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Novel Cyclic Peptides from Lethal Amanita Mushrooms through a Genome-Guided Approach
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Most species in the genus Amanita are ectomycorrhizal fungi comprising both edible and poisonous mushrooms. Some species produce potent cyclic peptide toxins, such as α-amanitin, which places them among the deadliest organisms known to mankind.
Shengwen Zhou +8 more
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Open Chemistry, 2021 Acacia honey is characterized by high nutritional, antioxidant, antibacterial and immuno-modulatory values. This work investigated the presence of short and cyclic peptides in Acacia and Ziziphus honey samples.
ALaerjani Wed Mohammed Ali +7 more
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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2022 In recent years, a variety of fungal cyclic peptides with interesting bioactivities have been discovered. For many of these peptides, the biosynthetic pathways are unknown and their elucidation often holds surprises.
Eva Vogt +3 more
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Synthesis of the chlorofusin cyclic peptide [PDF]
Tetrahedron, 2009 An efficient and convergent solution-phase synthesis of the cyclic peptide of the natural product chlorofusin, a reported inhibitor of the MDM2-p53 interaction, is detailed.
Sang Yeul, Lee, Dale L, Boger
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Química Nova, 2009 Natural peptides are outstanding as the most promising macromolecules in the search for new drugs, especially those of cyclic nature. The higher plants revealed a very peculiar composition of their cyclic peptides, which distinguish themselves by a "head-
Douglas Gatte Picchi +4 more
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Trypsin inhibition by macrocyclic and open-chain variants of the squash inhibitor MCoTI-II [PDF]
, 2005 MCoTl-I and MCoTl-II from the seeds of Momordica cochinchinensis are inhibitors of trypsin-like proteases and the only known members of the large family of squash inhibitors that are cyclic and contain an additional loop connecting the amino- and the ...
Avrutina, Olga +9 more
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Directed Evolution of Bicyclic Peptides for Therapeutic Application
CHIMIA, 2013 Many naturally occurring cyclic peptides or derivatives thereof are used as therapeutics such as the human hormones vasopressin and oxytocin or the antibiotics vancomycin and daptomycin.
Philippe Diderich, Christian Heinis
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, 2023 Six new thiazole-containing cyclic peptides, the cyclotheonellazoles D-I (1-6), were isolated from the Australian marine sponge Theonella sp. (2131) with their structures assigned by comprehensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic and MS spectrometric analyses,
Kaemmerer, Elke +6 more
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Utilizing Copper-Mediated Deprotection of Selenazolidine for Cyclic Peptides Synthesis
, 2019 Selenazoliline (Sez) was originally developed as a masking form of selenocysteine (Sec) for the chemical synthesis of challenging proteins. Here we utilize Sez and our recent reported copper(II)-mediated deprotection for the synthesis of cyclic peptides.
Zhenguang Zhao (7008461) +3 more
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Natural Cyclic Peptides as an Attractive Modality for Therapeutics: A Mini Review
Molecules, 2018 Peptides are important biomolecules which facilitate the understanding of complex biological processes, which in turn could be serendipitous biological targets for future drugs. They are classified as a unique therapeutic niche and will play an important
Muna Ali Abdalla, Lyndy J. McGaw
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