Design and synthesis of novel thiazole-containing cross-linked polyamides related to the antiviral antibiotic distamycin

SK Sharma, M Tandon, JW Lown

Index: Sharma, Sanjay K.; Tandon, Manju; Lown, J. William Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2000 , vol. 65, # 4 p. 1102 - 1107

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Abstract

A family of naturally occurring oligopeptides includes netropsin, distamycin, anthelvencin, kikumycin B, amidinomycin, and norformycin. Netropsin (I) and distamycin (II) express their biological activities by targeting specific sequences of chemical functionalities in the minor groove of DNA. Both netropsin and distamycin can be regarded as polyamide chains in which each α-carbon has been replaced by a five-membered pyrrole ring. The repeat ...