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2025

Journal Article

Exploring the utility of cell-penetrating peptides as vehicles for the delivery of distinct antimalarial drug cargoes

Gare, Caitlin L., Palombi, Isabella R., White, Andrew M., Chavchich, Marina, Edstein, Michael D., Lock, Aaron, Avery, Vicky M., Craik, David J., McMorran, Brendan J., Lawrence, Nicole and Malins, Lara Rebecca (2025). Exploring the utility of cell-penetrating peptides as vehicles for the delivery of distinct antimalarial drug cargoes. ChemMedChem, 20 (2) e202400637, e202400637. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202400637

Exploring the utility of cell-penetrating peptides as vehicles for the delivery of distinct antimalarial drug cargoes

2025

Journal Article

Synthesis and Investigation of Peptide-Drug Conjugates Comprising Camptothecin and a Human Protein-Derived Cell-Penetrating Peptide

Palombi, Isabella R., White, Andrew M., Koda, Yasuko, Craik, David J., Lawrence, Nicole and Malins, Lara R. (2025). Synthesis and Investigation of Peptide-Drug Conjugates Comprising Camptothecin and a Human Protein-Derived Cell-Penetrating Peptide. Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 105 (1) e70051, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/cbdd.70051

Synthesis and Investigation of Peptide-Drug Conjugates Comprising Camptothecin and a Human Protein-Derived Cell-Penetrating Peptide

2025

Journal Article

High-throughput enrichment of functional disulfide-rich peptides by droplet microfluidics

Xie, Jing, Yap, Kuok, de Veer, Simon J., Edwardraja, Selvakumar, Durek, Thomas, Trau, Matt, Craik, David J. and Wang, Conan K. (2025). High-throughput enrichment of functional disulfide-rich peptides by droplet microfluidics. Lab on a Chip, 25 (14), 3525-3536. doi: 10.1039/d5lc00261c

High-throughput enrichment of functional disulfide-rich peptides by droplet microfluidics

2025

Journal Article

Analogs of cyclic peptide mortiamide‐d from marine fungi have improved membrane permeability and kill drug‐resistant melanoma cells

Bergeron, Catherine, Bérubé, Christopher, Lamb, Henry, Koda, Yasuko, Craik, David J., Henriques, Sónia Troeira, Voyer, Normand and Lawrence, Nicole (2025). Analogs of cyclic peptide mortiamide‐d from marine fungi have improved membrane permeability and kill drug‐resistant melanoma cells. Peptide Science, 117 (1) e24380. doi: 10.1002/pep2.24380

Analogs of cyclic peptide mortiamide‐d from marine fungi have improved membrane permeability and kill drug‐resistant melanoma cells

2025

Journal Article

Recent progress on cyclotides: 2021-2024

Kan, Meng-Wei, Roseli, Ras Baizureen, Chan, Lai Yue, Nguyen, Linh T. T. and Craik, David J. (2025). Recent progress on cyclotides: 2021-2024. ScienceAsia, 51S (1) 2025s009, 1-17. doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2025.s009

Recent progress on cyclotides: 2021-2024

2024

Journal Article

Highly Efficient Transpeptidase-Catalyzed Isopeptide Ligation

de Veer, Simon J., Craik, David J. and Rehm, Fabian B. H. (2024). Highly Efficient Transpeptidase-Catalyzed Isopeptide Ligation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147 (1), 557-565. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c11964

Highly Efficient Transpeptidase-Catalyzed Isopeptide Ligation

2024

Journal Article

Peptide PaDBS1R6 has potent antibacterial activity on clinical bacterial isolates and integrates an immunomodulatory peptide fragment within its sequence

Rezende, Samilla B., Chan, Lai Yue, Oshiro, Karen G.N., Buccini, Danieli F., Leal, Ana Paula Ferreira, Ribeiro, Camila F., Souza, Carolina M., Brandão, Amanda L.O., Gonçalves, Regina M., Cândido, Elizabete S., Macedo, Maria L.R., Craik, David J., Franco, Octávio L. and Cardoso, Marlon H. (2024). Peptide PaDBS1R6 has potent antibacterial activity on clinical bacterial isolates and integrates an immunomodulatory peptide fragment within its sequence. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, 1868 (11) 130693, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2024.130693

Peptide PaDBS1R6 has potent antibacterial activity on clinical bacterial isolates and integrates an immunomodulatory peptide fragment within its sequence

2024

Journal Article

Discovery of five classes of bacterial defensins: ancestral precursors of defensins from eukarya?

