Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS), Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS), Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Bioconjug Chem. 2021 Aug 18;32(8):1564-1569. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00312. Epub 2021 Jul 28.
Combining coordination chemistry and peptide engineering offers extraordinary opportunities for developing novel molecular (supra)structures. Here, we demonstrate that the β-annulus motif is capable of directing the stereoselective assembly of designed peptides containing 2,2'-bipyridine ligands into parallel three-stranded chiral peptide helicates, and that these helicates selectively bind with high affinity to three-way DNA junctions.
结合配位化学和肽工程为开发新型分子(超分子)结构提供了非凡的机会。在这里,我们证明β-环糊精结构能够指导含有 2,2'-联吡啶配体的设计肽的立体选择性组装成平行的三股手性肽螺旋,并且这些螺旋选择性地以高亲和力结合三链 DNA 结。