Two short arginine-containing tripeptides, H-Arg-Arg-Arg-OH (TP1) and Ac-Arg-Arg-Arg-NH2 (TP2), have been shown by the patch-clamp method to modulate the NaV1.8 channels of DRG primary sensory neurons, which are responsible for the generation of nociceptive signals. Conformational analysis of the tripeptides indicates that the key role in the ligan...
The side-chain of methionine residues is long enough to establish NH⋯S H-bonds with neighboring carbonyl groups of the backbone, giving rise to so-called intra-residue 6δ and inter-residue 7δ H-bonds. The aim of the present article is to document how the substitution of sulfur with a selenium atom affects the H-bonding of the Met system. This was i...
VCD analysis of 16 diastereomeric pairs of NHC precursors containing two isolated chirality centers and different substitution patterns identified VCD transitions characteristic of the chirality center in the imidazolium ring or in the side chain, which, in contrast to ECD and OR, could be utilized to assign the two chirality centers separately by ...
New three-ring ester/azomethine homologues series, (E)-4-((4-hydroxybenzylidene)amino)phenyl 4-(alkoxy)benzoate In, were prepared and their properties were investigated experimentally and theoretically. FT-IR, NMR, and elemental analyses were used to confirm the chemical structures of the synthesized compounds. The mesomorphic activities of the pla...
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The Front Cover shows the preferred conformation of oligomers of the aminoacid Amc5a. The backbone sequences were investigated using DFT methods in solution. More information can be found in the Research Article by Hae Sook Park et al .
Pixatimod (PG545), a heparan sulfate (HS) mimetic and anticancer agent currently in clinical trials, is a potent inhibitor of heparanase. Heparanase is an endo-β-glucuronidase that degrades HS in the extracellular matrix and basement membranes and is implicated in numerous pathological processes such as cancer and viral infections, including SARS−C...
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A new helix of ϵ‐peptides : Conformational preferences of oligomers of the ϵ‐amino acid Amc5a with a cyclopentane substituent were investigated using DFT methods in solution. The Amc5a hexamer adopted a stable left‐handed ( M )‐2.316 helical conformation with a rise of 4.8 Å per turn in chloroform and water.
Unprecedented tandem allylic alkylation/intermolecular Michael addition was used in the preparation of novel bicyclic azalides. NMR spectroscopy was used not only to unambiguously determine and characterize the structures of these unexpected products of chemical reaction but also to investigate the effect the rigid bicyclic modification has on the ...
GAGs exhibit a high level of conformational and configurational diversity, which remains untapped in terms of the recognition and modulation of proteins. Although GAGs are suggested to bind to more than 800 biologically important proteins, very few therapeutics have been designed or discovered so far. A key challenge is the inability to identify, u...
The field of glycomics has experienced significant developments in the last few decades, revealing a profound and elaborate language behind the intrinsic complexity of the glycans structures. This ‘sugar code’ is at the basis of intercellular interaction and recognition. For this language to be understood, its chemical basis must be unveiled. Two m...
