Abstract
The metabolic stability of peptides containing a mixed sequence of α-aminoxy acids and α-amino acids is significantly improved compared to peptides composed of only natural α-amino acids. The introduction of an α-aminoxy acid into peptide chain dramatically improves the stability of the amide bonds immediately before and after it. These peptides containing α-aminoxy acids represent excellent structural scaffold for the design of metabolically stable and biologically active peptides.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 499-503 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Amino Acids |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKU 2/06C and HKU8CRF10) and Chinese University of Hong Kong Direct Grant (2041542).
Keywords
- Aminoxy acid
- Metabolism
- Peptides
- Stability