- LEFT-HANDED GAMMA-PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS, METHODS OF SYNTHESIS AND USES THEREFOR
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A method of making optically pure preparations of chiral γΡΝΑ (gamma peptide nucleic acid) monomers is provided. Nanostructures comprising chiral γΡΝΑ structures also are provided. Methods of amplifying and detecting specific nucleic acids, including in situ methods are provided as well as compositions and kits useful in those methods. Lastly, methods of converting nucleobase sequences from right-handed helical PNA, nucleic acid and nucleic acid analog structures to left-handed γΡΝΑ, and vice- versa, are provided.
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Paragraph 0019; 00108; 00109
(2015/11/27)
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- An expedient route for the reduction of carboxylic acids to alcohols employing 1-propanephosphonic acid cyclic anhydride as acid activator
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A simple and efficient method for the synthesis of alcohols from the corresponding carboxylic acids is described. Activation of carboxylic acid with 1-propane phosphonic acid cyclic anhydride (T3P) and subsequent reduction of the intermediate phosphonic anhydride with NaBH4 yield the alcohol in excellent yields with good purity in less duration. Reduction of several alkyl/aryl carboxylic acids and Nα-protected amino acids/peptide acids as well as Nβ-protected amino acids was successfully carried out to obtain corresponding alcohols in good yields and the products characterized. The procedure is mild, safe, simple and the isolation of the products is easy.
- Nagendra,Madhu,Vishwanatha,Sureshbabu, Vommina V.
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experimental part
p. 5059 - 5063
(2012/09/22)
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- A facile synthesis and crystallographic analysis of N-protected β-amino alcohols and short peptaibols
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A facile, efficient and racemization-free method for the synthesis of N-protected β-amino alcohols and peptaibols using N-hydroxysuccinimide active esters is described. Using this method, dipeptide, tripeptide and pentapeptide alcohols were isolated in high yields. The conformations in crystals of β-amino alcohol, dipeptide and tripeptide alcohols were analysed, with a well-defined type III β-turn being observed in the tripeptide alcohol crystals. This method is found to be compatible with Fmoc-, Boc- and other side-chain protecting groups.
- Jadhav, Sandip V.,Bandyopadhyay, Anupam,Benke, Sushil N.,Mali, Sachitanand M.,Gopi, Hosahudya N.
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 4182 - 4187
(2011/06/28)
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- Structure-affinity relationships of glutamine mimics incorporated into phosphopeptides targeted to the SH2 domain of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
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In cancer cells, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) participates in aberrant growth, survival, angiogenesis, and invasion signals and is a validated target for anticancer drug design. We are targeting its SH2 domain to prevent docking to cytokine and growth factor receptors and subsequent signaling. One of the important elements of the recognition sequence, pTyr-Xxx-Xxx-Gln, is glutamine. We incorporated novel Gln mimics into a lead peptide, pCinn-Leu-Pro-Gln-NHBn, and found that a linear, unconstrained side chain and carboxamide are necessary for high affinity, and the benzamide can be eliminated. Replacement of Gln-NHBn with (R)-4-aminopentanamide or 2-aminoethylurea produced inhibitors with equal or greater potency than that of the lead, as judged by fluorescence polarization (IC50 values were 110 and 130 nM, respectively). When Pro was replaced with cis-3,4- methanoproline, the glutamine mimic, (4R,5S)-4-amino-5-benzyloxyhexanamide resulted in an IC50 of 69 nM, the highest affinity Stat3 inhibitor reported to date. 2009 American Chemical Society.
- Mandal, Pijus K.,Ren, Zhiyong,Chen, Xiaomin,Xiong, Chiyi,McMurray, John S.
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experimental part
p. 6126 - 6141
(2010/03/24)
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