Cardoso, Marlon H., de Lima, Lucas R., Pires, Allan S., Maximiano, Mariana R., Harvey, Peta J., Freitas, Camila G., Costa, Rosiane A., Fensterseifer, Isabel C. M., Rigueiras, Pietra O., Migliolo, Ludovico, Porto, William F., Craik, David J. and Franco, Octávio L. (2024). Discovery of five classes of bacterial defensins: ancestral precursors of defensins from eukarya?. ACS Omega, 9 (45), 45297-45308. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c06956

Discovery of five classes of bacterial defensins: ancestral precursors of defensins from eukarya?

2024

Journal Article

Gene-guided identifications of a structure-chimeric cyclotide viphi I from Viola philippica: potential functions against cadmium and nematodes

Zhang, Xiaojie, Chen, Ruohong, Shu, Haoyue, Liang, Peihui, Qin, Ting, Wang, Kemei, Guo, Aimin, Craik, David J., Liao, Bin and Zhang, Jun (2024). Gene-guided identifications of a structure-chimeric cyclotide viphi I from Viola philippica: potential functions against cadmium and nematodes. Plant Science, 347 112185, 112185. doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2024.112185

Gene-guided identifications of a structure-chimeric cyclotide viphi I from Viola philippica: potential functions against cadmium and nematodes

2024

Journal Article

Conotoxins targeting voltage-gated sodium ion channels

Pei, Shengrong, Wang, Nan, Mei, Zaoli, Zhangsun, Dongting, Craik, David J., McIntosh, J. Michael, Zhu, Xiaopeng and Luo, Sulan (2024). Conotoxins targeting voltage-gated sodium ion channels. Pharmacological Reviews, 76 (5), 828-845. doi: 10.1124/pharmrev.123.000923

Conotoxins targeting voltage-gated sodium ion channels

2024

Journal Article

Cyclic tachyplesin I kills proliferative, non-proliferative and drug-resistant melanoma cells without inducing resistance

Benfield, Aurélie H., Vernen, Felicitas, Young, Reuben S. E., Nadal-Bufí, Ferran, Lamb, Henry, Hammerlindl, Heinz, Craik, David J., Schaider, Helmut, Lawrence, Nicole, Blanksby, Stephen J. and Henriques, Sónia Troeira (2024). Cyclic tachyplesin I kills proliferative, non-proliferative and drug-resistant melanoma cells without inducing resistance. Pharmacological Research, 207 107298, 107298. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2024.107298

Cyclic tachyplesin I kills proliferative, non-proliferative and drug-resistant melanoma cells without inducing resistance

2024

Journal Article

Display technologies for expanding the pharmaceutical applications of cyclotides

Xie, Jing, Kan, Meng‐Wei, de Veer, Simon J., Wang, Conan and Craik, David J. (2024). Display technologies for expanding the pharmaceutical applications of cyclotides. Israel Journal of Chemistry, 64 (8-9) e202400010. doi: 10.1002/ijch.202400010

Display technologies for expanding the pharmaceutical applications of cyclotides

2024

Journal Article

Author Correction: Repurposing a plant peptide cyclase for targeted lysine acylation

Rehm, Fabian B. H., Tyler, Tristan J., Zhou, Yan, Huang, Yen-Hua, Wang, Conan K., Lawrence, Nicole, Craik, David J. and Durek, Thomas (2024). Author Correction: Repurposing a plant peptide cyclase for targeted lysine acylation. Nature Chemistry, 16 (9), 1565-1565. doi: 10.1038/s41557-024-01625-7

Author Correction: Repurposing a plant peptide cyclase for targeted lysine acylation

2024

Journal Article

Hijacking of N-fixing legume albumin-1 genes enables the cyclization and stabilization of defense peptides

Gilding, Edward K., Jackson, Mark A., Nguyen, Linh T. T., Hamilton, Brett R., Farquharson, Katherine A., Ho, Wing L., Yap, Kuok, Hogg, Carolyn J., Belov, Katherine and Craik, David J. (2024). Hijacking of N-fixing legume albumin-1 genes enables the cyclization and stabilization of defense peptides. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 6565, 6565. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50742-x

