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Waliczek, MateuszWierzbicka, Magdalena
Arkuszewski, Maciej
Kijewska, Monika
Jaremko, Lukasz

Rajagopal, Priyadharshni
Szczepski, Kacper
Sroczyńska, Amanda
Jaremko, Mariusz

Stefanowicz, Piotr
KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionBioscience Program
Bioscience
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2020-06-24Submitted Date
2020-02-14Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/663847
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Lasso peptides are unique in that the tail of the lasso peptide threads through its macrolactam ring. The unusual structure and biological activity of lasso peptides have generated increased interest from the scientific community in recent years. Because of this, many new types of lasso peptides have been discovered. These peptides can be synthesized by microorganisms efficiently, and yet, their chemical assembly is challenging. Herein, we investigated the possibility of high pressure inducing the cyclization of linear precursors of lasso peptides. Unlike other molecules like rotaxanes which mechanically interlock at high pressure, the threaded lasso peptides did not form, even at pressures the high pressure up to 14000 kbar.Citation
Waliczek, M., Wierzbicka, M., Arkuszewski, M., Kijewska, M., Jaremko, Ł., Rajagopal, P., … Stefanowicz, P. (2020). Attempting to synthesize lasso peptides using high pressure. PLOS ONE, 15(6), e0234901. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234901Sponsors
This work was supported by Grant No.UMO-2015/19/B/ST5/00659 from the National Science Centre, Poland https://www.ncn.gov.pl/ The co-authors: Łukasz Jaremko, Mariusz Jaremko, Priyadharshni Rajagopal and Kacper Szczepski are grateful to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) for financial support. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)Journal
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https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234901https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234901
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10.1371/journal.pone.0234901
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