Murray Justin K, Farooqi Bilal, Sadowsky Jack D, Scalf Mark, Freund Wesley A, Smith Lloyd M, Chen Jiandong, Gellman Samuel H
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Sep 28;127(38):13271-80. doi: 10.1021/ja052733v.
The predictable relationship between beta-amino acid sequence and folding has inspired several biological applications of beta-peptides. For many such applications, it would be desirable to prepare and screen beta-peptide libraries. However, standard peptide synthesis protocols are not efficient enough to support a library approach for many types of beta-peptides. We recently optimized the solid-phase synthesis of beta-peptides using microwave irradiation, and we have now adapted this approach to synthesis on polystyrene macrobeads. We rapidly prepared a high-quality beta-peptide combinatorial library via a split-and-mix strategy. This library was screened in search of beta-peptide antagonists of the p53-MDM2 protein-protein interaction.
