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Gloria Sanclimens1, Laia Crespo, Ernest Giralt
1Barcelona Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1-5, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
A synthetic method for the preparation of protein-like globular dendrimers derived from a combination of proline, glycine and imidazolidin ring as branching unit is described. The methodology allows the synthesis of novel peptide dendrimers up to fourth generation. Dendrimers were synthesized by a convergent solid-phase peptide synthesis approach. The conformational properties of branched polyproline peptides and proline dendrimers were studied by CD experiments. CD data suggest conformational plasticity of branched peptides for PPI and PPII, and a stable well-defined secondary structure of proline dendrimers for PPII.
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