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ArticleNature communications2025

Flexibility-tuning of dual-display DNA-encoded chemical libraries facilitates cyclic peptide ligand discovery.

Dimitar Petrov, Louise Plais, Kristina Schira, Junyu Cai, Michelle Keller, Alice Lessing, Gabriele Bassi, Samuele Cazzamalli, Dario Neri, Andreas Gloger and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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11 authors.

Dimitar PetrovInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-3033-8757
Louise PlaisInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0987-0585
Kristina SchiraInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6548-331X
Junyu CaiInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7446-0451
Michelle KellerInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
Alice LessingInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
Gabriele BassiPhilochem AG, Libernstrasse 3, 8112, Otelfingen, Switzerland.
Samuele CazzamalliPhilochem AG, Libernstrasse 3, 8112, Otelfingen, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0510-5664
Dario NeriPhilochem AG, Libernstrasse 3, 8112, Otelfingen, Switzerland.
Andreas GlogerInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6148-098X
Jörg ScheuermannInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland. joerg.scheuermann@pharma.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7746-4717

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyclic peptides constitute an important drug modality since they offer significant advantages over small molecules and macromolecules. However, access to diverse chemical sets of cyclic peptides is difficult on a large library scale. DNA-encoded Chemical Libraries (DELs) provide a suitable tool to obtain large chemical diversity, but cyclic DELs made by standard DEL implementation cannot efficiently explore their conformational diversity. On the other hand, dual-display Encoded Self-Assembling Chemical (ESAC) Libraries can be used for modulating macrocycle flexibility since the two displayed peptides can be connected in an incremental fashion. In this work, we construct a 56 million dual-display ESAC library using a two-step cyclization strategy. We show that varying the level of conformational restraint is essential for the discovery of specific ligands for the three protein targets thrombin, human alkaline phosphatase and streptavidin.

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DNADrug DiscoveryPeptide LibraryPeptides, CyclicSmall Molecule LibrariesAlkaline PhosphataseCyclizationHumansLigandsStreptavidinThrombinAlkaline PhosphataseDNALigandsPeptide LibraryPeptides, CyclicSmall Molecule LibrariesStreptavidinThrombin

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PMID40188178
PMCPMC11972359

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