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ArticleRSC chemical biology2024

Chemical synthesis of grafted cyclotides using a "plug and play" approach.

Johannes Koehbach, Edin Muratspahić, Zakaria M Ahmed, Andrew M White, Nataša Tomašević, Thomas Durek, Richard J Clark, Christian W Gruber, David J Craik

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Article in RSC chemical biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Johannes KoehbachInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, The University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia koehbachjohannes@gmail.com d.craik@imb.uq.edu.au.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7050-2693
Edin MuratspahićCenter for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria.
Zakaria M AhmedSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia.
Andrew M WhiteInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, The University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia koehbachjohannes@gmail.com d.craik@imb.uq.edu.au.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9481-1079
Nataša TomaševićCenter for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria.
Thomas DurekInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, The University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia koehbachjohannes@gmail.com d.craik@imb.uq.edu.au.
Richard J ClarkSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6807-5426
Christian W GruberCenter for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6060-7048
David J CraikInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, The University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia koehbachjohannes@gmail.com d.craik@imb.uq.edu.au.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0007-6796

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 32109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyclotides are a diverse class of plant-derived cyclic, disulfide-rich peptides with a unique cyclic cystine knot topology. Their remarkable structural stability and resistance to proteolytic degradation can lead to improved pharmacokinetics and oral activity as well as selectivity and high enzymatic stability. Thus, cyclotides have emerged as powerful scaffold molecules for designing peptide-based therapeutics. The chemical engineering of cyclotides has generated novel peptide ligands of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), today's most exploited drug targets. However key challenges potentially limit the widespread use of cyclotides in molecular grafting applications. Folding of cyclotides containing bioactive epitopes remains a major bottleneck in cyclotide synthesis. Here we present a modular 'plug and play' approach that effectively bypasses problems associated with the oxidative folding of cyclotides. By grafting onto a pre-formed acyclic cyclotide-like scaffold we show that difficult-to-graft sequences can be easily obtained and can target GPCRs with nanomolar affinities and potencies. We further show the suitability of this new method to graft other complex epitopes including structures with additional disulfide bonds that are not readily available

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PMID38846076
PMCPMC11151825

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