Hijacking of N-fixing legume albumin-1 genes enables the cyclization and stabilization of defense peptides

2024

Journal Article

Enhancing the intrinsic antiplasmodial activity and improving the stability and selectivity of a tunable peptide scaffold derived from human platelet factor 4

Lawrence, Nicole, Handley, Thomas N. G., de Veer, Simon J., Harding, Maxim D., Andraszek, Alicja, Hall, Lachlan, Raven, Karoline D., Duffy, Sandra, Avery, Vicky M., Craik, David J., Malins, Lara R. and McMorran, Brendan J. (2024). Enhancing the intrinsic antiplasmodial activity and improving the stability and selectivity of a tunable peptide scaffold derived from human platelet factor 4. ACS Infectious Diseases, 10 (8), 2899-2912. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00276

Enhancing the intrinsic antiplasmodial activity and improving the stability and selectivity of a tunable peptide scaffold derived from human platelet factor 4

2024

Journal Article

Topology in soft and biological matter

Tubiana, Luca, Alexander, Gareth P., Barbensi, Agnese, Buck, Dorothy, Cartwright, Julyan H.E., Chwastyk, Mateusz, Cieplak, Marek, Coluzza, Ivan, Čopar, Simon, Craik, David J., Di Stefano, Marco, Everaers, Ralf, Faísca, Patrícia F.N., Ferrari, Franco, Giacometti, Achille, Goundaroulis, Dimos, Haglund, Ellinor, Hou, Ya-Ming, Ilieva, Nevena, Jackson, Sophie E., Japaridze, Aleksandre, Kaplan, Noam, Klotz, Alexander R., Li, Hongbin, Likos, Christos N., Locatelli, Emanuele, López-León, Teresa, Machon, Thomas, Micheletti, Cristian ... Žumer, Slobodan (2024). Topology in soft and biological matter. Physics Reports, 1075, 1-137. doi: 10.1016/j.physrep.2024.04.002

Topology in soft and biological matter

2024

Journal Article

Structure and activity of reconstructed pseudo‐ancestral cyclotides

Jiang, Zhihao, Huang, Yen-Hua, Kaas, Quentin, Craik, David J. and Wang, Conan K. (2024). Structure and activity of reconstructed pseudo‐ancestral cyclotides. ChemMedChem, 19 (14) e202400124, e202400124. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202400124

Structure and activity of reconstructed pseudo‐ancestral cyclotides

2024

Journal Article

Aspartic acid mutagenesis of αO-Conotoxin GeXIVA isomers reveals arginine residues crucial for inhibition of the α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Luo, An, He, Jie, Yu, Jinpeng, Wu, Yong, Harvey, Peta J., Kasheverov, Igor E., Kudryavtsev, Denis S., McIntosh, J. Michael, Tsetlin, Victor I., Craik, David J., Zhangsun, Dongting and Luo, Sulan (2024). Aspartic acid mutagenesis of αO-Conotoxin GeXIVA isomers reveals arginine residues crucial for inhibition of the α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 271 (Part 1) 132472, 132472. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132472

Aspartic acid mutagenesis of αO-Conotoxin GeXIVA isomers reveals arginine residues crucial for inhibition of the α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

2024

Journal Article

Design, synthesis, and structure–activity relationships of novel peptide derivatives of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 spike-protein that potently inhibit nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Hone, Arik J., Santiago, Ulises, Harvey, Peta J., Tekarli, Bassel, Gajewiak, Joanna, Craik, David J., Camacho, Carlos J. and McIntosh, J. Michael (2024). Design, synthesis, and structure–activity relationships of novel peptide derivatives of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 spike-protein that potently inhibit nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 67 (11), 9587-9598. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00735

Design, synthesis, and structure–activity relationships of novel peptide derivatives of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 spike-protein that potently inhibit nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

2024

Journal Article

Repurposing a plant peptide cyclase for targeted lysine acylation

Rehm, Fabian B. H., Tyler, Tristan J., Zhou, Yan, Huang, Yen-Hua, Wang, Conan K., Lawrence, Nicole, Craik, David J. and Durek, Thomas (2024). Repurposing a plant peptide cyclase for targeted lysine acylation. Nature Chemistry, 2024 (9), 1-1. doi: 10.1038/s41557-024-01520-1

Repurposing a plant peptide cyclase for targeted lysine acylation