifungal treatments in immunocompromised patients have sparked substantial ...
Naiera M. Helmy, Keykavous Parang
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Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2016 For decades the opioid receptors have been an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of pain. Since the first discovery of enkephalin, approximately a dozen endogenous opioid peptides have been known to produce opioid activity and analgesia, but their therapeutics have been limited mainly due to low blood brain barrier penetration and poor ...
Michael, Remesic +2 more
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Comparison of Collisional Fragmentation Pathways of Sodiated and Protonated Cyclic Peptide Analogs [PDF]
Zhipu Xuebao, 2023 Cyclic peptides and their related species have been shown a unique class of molecules characterized by their biological function and structural diversity.
DU Meng-ying1;JIAO Lu-yang1;XU Yi-cheng1;LI Shu-qi1;CUI Yong-liang1;ZHANG Sen1;KONG Xiang-lei1,2,3
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More than skin deep: cyclic peptides as wound healing and cytoprotective compounds
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 The prevalence and cost of wounds pose a challenge to patients as well as the healthcare system. Wounds can involve multiple tissue types and, in some cases, become chronic and difficult to treat.
Ying-Chiang J. Lee +3 more
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Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023 Genetically-encoded combinatorial peptide libraries are convenient tools to identify peptides to be used as therapeutics, antimicrobials and functional synthetic biology modules. Here, we report the identification and characterization of a cyclic peptide,
Stefano Rosa +11 more
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Nature Communications, 2021 Cyclic peptides are of particular interest due to their pharmacological properties, but their design for binding to a target protein is challenging. Here, the authors present a computational “anchor extension” methodology for de novo design of cyclic ...
Parisa Hosseinzadeh +17 more
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Cyclic Peptides for the Treatment of Cancers: A Review
Molecules, 2022 Cyclic peptides have been widely reported to have therapeutic abilities in the treatment of cancer. This has been proven through in vitro and in vivo studies against breast, lung, liver, colon, and prostate cancers, among others.
Dalifa Ramadhani +3 more
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CHIMIA, 2021 Proteins with large and flat binding sites as well as protein–protein interactions are considered ' undruggable ' with conventional small-molecule drugs.
Stephanie M. Linker +4 more
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Trans-Bilayer Ion Conduction by Proline Containing Cyclic Hexapeptides and Effects of Amino Acid Substitutions on Ion Conducting Properties [PDF]
, 2010 Several ion channel forming cyclic peptides have been reported over the past two decades and various ion conducting mechanisms have been proposed. In this article, we report on amino acid substitutions in cyclic hexapeptides and their effects on the ion ...
Aoyagi, Haruhiko +6 more
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