Expanding Macrocyclic Topology through Cysteine-to-N-Terminal Cyclisation Enables Covalent Peptide Inhibitor Discovery
Ella Sawtell, Marina Barrueco, Jonathan Whiteside, Christopher Williams, Maisem Laabei, Scott Lovell
This paper introduces a new cyclisation strategy using a bromomethyl picolinaldehyde linker to expand macrocyclic peptide topologies, leading to more potent and diverse inhibitors.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry