Reflecting work in the Knudsen Group
Researchers in the Knudsen Group at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, published in Biochemistry, report the construction of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae-specific SICLOPPS library of 80 million members...
Reflecting work in the Proulx Lab
Published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, researchers in the Proulx group at the North Carolina State University at Raleigh, present the first approach to controlled metal chelation of peptide backbones...
Reflecting work in the Ding Lab
Published in ACS Chemical Biology, researchers in the Ding Group at the University of Florida, reconstructed prunipeptin biosynthesis from Streptomyces coelicolor...
Reflecting work in the Payne Lab
Chemokines are small proteins involved in recruiting leukocytes to sites of inflammation via interactions with specific cell surface receptors. CCL22 is a chemokine known to play a critical role in...
Reflecting work in the Schultz Lab
Nicotinamide-containing cofactors play an essential role in many enzymes that catalyze two-electron redox reactions. However, it is difficult to engineer nicotinamide binding sites into proteins due to the extended nature...
Reflecting work in the Baiz Lab
Biomolecular condensates provide a mechanism for compartmentalization of biomolecules in eukaryotic cells. These liquid-like condensates are formed via liquid–liquid phase separation
Reflecting work in the Del Valle and Ebright Groups
Members of the Del Valle Group at the University of Notre Dame, in collaboration with the Ebright Group at Rutgers, report in Organic letters, the synthesis of the antimicrobial cyclodepsipeptides...
Reflecting work in the The Futaki Lab
Published in Bioconjugate Chemistry, researchers from Shiroh Futaki Group at the Kyoto University, prepared conjugates of the biocompatible polysaccharide pullulan with a cell membrane permeabilizing peptide...
Reflecting work in the The Raines Group
As a traceless, bioreversible modification, the esterification of carboxyl groups in peptides and proteins has the potential to increase their clinical utility. An impediment is the lack of strategies to quantify...
Reflecting work in the The Mapp Group
The melanocortin-3 receptor, MC3R, is a G-protein coupled receptor that regulates appetite and is a potential therapeutic target for anorexia and weight loss treatments...
Reflecting work in the Suga and Goto Groups
Prenylation of peptides is widely observed in the secondary metabolites of diverse organisms, granting peptides unique chemical properties distinct from proteinogenic amino acids. Discovery of...
Reflecting work in the Yudin Lab
Helical secondary structures, namely α- and 310-helices, comprise >60% of all secondary structures observed at protein–protein interactions, PPIs, and are responsible for the mediation of many biological...
Reflecting work in the Wennemers Lab
In a study from the Wennemers Lab at ETH, Zūrich, published in JACS, group members present an organocatalytic kinetic resolution to yield enantiomerically enriched β-branched aldehydes and γ-nitroaldehydes with three...
Reflecting work in the The Suga Lab
Nonproteinogenic amino acids, including D-α-, β-, and γ-amino acids, present in bioactive peptides play pivotal roles in their biochemical activities and proteolytic stabilities...
Reflecting work in the Malmsten Lab
Published in Advanced Functional Materials, work by members of the Martin Malmsten group at the University of Lund, Sweden, explores the coating of photocatalytic nanoparticles with antimicrobial peptides...
Reflecting work in the Martin and Panwar Labs
Membrane–peptide interactions are key to the formation of helical intermediates in the early stages of amyloidogenesis. Aqueous solutions of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol...
Reflecting work in the Hamley Group
Chirality plays a crucial role in the self-assembly of biomolecules in nature. Peptides show chirality-dependent conformation and self-assembly. Lipidation of peptides occurs in vivo...
Reflecting work in the Steuer Group
Published in Peptide Science, the Steuer Group at ETH, Zūrich, presents "PICKAPEP," an application developed for Mac and Windows, enabling the virtual construction...
Aralez Bio – January 2025
Aralez Bio is a platform technology company revolutionizing the synthesis of noncanonical amino acids, ncAAs, through biocatalysis. Their proprietary processes enable the production of thousands of ncAAs sustainably at production scales. Founded in 2019 Aralez Bio has rapidly advanced in the biotech industry. In December 2024, the company secured Series A funding and in 2025 moved to a facility in Berkeley, CA, capable of ton-scale production. Aralez Bio's extensive collection of novel ncAAs provides unparalleled atomic-level control in peptide medicinal chemistry, empowering the development of next-generation therapeutics. Their commitment to sustainability and innovation positions us at the forefront of modern drug discovery and development.
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