Peptide Science: From Synthesis to Application

Dear Colleagues, 

Peptide is one of the most important molecules in research fields such as pharmaceuticals, biomaterials, and advanced materials. Amino acids and the mimics are significant building blocks of a variety of peptides as well as natural products, drug candidates, and biomaterials. Thus, for the preparation of these amino acids, various stereospecific procedures using chiral auxiliaties, asymmetric catalysts or chiral pool methods have been developed. In parallel with those synthetic studies on amino acids, effective procedures for the synthesis of peptides by solid-phase procedures and/or specific ligation strategies have also been developed and shown to be highly effective. This Special Issue aims to illustrate the most recent developments on the multiple and innovative uses of amino acids, including unnatural amino acids and those mimics as well as peptides containing those amino acids and mimics. Each article in this Special Issue will clearly demonstrate the essential contribution of peptides and their related chemistry on a variety of research fields concerning bioorganic chemistry. 

Prof. Kenichi Akaji
Prof. Hiroyuki Konno
Guest Editors

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