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2015

Journal Article

Improving the selectivity of engineered protease inhibitors: optimizing the P2 prime residue using a versatile cyclic peptide library

de Veer, Simon J., Wang, Conan, Harris, Jonathan M., Craik, David J. and Swedberg, Joakim E. (2015). Improving the selectivity of engineered protease inhibitors: optimizing the P2 prime residue using a versatile cyclic peptide library. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 58 (20), 8257-8268. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01148

Improving the selectivity of engineered protease inhibitors: optimizing the P2 prime residue using a versatile cyclic peptide library

2015

Journal Article

Design of substrate-based BCR-ABL kinase inhibitors using the cyclotide scaffold

Huang, Yen-Hua, Henriques, Sonia T., Wang, Conan K., Thorstholm, Louise, Daly, Norelle L., Kaas, Quentin and Craik, David J. (2015). Design of substrate-based BCR-ABL kinase inhibitors using the cyclotide scaffold. Scientific Reports, 5 (1) 12974, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/srep12974

Design of substrate-based BCR-ABL kinase inhibitors using the cyclotide scaffold

2015

Journal Article

Exploring experimental and computational markers of cyclic peptides: charting islands of permeability

Wang, Conan K., Northfield, Susan Ellen, Swedberg, Joakim E., Colless, Barbara, Chaousis, Stephanie, Price, David A., Liras, Spiros and Craik, David J. (2015). Exploring experimental and computational markers of cyclic peptides: charting islands of permeability. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 97, 202-213. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.04.049

Exploring experimental and computational markers of cyclic peptides: charting islands of permeability

2015

Journal Article

An integrated Java tool for generating amino acid sequence alignments with mapped secondary structure elements

Wang, Conan K. and Hofmann, Andreas (2015). An integrated Java tool for generating amino acid sequence alignments with mapped secondary structure elements. 3 Biotech, 5 (1), 87-92. doi: 10.1007/s13205-014-0222-0

An integrated Java tool for generating amino acid sequence alignments with mapped secondary structure elements

2014

Journal Article

Rational design and synthesis of orally bioavailable peptides guided by NMR amide temperature coefficients

Wang, Conan K., Northfield, Susan E., Colless, Barbara, Chaousis, Stephanie, Hamernig, Ingrid, Lohman, Rink-Jan, Nielsen, Daniel S., Schroeder, Christina I., Liras, Spiros, Price, David, A., Fairlie, David and Craik, David J. (2014). Rational design and synthesis of orally bioavailable peptides guided by NMR amide temperature coefficients. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 111 (49), 17504-17509. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1417611111

Rational design and synthesis of orally bioavailable peptides guided by NMR amide temperature coefficients

2014

Journal Article

Insights into the molecular flexibility of theta-defensins by NMR relaxation analysis

Conibear, Anne C., Wang, Conan K., Bi, Tao, Rosengren, K. Johan, Camarero, Julio A. and Craik, David J. (2014). Insights into the molecular flexibility of theta-defensins by NMR relaxation analysis. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118 (49), 14257-14266. doi: 10.1021/jp507754c

Insights into the molecular flexibility of theta-defensins by NMR relaxation analysis

2014

Journal Article

Native peptide folding dominates over stereoelectronic effects of prolyl hydroxylation in loop 5 of the macrocyclic peptide kalata B1

Taylor, Carol M., Northfield, Susan E., Wang, Conan K. and Craik, David J. (2014). Native peptide folding dominates over stereoelectronic effects of prolyl hydroxylation in loop 5 of the macrocyclic peptide kalata B1. Tetrahedron, 70 (42), 7669-7674. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.06.058

Native peptide folding dominates over stereoelectronic effects of prolyl hydroxylation in loop 5 of the macrocyclic peptide kalata B1

2014

Journal Article

Racemic and quasi-racemic x-ray structures of cyclic disulfide-rich peptide drug scaffolds

Wang, Conan K., King, Gordon J., Northfield, Susan E., Ojeda, Paola G. and Craik, David J. (2014). Racemic and quasi-racemic x-ray structures of cyclic disulfide-rich peptide drug scaffolds. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 53 (42), 11236-11241. doi: 10.1002/anie.201406563

Racemic and quasi-racemic x-ray structures of cyclic disulfide-rich peptide drug scaffolds

2014

Journal Article

The role of disulfide bonds in structure and activity of chlorotoxin

Ojeda, Paola G., Chan, Lai Y., Poth, Aaron G., Wang, Conan K. and Craik, David J. (2014). The role of disulfide bonds in structure and activity of chlorotoxin. Future Medicinal Chemistry, 6 (15), 1617-1628. doi: 10.4155/FMC.14.93

The role of disulfide bonds in structure and activity of chlorotoxin

2014

Journal Article

Specific interaction to PIP2 increases the kinetic rate of membrane binding of VILIPs, a subfamily of Neuronal Calcium Sensors (NCS) proteins

Rebaud, Samuel, Wang, Conan K., Sarkis, Joe, Mason, Lyndel, Simon, Anne, Blum, Loic J., Hofmann, Andreas and Girard-Egrot, Agnes P. (2014). Specific interaction to PIP2 increases the kinetic rate of membrane binding of VILIPs, a subfamily of Neuronal Calcium Sensors (NCS) proteins. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1838 (10), 2698-2707. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.06.021

Specific interaction to PIP2 increases the kinetic rate of membrane binding of VILIPs, a subfamily of Neuronal Calcium Sensors (NCS) proteins

2014

Journal Article

Translational diffusion of cyclic peptides measured using pulsed-field gradient NMR

