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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2019

Constrained Peptides with Fine-Tuned Flexibility Inhibit NF-Y Transcription Factor Assembly.

Sadasivam Jeganathan, Mathias Wendt, Sebastian Kiehstaller, Diego Brancaccio, Arne Kuepper, Nicole Pospiech, Alfonso Carotenuto, Ettore Novellino, Sven Hennig, Tom N Grossmann

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Sadasivam JeganathanChemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 15, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
Mathias WendtDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081, HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sebastian KiehstallerDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081, HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Diego BrancaccioDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", Via D. Montesano, 49, 80131, Naples, Italy.
Arne KuepperChemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 15, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
Nicole PospiechChemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 15, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
Alfonso CarotenutoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", Via D. Montesano, 49, 80131, Naples, Italy.
Ettore NovellinoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", Via D. Montesano, 49, 80131, Naples, Italy.
Sven HennigChemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 15, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
Tom N GrossmannChemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 15, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0179-4116

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft GR3592/2-1European Research Council 678623Regione Campania B61G18000470007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein complex formation depends on the interplay between preorganization and flexibility of the binding epitopes involved. The design of epitope mimetics typically focuses on stabilizing a particular bioactive conformation, often without considering conformational dynamics, which limits the potential of peptidomimetics against challenging targets such as transcription factors. We developed a peptide-derived inhibitor of the NF-Y transcription factor by first constraining the conformation of an epitope through hydrocarbon stapling and then fine-tuning its flexibility. In the initial set of constrained peptides, a single non-interacting α-methyl group was observed to have a detrimental effect on complex stability. Biophysical characterization revealed how this methyl group affects the conformation of the peptide in its bound state. Adaption of the methylation pattern resulted in a peptide that inhibits transcription factor assembly and subsequent recruitment to the target DNA.

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Base SequenceBinding SitesCCAAT-Binding FactorCross-Linking ReagentsCrystallizationDNAEpitopesHumansMacrocyclic CompoundsMethylationMolecular Dynamics SimulationPeptidesPeptidomimeticsProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein MultimerizationCCAAT-Binding FactorCross-Linking ReagentsDNAEpitopesMacrocyclic CompoundsPeptidesPeptidomimeticsconstrained peptidespeptide inhibitorsprotein-DNA interactionsprotein-protein interactionsprotein structure

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PMID31539186
PMCPMC6900064

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