Peptide Publications Archive

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Clicking Safely

Clicking Safely

Jain Lab

The 1,2,3-triazole ring has become indispensable in peptidomimetic design. Its geometry and electronic properties closely mimic the trans-amide bond: similar planarity, comparable dipole moment, and …

Taming Aggregation

Taming Aggregation

Hartrampf Lab

Peptide chains misbehave. During solid-phase peptide synthesis, growing chains can collapse into sticky β-sheet structures that clog the resin, block coupling reactions, and leave chemists …

Acoustic Coupling

Acoustic Coupling

Lubell Group

The demand for peptide therapeutics is booming, but their manufacture carries a heavy environmental burden. Solid-phase peptide synthesis, SPPS, the workhorse of the field, consumes …

Masked Sugars

Masked Sugars

Dong Lab

Chemical synthesis provides atomic-level control over glycoprotein structure, yet hydrophobic sequences often aggregate before chemists can purify or ligate them. This problem may intensify for …

Phosphine Rebridging

Phosphine Rebridging

Hackenberger Lab

Published in Angewandte Chemie International Editition, researchers from the Hackenberger Lab at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin, present a powerful new class of phosphine oxide–based …

Copper Clicks

Copper Clicks

Metanis Lab

In a collaborative work between the Metanis and Shimon labs at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Wang group at the Xiamen University in …

Cysteine Umpolung

Cysteine Umpolung

Wang Lab

A longstanding challenge in peptide chemistry has been the restricted reactivity of canonical amino acids, which limits late-stage functionalization strategies. Most side chains are inherently …

Rewiring the Protein Backbone

Rewiring the Protein Backbone

Schepartz Lab

Backbone editing offers a powerful way to expand protein function: by introducing β, γ, or δ linkages, researchers can strengthen folds against proteolysis, reshape ligand …

Oxidative Peptide Coupling

Oxidative Peptide Coupling

Proulx Lab

This study demonstrates that a key determinant of this reactivity is the choice of solvent. By shifting from aqueous buffer to a mixed organic solvent …

Versatile Precursors

Versatile Precursors

Mitchell Lab

Cyclopropane-containing amino acids, prized for their conformational rigidity and stability, are of increasing interest in therapeutic peptide development and antimicrobial drug discovery. A recent study …

Selective Coupling

Selective Coupling

Suga Lab


α,β-Dehydroalanine, ΔAla, is a highly reactive nonproteinogenic amino acid that serves as a versatile handle for modifying peptides, natural products, NPs, and proteins. While many …

Synthesis Tag

Synthesis Tag

Hartrampf Lab

Solid-phase peptide synthesis, SPPS, and native chemical ligation, NCL, are powerful methods for obtaining peptides and proteins that are otherwise inaccessible...