Abstract
Five conformationally constrained dipeptide TMT-L-Tic analogues have been synthesized and evaluated for their bioactivity using in vitro bioassays. The most potent and selective analogue (2S,3R)-TMT-L-Tic showed 9 nM binding affinity and 4000-fold selectivity for the δ vs μ opioid receptor. The lowest-energy conformation of (2S,3R)-TMT-L-Tic is suggested to be bioactive one in which the X, torsional angle is trans for TMT and gauche (+) for Tic.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3049-3052 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2 1997 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry