We have determined that 280% of the Asn-linked oligosaccharides on the glycosylated form of mouse adrenocorticotropin (15-kDa adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)) bear one or more branches terminating with the sequence S04-4GalNAc/31,4GlcNAc~1, 2Mana (S4GGnM). Proopiomelanocortin (POMC), the precursor of ACTH, is the first example of a glycoprotein that is not a member of the glycoprotein hormone f...

Tripeptide with redox active chemical entities based smart organogels have been used for in situ formation and stabilization of gold and silver nanoparticles within the supramolecular gel networks and the gold nanoparticles are aligned in arrays along the gel nanofibers of peptide 1-toluene gels.

αβα-Tripeptide that contains a cyclic β-amino acid with an eight-membered ring, a cis-2-aminocyclooct-5-enecarboxylic acid (cis-ACOE) or a cis-2-aminocyclooctanecarboxylic acid (cis-ACOC) displayed an 11/9-helical turn in the crystal state. The related α/β-peptide oligomers were shown to adopt 11/9-helical conformations in solution.

Soluble polymer-supported convergent synthesis has for the first time been successfully exploited for parallel library synthesis; sub-libraries of tripeptide iodoarenes and arylboronic acids reacted smoothly in a multipolymer PdII-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction to generate a library of bisaryl-linked hexapeptides.

The single crystal X-ray diffraction studies of a new tripeptide motif Boc-Tyr-Aib-Xaa-OMe (Xaa = Leu/Ile/Ala) reveal that the peptides adopt β-turn conformations which self-assemble to form a supramolecular double helical structure using various non-covalent interactions in the solid state and the peptides exhibit a type-III N(2) sorption isotherm.

β-Sheet mediated protein-protein interactions are involved in key signalling pathways in diseases such as cancer. We present small molecule β-strand mimetics and investigate their interactions with a model tripeptide. Using (1)H NMR, the thermodynamic parameters for their binding are determined. These give insight into this biologically important interaction.

Primary Examiner-Ronald W. Griffin Assistant Examiner-Pamela S. Webber Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Robert P. Gibson; Edward Goldberg; Edward F. Costigan 57 ABSTRACT A process for denitrating the dinitrate ester of diethyl eneglycol is disclosed which comprises introducing the dinitrate ester of diethyleneglycol into an aqueous phos phate buffer containing the tripeptide reduced glutathi one and th...

This assay of angiotensin-converting enzyme is based on release of hippuric acid from a synthetic tripeptide, hippuryl-L-histidyl-L-leucine. Hippuric acid is separated and quantitated on a reversed-phase column under conditions similar to those used for assay of theophylline and acetaminophen. The method is rapid and free from interferences.

N-protected LL-dipeptide alcohols 3a-p, diastereomeric mixture (3d + 3d') and tripeptide alcohols 6a-c were synthesized by treatment of various amino alcohols with N-protected(alpha-aminoacyl)benzotriazoles 1a-c, 1f-m, (1a + 1a') and N-protected(alpha-dipeptidoyl)benzotriazoles 5a, 5b respectively in good yields with complete retention of chirality.

A new sensitive, selective and nonexpensive electrochemical sensor was developed for electrocatalyticdetermination of glutathione (GSH)in pharmaceutical and biological samples. GSH is a tripeptide thiol present in all eukaryotic and probiotic cells. A voltammetric studyof GSH has been carried out at the surface of carbon paste electrode modified with multiwall carbon nanotubes(MWCNTPE) in the p...