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SUBMITTER: Assem N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4824200 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Assem Naila N Ferreira David J DJ Wolan Dennis W DW Dawson Philip E PE
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20150611 30
Macrocyclization is a broadly applied approach for overcoming the intrinsically disordered nature of linear peptides. Herein, it is shown that dichloroacetone (DCA) enhances helical secondary structures when introduced between peptide nucleophiles, such as thiols, to yield an acetone-linked bridge (ACE). Aside from stabilizing helical structures, the ketone moiety embedded in the linker can be modified with diverse molecular tags by oxime ligation. Insights into the structure of the tether were ...[more]