[structure: see text] Tetrapyrrolinone somatostatin (SRIF) mimetics (cf. 1), based on a heterochiral (D,L-mixed) pyrrolinone scaffold, were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for biological activity. The iterative synthetic sequence, incorporating the requisite functionalized coded and noncoded amino acid side chains, comprised a longest linear synthetic sequence of 23 steps. Binding affinities at two somatostatin receptor subtypes (hsst 4 and 5) reveal micromolar activity, demonstrating that the d,l-mixed pyrrolinone scaffold can be employed to generate functional mimetics of peptide beta-turns.
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Iran J Immunol
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Nat Prod Res
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Father George Albuquerque Pai Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
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December 2024
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