2016
Diversity of Secondary Structure in Catalytic Peptides with β‑Turn-Biased Sequences
Metrano AJ, Abascal NC, Mercado BQ, Paulson EK, Hurtley AE, Miller SJ. Diversity of Secondary Structure in Catalytic Peptides with β‑Turn-Biased Sequences. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2016, 139: 492-516. PMID: 28029251, PMCID: PMC5312972, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b11348.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeptide-based catalystsSolid-state structural featuresΒ-turn secondary structureX-ray crystal structureProton chemical shiftsCorresponding solution structuresSymmetry-independent moleculesX-ray crystallographyAccessible transition stateGround state conformationSeries of tetrapeptidesChemical shiftsDifferent peptide sequencesEnantioselective reactionsSecondary structureCatalytic activityBromination reactionSame unit cellCatalytic peptidesTransition stateCrystal structureCatalystState conformationComputational studyConformational equilibrium
2015
Site-Selective Reactions with Peptide-Based Catalysts
Giuliano MW, Miller SJ. Site-Selective Reactions with Peptide-Based Catalysts. 2015, 372: 157-201. PMID: 26307403, DOI: 10.1007/128_2015_653.Peer-Reviewed Original Research