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ArticleOrganic letters2016

Thermodynamic and Structural Impact of α,α-Dialkylated Residue Incorporation in a β-Hairpin Peptide.

Megan A Karnes, Shelby L Schettler, Halina M Werner, Alana F Kurz, W Seth Horne, George A Lengyel

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Article in Organic letters, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Megan A KarnesDepartment of Chemistry, Slippery Rock University , Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 16057, United States.
Shelby L SchettlerDepartment of Chemistry, Slippery Rock University , Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 16057, United States.
Halina M WernerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States.
Alana F KurzDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States.
W Seth HorneDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States.
George A LengyelDepartment of Chemistry, Slippery Rock University , Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 16057, United States.

Funding

Molecular Mimics of Protein Tertiary Folding from Primary Sequence InformationR01GM107161 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HORNE, WILLIAM SETH · 2013 to 2022
$2.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM107161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peptides containing α,α-dialkylated α-amino acids, owing to their ability to disrupt aggregation of β-amyloid proteins, have therapeutic potential in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Thermodynamic and structural analyses are reported for a series of β-hairpin peptides containing α,α-dialkylated α-amino acids with varying side-chain lengths. The results of these experiments show that α,α-dialkylated α-amino acids with side-chain lengths longer than one carbon unit are tolerated in a β-hairpin, although at a moderate cost to folded stability.

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ThermodynamicsAlkylationAmino AcidsModels, MolecularPeptidesProtein ConformationProtein FoldingProtein StabilityAmino AcidsPeptides

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PMID27436716
PMCPMC4975614

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