Development of Liquid Phase Cyclic Peptide Synthesis Assisted by Nano Reaction Field

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H06193
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Bioorganic chemistry
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Okada Yohei 東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (80749268)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: ナノ反応場 / 環状ペプチド / 液相化学合成

Outline of Final Research Achievements

"Medium molecules", compounds with molecular weights from roughly 500 to 2000 Da, have recently attracted considerable attention as novel therapeutics since they are expected to have both advantages of traditional small molecules and antibodies. In this study, we focused on peptides, which are one of the representative medium molecules, and investigated a novel liquid phase synthesis method instead of a widely used solid phase method. Peptides were synthesized in gram scale, which was otherwise difficult to achieve.

Free Research Field

生物有機化学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

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