title: Artificial supersecondary structures based on aromatic oligoamides.
abstract: With an intelligent design of the monomers, considerable effort has so far focused on the creation of aromatic oligoamide foldamers which are able to mimic the secondary structures of biopolymers. Supersecondary structure is a growing set of known and classifiable protein folding patterns that provides an important organizational context to this complex endeavor. In this article, we highlight the design, chemical synthesis, and structural studies of artificial supersecondary structures based on aromatic oligoamide foldamers in recent years.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Hai-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Chuan-Feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D019077:Helix-Turn-Helix Motifs; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D000577:Amides