Benzimidazolinone-Free Peptide o‑Aminoanilides for Chemical Protein Synthesis
Mannuthodikayil J, Singh S, Biswas A, Kar A, Tabassum W, Vydyam P, Bhattacharyya M, Mandal K. Benzimidazolinone-Free Peptide o‑Aminoanilides for Chemical Protein Synthesis. Organic Letters 2019, 21: 9040-9044. PMID: 31663760, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeptide synthesisSolid-phase peptide synthesisChemical protein synthesisPhase peptide synthesisTotal chemical synthesisSerious side reactionsPeptide thioestersChemical synthesisEfficient synthesisSide reactionsDiaminobenzoic acidO-aminoanilidesSynthesisThioestersAminesBocFormationCarbamateHereinReactionOptional attachmentSolubility tagAcidPeptidesC-terminusA small-molecule inhibitor of the DNA recombinase Rad51 from Plasmodium falciparum synergizes with the antimalarial drugs artemisinin and chloroquine
Vydyam P, Dutta D, Sutram N, Bhattacharyya S, Bhattacharyya M. A small-molecule inhibitor of the DNA recombinase Rad51 from Plasmodium falciparum synergizes with the antimalarial drugs artemisinin and chloroquine. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2019, 294: 8171-8183. PMID: 30936202, PMCID: PMC6527153, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.005009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultidrug-resistant parasitesAnti-parasitic activitySmall molecule inhibitorsMalaria drugsAntimalarial drugsChloroquinePotential drug targetsAntigenic diversityAntimalarial activityCell linesParasitic DNADNA double-strand breaksSpecific inhibitorDrug targetsDrugsInhibitorsParasitesPfRad51DNA-damaging agentsHigh affinityScreening approachFindingsHomologous recombinationMammalian cell linesActivity