| Literature DB >> 26376076 |
Michael S Melicher1, Allison S Walker1, John Shen1, Scott J Miller1, Alanna Schepartz1.
Abstract
The selective recruitment of oligosaccharides, or even simple sugars, in water solvent is an unsolved molecular recognition problem. Structure-guided, electrostatic redesign led to a significant increase in the affinity of a β-peptide "borono-bundle" for simple sugars in neutral aqueous solution. The affinity for fructose (663 M(-1)) in water should allow its recruitment to the bundle surface for selective catalysis, and future work will focus in this direction.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26376076 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02187
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005