Innovative, multifunctional sequential oligopeptide carriers Soc(n)-I and SOC(n)-II: functions-technology-perspectives.
An innovative type of multifunctional helicoid artificial carriers, formed by the repetitive Lys-Aib-Gly (SOC(n)-I) or by the Aib-Lys-Aib-Gly (SOC(n)-II), with structural rigidity and regularity were successfully applied in our laboratory for anchoring antigenic/immunogenic peptides. The carriers, designed to display a predetermined 3D structure, adopt the 3(10) helical conformation, while the attached peptides preserve their original "active" conformation. The constructed conjugates were used as substrates in solid phase immunoassays, as well as for generating potent and specific immune responses.
Alexopoulos
Charalampos
C
Laboratory of Peptide Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45 110 Ioannina, Greece.
Krikorian
Dimitrios
D
Panou-Pomonis
Eugenia
E
Sakarellos-Daitsiotis
Maria
M
Sakarellos
Constantinos
C
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology; D001692:Biological Transport; D006801:Humans; D018796:Immunoconjugates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D001323:Autoantibodies; D018796:Immunoconjugates; D009842:Oligopeptides; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C055146:glycoprotein gp63, Leishmania