Chemical Synthesis, Backbone Cyclization and Oxidative Folding of Cystine-knot Peptides — Promising Scaffolds for Applications in Drug Design
Cystine-knot peptides display exceptional structural, thermal, and biological stability. Their eponymous motif consists of six cysteine residues that form three disulfide bonds, resulting in a notably rigid structural core. Since they highly tolerate either rational or combinatorial changes in their...
Main Authors: | Olga Avrutina, Michael Reinwarth, Harald Kolmar, Daichi Nasu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2012-10-01
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Series: | Molecules |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/17/11/12533 |
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