The role of β-hairpin conformation in ester hydrolysis peptide catalysts based on a TrpZip scaffold
Xinyu Liu, Riley Waters, Hannah E. Gilbert, Gage T. Barroso, Kelsey M. Boyle, Leah S. Witus
Abstract
Peptide catalysts based on <bold>TrpZip</bold> scaffolds for the hydrolysis of <italic>para</italic>-nitrophenylacetate in aqueous media were found to have higher catalytic activity in sequences without <italic>β</italic>-hairpin character.
Topics & Concepts
ScaffoldHydrolysisPeptideCatalysisChemistryCombinatorial chemistryBiochemistryBiomedical engineeringEngineeringChemical Synthesis and AnalysisClick Chemistry and ApplicationsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials