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Urea based foldamers
Yoo, Sung Hyun,Li, Bo,Dolain, Christel,Pasco, Morgane,Guichard, Gilles
, p. 59 - 92 (2021/06/25)
N,N′-linked oligoureas are a class of enantiopure, sequence-defined peptidomimetic oligomers without amino acids that form well-defined and predictable helical structures akin to the peptide α-helix. Oligourea-based foldamers combine a number of features—such as synthetic accessibility, sequence modularity, and folding fidelity—that bode well for their use in a range of applications from medicinal chemistry to catalysis. Moreover, it was recently recognized that this synthetic helical backbone can be combined with regular peptides to generate helically folded peptide-oligourea hybrids that display additional features in terms of helix mimicry and protein-surface recognition properties. Here we provide detailed protocols for the preparation of requested monomers and for the synthesis and purification of homo-oligoureas and peptide-oligourea hybrids.
Microwave-enhanced solid-phase synthesis of N,N′-linked aliphatic oligoureas and related hybrids
Douat-Casassus, Céline,Pulka, Karolina,Claudon, Paul,Guichard, Gilles
, p. 3130 - 3133 (2012/09/08)
A practical and efficient microwave-assisted solid-phase method for the synthesis of N,N′-linked oligoureas and related amide/urea hybrid oligomers, featuring the use of succinimidyl (2-azido-2-substituted ethyl) carbamate monomers, is reported. The rate enhancement of urea formation under microwave irradiation combined with the mild conditions of the phosphine-based azide reduction makes this approach very effective for routine synthesis of oligoureas and possibly for library production.
Universal peptidomimetics
Ko, Eunhwa,Liu, Jing,Perez, Lisa M.,Lu, Genliang,Schaefer, Amber,Burgess, Kevin
, p. 462 - 477 (2011/04/16)
This paper concerns peptidomimetic scaffolds that can present side chains in conformations resembling those of amino acids in secondary structures without incurring excessive entropic or enthalpic penalties. Compounds of this type are referred to here as minimalist mimics. The core hypothesis of this paper is that small sets of such scaffolds can be designed to analogue local pairs of amino acids (including noncontiguous ones) in any secondary structure; i.e., they are universal peptidomimetics. To illustrate this concept, we designed a set of four peptidomimetic scaffolds. Libraries based on them were made bearing side chains corresponding to many of the protein-derived amino acids. Modeling experiments were performed to give an indication of kinetic and thermodynamic accessibilities of conformations that can mimic secondary structures. Together, peptidomimetics based on these four scaffolds can adopt conformations that resemble almost any combination of local amino acid side chains in any secondary structure. Universal peptidomimetics of this kind are likely to be most useful in the design of libraries for high-throughput screening against diverse targets. Consequently, data arising from submission of these molecules to the NIH Molecular Libraries Small Molecule Repository (MLSMR) are outlined.
Synthesis and biological evaluation of leucine enkephalin turn mimetics
Blomberg, David,Kreye, Paul,Fowler, Chris,Brickmann, Kay,Kihlberg, Jan
, p. 416 - 423 (2007/10/03)
A cyclic Leu-enkephalin mimetic containing a 7-membered ring, and two linear analogues, has been prepared on solid phase. In the cyclic mimetic the intramolecular (1-4) hydrogen bond found in crystalline Leu-enkephalin has been replaced by an ethylene bridge. In addition, the amide bond between Tyr1 and Gly2 has been replaced by a methylene ether isostere and Gly3 has been deleted. The two linear analogues both contain the methylene ether isostere instead of the Tyr1-Gly2 amide bond and the shorter of the two lacks Gly3. The three compounds, and a β-turn mimetic analogous to the 7-membered turn mimetic but with Gly3 included, were evaluated for specific binding to μ- and δ-opioid receptors in rat brain membranes. With the exception of the β-turn mimetic the three other Leu-enkephalin analogues all bound with varying affinity to the μ- and δ-opioid receptors. From the results it could be concluded that Leu-enkephalin binds in a turn conformation to the opiate receptors, but that this conformation is not a (1-4) β-turn. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2006.
Stereoselective synthesis of Ψ[CH2O] pseudodipeptides and conformational analysis of a PheΨ[CH2O]Ala containing analogue of the drug desmopressin
Hedenstr?m, Mattias,Holm, Lotta,Yuan, ZhongQing,Emten?s, Hans,Kihlberg, Jan
, p. 841 - 844 (2007/10/03)
A method for the synthesis of XaaΨ[CH2O]Ala/Gly pseudodipeptides in good yields and excellent diastereoselectivity from azido alcohols and (R)-2-chloropropionic acid or tert-butyl bromoacetate has been developed. Insertion of one of the pseudodipeptide building blocks in the peptide drug desmopressin revealed that methylene either isosteres may have only a minor influence on the secondary structure of peptides.
