A "cross-stitched" peptide with improved helicity and proteolytic stability.
Speltz, T.E., Mayne, C.G., Fanning, S.W., Siddiqui, Z., Tajkhorshid, E., Greene, G.L., Moore, T.W.(2018) Org Biomol Chem 16: 3702-3706
- PubMed: 29725689 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ob00790j
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5WGD, 5WGQ - PubMed Abstract: 
A new computational approach to obtain quantitative energy profiles for helix folding was used in the design of orthogonal hydrocarbon and lactam bicyclic peptides. The proteolytically stable, "cross-stitched" peptide SRC2-BCP1 shows nanomolar affinity for estrogen receptor α and X-ray crystallography confirms a helical binding pose.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and UI Cancer Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612, USA. twmoore@uic.edu.