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Peptidomimetics

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Recognition".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2010) | Viewed by 13510

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1. Clinical Cooperation Unit Molecular and Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Interests: translational radiation oncology; radiobiology; precision radiotherapy; particle radiation; focused ultrasound therapy; radio-immune effects; angiogenesis; fibrosis; combination of radiation and signaling inhibitors

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Conformationally Constrained Histidines in the Design of Peptidomimetics: Strategies for the χ-Space Control
by Azzurra Stefanucci, Francesco Pinnen, Federica Feliciani, Ivana Cacciatore, Gino Lucente and Adriano Mollica
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12(5), 2853-2890; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms12052853 - 03 May 2011
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A successful design of peptidomimetics must come to terms with χ-space control. The incorporation of χ-space constrained amino acids into bioactive peptides renders the χ1 and χ2 torsional angles of pharmacophore amino acids critical for activity and selectivity as with other [...] Read more.
A successful design of peptidomimetics must come to terms with χ-space control. The incorporation of χ-space constrained amino acids into bioactive peptides renders the χ1 and χ2 torsional angles of pharmacophore amino acids critical for activity and selectivity as with other relevant structural features of the template. This review describes histidine analogues characterized by replacement of native α and/or β-hydrogen atoms with alkyl substituents as well as analogues with α, β-didehydro unsaturation or Cα-Cβ cyclopropane insertion (ACC derivatives). Attention is also dedicated to the relevant field of β-aminoacid chemistry by describing the synthesis of β2- and β3-models (β-hHis). Structural modifications leading to cyclic imino derivatives such as spinacine, aza-histidine and analogues with shortening or elongation of the native side chain (nor-histidine and homo-histidine, respectively) are also described. Examples of the use of the described analogues to replace native histidine in bioactive peptides are also given. Full article
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