Cyclic peptides are polypeptide chains which contain a circular sequence of bonds. This can be through a connection between the amino and carboxyl ends...

incorporated into peptides are termed residues. A water molecule is released during formation of each amide bond. All peptides except cyclic peptides have an N-terminal...

In organic chemistry, a peptide bond is an amide type of covalent chemical bond linking two consecutive alpha-amino acids from C1 (carbon number one)...

same chemical structure as proteins, except they are shorter. In a cyclic peptide, the ends link to form a stable circular chain. In mammals this stability...

messenger RNA. Each nonribosomal peptide synthetase can synthesize only one type of peptide. Nonribosomal peptides often have cyclic and/or branched structures...

[[File: Peptides are linear chains of alpha-amino acids. In organic chemistry, peptide synthesis is the production of peptide molecules by chemical means...

less accurate. Cyclic peptides can be successfully displayed on bacterial cell surface. By DNA randomization millions of cyclic peptides displayed on cell...

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also called host defence peptides (HDPs) are part of the innate immune response found among all classes of life. Fundamental...

tetra-peptide inhibits the ability of cells to contract collagen. Tentoxin is most commonly known as a naturally occurring phytotoxic cyclic tetra-peptide that...

α-Amanitin (alpha-Amanitin) is a cyclic peptide of eight amino acids. It is possibly the most deadly of all the amatoxins, toxins found in several species...

inhibitor that is injected subcutaneously (under the skin). Zilucoplan is a cyclic peptide that binds to the protein complement component 5 (C5) and inhibits its...

Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) is a cyclic nucleotide derived from guanosine triphosphate (GTP). cGMP acts as a second messenger much like cyclic...

cyclic peptides produced by Bacillus licheniformis bacteria, that was first isolated from the variety "Tracy I" (ATCC 10716) in 1945. These peptides disrupt...

types of natriuretic peptides: atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP). Two minor hormones...

biosynthesis occurs by the non-ribosomal peptide synthetase of the heterodimer proteins CesA and CesB.  In non-ribosomal peptide synthetase, individual amino acids...

Willebrand factor. Eptifibatide (marketed as Integrilin) is a cyclic (circular) seven amino acid peptide, whereas tirofiban is a small molecule designed to mimic...

this peptide is indicated on the sequence diagram to the right. One of the interesting features of cyclic peptides is that knowledge of the peptide sequence...

electrophoresis Cyclic nucleotide Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) Circular RNA Cyclic peptide This disambiguation...

electrostatic attraction for the positively charged amino groups in the cyclic peptide portion (this site normally is a binding site for calcium and magnesium...

Amatoxin is the collective name of a subgroup of at least nine related cyclic peptide toxins found in three genera of deadly poisonous mushrooms (Amanita...

Ciclosporin is a cyclic peptide of 11 amino acids; it contains a single D-amino acid, which is rarely encountered in nature. Unlike most peptides, ciclosporin...

dose, and darkening of the gums, face, and breasts. The medication is a peptide and acts by activating the melanocortin receptors. Bremelanotide was approved...

Hiroshi; Shiro, Motoo; Kobayashi, Jun'ichi (2004). "Celogentin K, a new cyclic peptide from the seeds of Celosia argentea and X-ray structure of moroidin"...

Hallen-Adams, Heather E.; Luo, Hong (2010). "Ribosomal biosynthesis of the cyclic peptide toxins of Amanita mushrooms". Biopolymers. 94 (5): 659–664. doi:10.1002/bip...

substrates, providing a powerful route to new cyclic compounds. In order for this macrocyclization to occur, the peptide chain must be activated at its C-terminus...

Self-assembling peptides are a category of peptides which undergo spontaneous assembling into ordered nanostructures. Originally described in 1993, these...

against peptides and proteins that are citrullinated. They are present in the majority of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clinically, cyclic citrullinated...

a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces filamentosus. Daptomycin consists of 13 amino acids, 10 of which are arranged in a cyclic fashion...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a 30- or 31-amino-acid-long peptide hormone deriving from the tissue-specific posttranslational processing of the proglucagon...

structural characterization, and properties of mattacin (polymyxin M), a cyclic peptide antibiotic produced by Paenibacillus kobensis M". The Journal of Biological...