Design, Synthesis and Structure of Peptides
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2022) | Viewed by 8519
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structure-activity relationships of biomolecules
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The introduction of solid-phase peptide synthesis nearly two generations ago, augmented with mild auxiliary chemical procedures, has made synthetic peptides easily and widely accessible. In the following decades, synthetic peptides have drawn remarkable attention involving diverse scientific fields. Peptide chains are assembled in a simple modular fashion yet may possess an exceptionally high degree of chemical diversity. As a result, synthetic peptides have found a wide variety of applications. Beyond the classical use as model systems for study of the protein folding problem, synthetic peptides are now to be found in more application-oriented fields, such as the design of foldamers, biomaterials, drug delivery systems, and tissue regeneration scaffolds, to name but a few. Naturally occurring peptide hormones and host defense systems serve as useful templates for the development of novel agents targeting various diseases and medical conditions, such as chronic pain, cancer, microbial infection, and obesity. The increasing diversity of such potential applications has posed new challenges to the design, synthesis, and structural analysis of peptides and peptidomimetics.
Scientists working in the broad field of peptides are invited to submit original research and review articles reporting on new synthetic approaches or solutions, characterization of unique structures or novel structural assemblies, and the design of peptides or peptidomimetics which address pharmacological obstacles of therapeutic application.
Dr. Attila Borics
Dr. Pierre Tuffery
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- peptides
- peptidomimetics
- peptide assemblies
- peptide foldamers
- biomaterials
- drug development
- peptide design
- peptide synthesis
- structural characterization
