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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Amide Bond Activation of Biological Molecules.

Sriram Mahesh, Kuei-Chien Tang, Monika Raj

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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72 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sriram MaheshDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. mzs0154@auburn.edu.
Kuei-Chien TangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. kzt0026@tigermail.auburn.edu.
Monika RajDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. mzr0068@auburn.edu.

Funding

National Science Foundation 1752654
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amide bonds are the most prevalent structures found in organic molecules and various biomolecules such as peptides, proteins, DNA, and RNA. The unique feature of amide bonds is their ability to form resonating structures, thus, they are highly stable and adopt particular three-dimensional structures, which, in turn, are responsible for their functions. The main focus of this review article is to report the methodologies for the activation of the unactivated amide bonds present in biomolecules, which includes the enzymatic approach, metal complexes, and non-metal based methods. This article also discusses some of the applications of amide bond activation approaches in the sequencing of proteins and the synthesis of peptide acids, esters, amides, and thioesters.

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AcidsAmidesBiological ProductsEstersMolecular ConformationAcidsAmidesBiological ProductsEstersamide bond resonancecatalystsenzymesmetal complexespeptide bond cleavagetwisted amides

Identifiers

PMID30322008
PMCPMC6222841

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