Special Issue "Latest Advances on Synthesis, Purification, and Characterization of Peptides and Their Applications"
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 2372
Special Issue Editors
Prof. Dr. Ayman El-Faham
2. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, P.O. Box 426, Ibrahimia, Alexandria 12321, Egypt
Interests: coupling reagents; all aspects of the synthesis of peptides and their medicinal application
2. CIBER-BBN (Networking Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine), Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: organic chemistry; organic synthesis; peptides; mechanisms of action; interaction of peptides with eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Peptides have a broad range of applications: from biochemical tools to diagnostic kits; from nanotechnology to new materials; from vaccines to drugs. These have become possible thanks to three major developments: (i) new chemical synthetic methods; (ii) purification; and (iii) characterization. The combination of the three allows the synthesis of almost any peptide from an mg to a multiKg scale.
In this Special Issue of Applied Sciences, the latest advances in all the above fields will be described and analyzed. In addition to solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS), which is the strategy of choice for the synthesis of the largest part of peptides, emerging technologies such as liquid-phase peptide synthesis (LPPS), flow-continuous peptide synthesis, and multiple peptide synthesis will be covered. Coupling reagents, protecting groups, resins for SPPS, tags for LPPS, reversed phase and supercritical fluid chromatography and mass spectrometry with the aim of greening all processes will be the common threads of this issue.
Prof. Dr. Ayman El-Faham
Prof. Dr. Fernando Albericio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solid-phase peptide synthesis
- liquid-phase peptide synthesis
- activation and coupling
- protecting groups
- green synthesis
- chromatography
- mass spectrometry
- biological applications
