Chemical approaches to discover the full potential of peptide nucleic acids in biomedical applications

• Nikita Brodyagin,
• Martins Katkevics,
• Venubabu Kotikam,
• Christopher A. Ryan and
• Eriks Rozners

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1641–1688, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.116

Natural and redesigned wasp venom peptides with selective antitumoral activity

• Marcelo D. T. Torres,
• Gislaine P. Andrade,
• Roseli H. Sato,
• Cibele N. Pedron,
• Tania M. Manieri,
• Giselle Cerchiaro,
• Anderson O. Ribeiro,
• Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez and
• Vani X. Oliveira Jr.

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1693–1703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.144

• cationic peptides. This strategy is based on the electrostatic interaction of the peptides, through their cationic residues, with the anionic phospholipids present in the membrane [39][40]. The peptides accumulate in the membrane, leading to perturbation of membrane integrity and subsequent cell death [40

Hydrolysis, polarity, and conformational impact of C-terminal partially fluorinated ethyl esters in peptide models

• Vladimir Kubyshkin and
• Nediljko Budisa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2442–2457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.241

• high-resolution electrospray-orbitrap mass spectrometry ionization (HRMS) for all peptides except hexalysine peptides 10a–c, which produced no distinguishable molecular ions. For cationic peptides 9a–c and 10a–c, additional MALDI–TOF analysis confirmed the molecular assignment. Diffusion coefficients

Solid-phase-supported synthesis of morpholinoglycine oligonucleotide mimics

• Tatyana V. Abramova,
• Sergey S. Belov,
• Yulia V. Tarasenko and
• Vladimir N. Silnikov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1151–1158, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.115

• selective binding with RNA but not with DNA [16][17]. It has been shown that conjugation of PMO with cationic peptides or other cationic residues facilitates penetration of PMO into cells and efficiently prevents the growth of E. coli in vitro and in vivo [18]. Taking the above considerations into account

Binaphthyl-anchored antibacterial tripeptide derivatives with hydrophobic C-terminal amino acid variations

• John B. Bremner,
• Paul A. Keller,
• Stephen G. Pyne,
• Mark J. Robertson,
• K. Sakthivel,
• Kittiya Somphol,
• Dean Baylis,
• Jonathan A. Coates,
• John Deadman,
• Dharshini Jeevarajah and
• David I. Rhodes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1265–1270, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.142

• and Enterococci (VRE, VSE), and against Staphylococcus epidermidis. Keywords: antibacterials; binaphthyls; cationic peptides; peptides; resistance; VISA; VRE; Introduction Among the most pressing challenges in current healthcare is the resistance of bacterial human pathogenic organisms to

Similarity analysis, synthesis, and bioassay of antibacterial cyclic peptidomimetics

• Workalemahu M. Berhanu,
• Mohamed A. Ibrahim,
• Girinath G. Pillai,
• Alexander A. Oliferenko,
• Levan Khelashvili,
• Farukh Jabeen,
• Bushra Mirza,
• Farzana Latif Ansari,
• Ihsan ul-Haq,
• Said A. El-Feky and
• Alan R. Katritzky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1146–1160, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.128

• product purification [25][26][27][28][29]. According to the literature [30][31], most antimicrobial cyclic peptides are active in their cationic form. Cationic peptides are considered advantageous, because they adhere better to the outer anionic parts of phospholipid membranes. Although anionic peptides