Wang, Conan K., Northfield, Susan E., Swedberg, Joakim E., Harvey, Peta J., Mathiowetz, Alan M., Price, David A, Liras, Spiros and Craik, David J. (2014). Translational diffusion of cyclic peptides measured using pulsed-field gradient NMR. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118 (38), 11129-11136. doi: 10.1021/jp506678f

Translational diffusion of cyclic peptides measured using pulsed-field gradient NMR

2014

Journal Article

Anticancer and toxic properties of cyclotides are dependent on phosphatidylethanolamine phospholipid targeting

Henriques, Sonia Troeira, Huang, Yen-Hua, Chaousis, Steph, Wang, Conan and Craik, David J. (2014). Anticancer and toxic properties of cyclotides are dependent on phosphatidylethanolamine phospholipid targeting. Chembiochem, 15 (13), 1956-1965. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201402144

Anticancer and toxic properties of cyclotides are dependent on phosphatidylethanolamine phospholipid targeting

2014

Journal Article

Structural parameters modulating the cellular uptake of disulfide-rich cyclic cell-penetrating peptides: MCoTI-II and SFTI-1

D'Souza, Charlotte, Troeira Henriques, Sonia, Wang, Conan K. and Craik, David J. (2014). Structural parameters modulating the cellular uptake of disulfide-rich cyclic cell-penetrating peptides: MCoTI-II and SFTI-1. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 88, 10-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.06.047

Structural parameters modulating the cellular uptake of disulfide-rich cyclic cell-penetrating peptides: MCoTI-II and SFTI-1

2014

Journal Article

Comparison of VILIP-1 and VILIP-3 binding to phospholipid monolayers

Rebaud S., Simon A., Wang C.K., Mason L., Blum L., Hofmann A. and Girard-Egrot A. (2014). Comparison of VILIP-1 and VILIP-3 binding to phospholipid monolayers. PLoS ONE, 9 (4) e93948, e93948.1-e93948.8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093948

Comparison of VILIP-1 and VILIP-3 binding to phospholipid monolayers

2014

Journal Article

Disulfide-rich macrocyclic peptides as templates in drug design

Northfield, Susan E., Wang, Conan K., Schroeder, Christina I., Durek, Thomas, Kan, Meng-Wei, Swedberg, Joakim E. and Craik, David J. (2014). Disulfide-rich macrocyclic peptides as templates in drug design. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 77 (2), 248-257. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.03.011

Disulfide-rich macrocyclic peptides as templates in drug design

2014

Journal Article

The cyclic cystine ladder of theta-defensins as a stable, bifunctional scaffold: a proof-of-concept study using the integrin-binding RGD motif

Conibear, Anne C., Bochen, Alexander, Rosengren, K. Johan, Stupar, Petar, Wang, Conan, Kessler, Horst and Craik, David J. (2014). The cyclic cystine ladder of theta-defensins as a stable, bifunctional scaffold: a proof-of-concept study using the integrin-binding RGD motif. ChemBioChem, 15 (3), 451-459. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201300568

The cyclic cystine ladder of theta-defensins as a stable, bifunctional scaffold: a proof-of-concept study using the integrin-binding RGD motif

2014

Journal Article

Molecular grafting onto a stable framework yields novel cyclic peptides for the treatment of multiple sclerosis

Wang, Conan K., Gruber, Christian W., Cemazar, Masa, Siatskas, Christopher, Tagore, Prascilla, Payne, Natalie, Sun, Guizhi, Wang, Shunhe, Bernard, Claude C. and Craik, David J. (2014). Molecular grafting onto a stable framework yields novel cyclic peptides for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. ACS Chemical Biology, 9 (1), 156-163. doi: 10.1021/cb400548s

Molecular grafting onto a stable framework yields novel cyclic peptides for the treatment of multiple sclerosis

2012

Journal Article

Cyclotides insert into lipid bilayers to form membrane pores and destabilize the membrane through hydrophobic and phosphoethanolamine-specific interactions

Wang, Conan K., Wacklin, Hanna P. and Craik, David J. (2012). Cyclotides insert into lipid bilayers to form membrane pores and destabilize the membrane through hydrophobic and phosphoethanolamine-specific interactions. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287 (52), 43884-43898. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.421198

Cyclotides insert into lipid bilayers to form membrane pores and destabilize the membrane through hydrophobic and phosphoethanolamine-specific interactions

2012

Journal Article

Alpha-1 giardin is an annexin with highly unusual calcium-regulated mechanisms

Weeratunga, Saroja K., Osman, Asiah, Hu, Nien-Jen, Wang, Conan K., Mason, Lyndel, Svard, Staffan, Hope, Greg, Jones, Malcolm K. and Hofmann, Andreas (2012). Alpha-1 giardin is an annexin with highly unusual calcium-regulated mechanisms. Journal of Molecular Biology, 423 (2), 169-181. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.06.041

Alpha-1 giardin is an annexin with highly unusual calcium-regulated mechanisms

2012

Journal Article

Hookworm SCP/TAPS protein structure - A key to understanding host-parasite interactions and developing new interventions

Osman, Asiah, Wang, Conan K., Winter, Anja, Loukas, Alex, Tribolet, Leon, Gasser, Robin B. and Hofmann, Andreas (2012). Hookworm SCP/TAPS protein structure - A key to understanding host-parasite interactions and developing new interventions. Biotechnology Advances, 30 (3), 652-657. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.11.002

Hookworm SCP/TAPS protein structure - A key to understanding host-parasite interactions and developing new interventions