Carbohydrate-mimetic peptides for pan anti-tumor responses.

ABSTRACT: Molecular mimicry is fundamental to biology and transcends to many disciplines ranging from immune pathology to drug design. Structural characterization of molecular partners has provided insight into the origins and relative importance of complementarity in mimicry. Chemical complementarity is easy to understand; amino acid sequence similarity between peptides, for example, can lead to cross-reactivity triggering similar reactivity from their cognate receptors. However, conformational complementarity is difficult to decipher. Molecular mimicry of carbohydrates by peptides is often considered one of those. Extensive studies of innate and adaptive immune responses suggests the existence of carbohydrate mimicry, but the structural basis for this mimicry yields confounding details; peptides m

SUBMITTER: Kieber-Emmons T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4075079 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature