Chemical synthesis and peptide ligation techniques have revolutionised the field of protein engineering by enabling the precise construction of peptides and proteins with tailored modifications. These ...
Nature makes amide bonds—the key linkages that string together amino acids in a polypeptide—like a knitting whiz. The ribosome in Escherichia coli bacteria, for example, can make eight amide bonds in ...
Ozempic has been making headlines for its remarkable success in treating obesity and diabetes. Yet it is just one in a rapidly growing class of drugs called peptide therapeutics that sits between ...
A team at ETH Zurich developed a new peptide-based organocatalyst that handles macrocycle formation from start to finish.
The breakthrough could simplify the production of complex proteins used in cancer immunotherapy and other advanced medicines ...
Scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have addressed a long-standing challenge in the pharmaceutical industry, with the development of a two-step, one-pot method for ...
Many biological functions are regulated by the switching on and off of mechanisms triggered by the matching of a keyhole ...
For decades, a substantial number of proteins, vital for treating various diseases, have remained elusive to oral drug therapy. Traditional small molecules often struggle to bind to proteins with flat ...
(Nanowerk News) Peptides are short strands of amino acids that are increasingly used therapeutically, as biomaterials and as chemical and biological probes. The capacity to isolate, manipulate and ...