Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

A glutamine-based single α-helix scaffold to target globular proteins

  • Albert Escobedo,
  • Jonathan Piccirillo,
  • Juan Aranda,
  • Tammo Diercks,
  • Borja Mateos,
  • Carla Garcia-Cabau,
  • Macarena Sánchez-Navarro,
  • Busra Topal,
  • Mateusz Biesaga,
  • Lasse Staby,
  • Birthe B. Kragelund,
  • Jesús García,
  • Oscar Millet,
  • Modesto Orozco,
  • Murray Coles,
  • Ramon Crehuet,
  • Xavier Salvatella

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34793-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Targeting biomedically relevant protein-protein interactions is a long-lasting challenge in medicinal chemistry. Here, the authors develop a single α-helical peptide scaffold that can be tailored to target globular proteins of biomedical interest.