DNA recognition with self-assembled peptide helicates

Helicates, first described by Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn more than twenty years ago, display promising antimicrobial and antitumoral effects, but despite their compelling biological properties, the development of helicates into viable chemotherapeutic agents has been hampered by the lack of versatile and...

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Author: Gómez González, Jacobo
Format: doctoral thesis
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repository:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/23305
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23305
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Materias::Investigación::23 Química::2302 Bioquímica::230224 Péptidos
Materias::Investigación::23 Química::2302 Bioquímica::230221 Biología molecular
Materias::Investigación::23 Química::2303 Química inorgánica::230307 Compuestos de coordinación
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Summary:Helicates, first described by Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn more than twenty years ago, display promising antimicrobial and antitumoral effects, but despite their compelling biological properties, the development of helicates into viable chemotherapeutic agents has been hampered by the lack of versatile and efficient stereoselective synthetic methods. In this thesis we describe the application of non-natural peptides containing the 2,2´-bipyridine ligand as platforms for the programmed self-assembly of DNA-binding metallopeptide helicates.