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Selective recognition of pyrophosphate in water using a backbone modified cyclic peptide receptor
Matthew J McDonough1, Aaron J Reynolds, Wee Yu Gladys Lee
1School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, 2006, NSW, Australia.
Abstract:
A cyclic peptide based receptor, bearing two dipicolylamino arms complexed to zinc(II) ions, binds pyrophosphate ions with high affinity and selectivity in aqueous solution as determined using an indicator displacement assay.

