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Peptide-Based Drug Design

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The Spot Technique 61<br />

library, the advantage of the random peptide array is that the peptides on<br />

each spot are unique, providing the possibility of higher individual activity.<br />

The disadvantage is in the lower number of synthesized peptides available for<br />

screening.<br />

3.2.4.2. TRUNCATION ANALYSIS (LENGTH SCAN)<br />

To investigate the minimum possible length of an active peptide while<br />

maintaining activity, variations of the peptide sequence are synthesized by<br />

systematic shortening at the C-terminus, N-terminus, or both simultaneously<br />

(48,62,63).<br />

3.2.4.3. LOOP SCAN (CYSTEINE SCAN)<br />

In order to stabilize loop structures or to increase their resistance to proteolytic<br />

digestion, it is convenient to cyclize peptides. There are two main types of<br />

cyclization: cyclization via cysteines forming a disulfide bridge and cyclization<br />

via a pair of peptide amino and carboxy groups to form an amide bond. In both<br />

cases, a pair of amino acids is involved. If they are not present in the peptide<br />

sequence, they must be inserted or two existing amino acids should be replaced,<br />

which could lead to a loss of activity. Therefore it is necessary to investigate the<br />

effect of cyclization on the activity of the peptide (64). For a cysteine loop scan,<br />

generate, synthesize, and test a set of all possible combinations of insertions or<br />

replacements using a pair of cysteines (see Fig. 6). For amide cyclization it is<br />

important that you have an amino group–containing amino acid such as lysine<br />

and a carboxy group–containing one like aspartic acid. That affords a higher<br />

number of possible combinations.<br />

A)<br />

B) 1.PEPTIDES<br />

2.CCPTIDES<br />

3.CECTIDES<br />

4.CEPCIDES<br />

5.CEPTCDES<br />

6.CEPTICES<br />

7.CEPTIDCS<br />

8.CEPTIDEC<br />

9.PCCTIDES<br />

10.PCPCIDES<br />

11.PCPTCDES<br />

12.PCPTICES<br />

13.PCPTIDCS<br />

14.PCPTIDEC<br />

15.PECCIDES<br />

16.PECTCDES<br />

17.PECTICES<br />

18.PECTIDCS<br />

19.PECTIDEC<br />

20.PEPCCDES<br />

21.PEPCICES<br />

22.PEPCIDCS<br />

23.PEPCIDEC<br />

24.PEPTCCES<br />

25.PEPTCDCS<br />

26.PEPTCDEC<br />

27.PEPTICCS<br />

28.PEPTICEC<br />

29.PEPTIDCC<br />

Fig. 6. Principle of a loop scan on the example of the peptide PEPTIDES.The amino<br />

acids were replaced by a pair of cysteines at all possible positions. (A) Image of the loop<br />

scan (fictive). (B) List of the sequences.

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