Highlights in bioorganic chemistry : methods and applications

Foreword.Preface. List of Contributors.PART 1: BIOMOLECULES AND THEIR CONFORMATION.1. 1 Equilibria of RNA Secondary Structures (R. Micura & C. Hobartner). 1.2 Synthesis and Application of Proline and Pipecolic Acid Derviatives: Tools for Stabilization of Peptide Secondary Structures (W. Maison). 1.3 Stabilization of Peptide Microstructures by Coordination of Metal Ions (M. Albrecht). 1.4 Conformational Restriction of Sphingolipids (T. Kolter). 1.5 s-Amino Acids in Nature (F. von Nussbaum & P. Spiteller). 1.6 Biosynthesis of s-Amino Acids (P. Spiteller & F. von Nussbaum ). PART 2: NON-COVALENT INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS.2. 1 Carbohydrate Recognition by Artificial Receptors (A. Lutzen). 2.2 Cyclopeptides as Macrocyclic Host Molecules for Charged Guests (S. Kubik). 2.3 Bioorganic Receptors for Amino Acids and Peptides: Combining Rational Design with Combinatorial Chemistry (C. Schmuck, et al.). 2.4 Artficial Receptors for the Stabilization of s-Sheet Structures (T. Scrader, et al.). 2.5 Evaluation of the DNA-binding Properties of Cationic Dyes by Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy (H. Ihmels, et al.). 2.6 Interaction of Nitrogen Monoxide and Peroxynitrite with Hemoglobin and Myoglobin (S. Herold). 2.7 Synthetic Approaches to Study Multivalent Carbohydrate-Lectin Interactions (V. Wittmann). PART 3: STUDIES IN DRUG DEVELOPMENTS.3. 1 Building a Bridge Between Chemistry and Biology-Molecular Forceps that Inhibit the Farnesylation of RAS (H. Nestler). 3.2 Inhibitors Against Human Mast Cell Tryptase: A Potential Approach to Attack Asthma? (T. Martin). 3.3 Preparation of Novel Steroids by Microbiological and Combinatorial Chemistry (C. Huwe, et al.). 3.4 Enantiomeric Nucleic Acids-Spiegelmers (S. Klussmann). 3.5 Aspartic Proteases Involved in Alzheimer's Disease (B. Schmidt & A. Siegler). 3.6 Novel Polymer and Linker Reagents for the Preparation of Protease-inhibitor Libraries (J. Rademann). PART 4: STUDIES IN DIAGNOSTIC DEVELOPMENTS.4. 1 Selectivity of DNA Replication (A. Marx, et al.). 4.2 Homogeneous DNA Detection (O. Seitz). 4.3 Exploring the Capabilities of Nucleic Acid Polymerases by Use of Directed Evolution (S. Brakmann & M. Schlicke). 4.4 Labeling of Fusion Proteins with Small Molecules.in vito (S. Gendreizig, et al.). 4.5 Oxidative Splitting of Pyrimidine Cyclobutane Dimers (U. Wille). 4.6 Charge Transfer in DNA (H. Wagenknecht). PART 5: CATALYSIS.5. 1 Protease-catalyzed Formation of C-N Bonds (F. Bordusa). 5.2 Twin Ribozymes (S. Muller, et al.). 5.3 RNA as a Catalysts: The Diels-Alderase Ribozyme (S. Keiper, et al.). 5.4 Combinatorial Methods for the Discovery of Catalysts (H. Wennemers). PART 6: METHODOLOGY, BIOENGINEERING AND BIOINSPIRED ASSEMBLIES.6. 1 Linkers for Solid-phase Synthesis (K. Knepper, et al.). 6.2 Small Molecule Arrays (R. Breinbauer, et al.). 6.3 Biotechnological Production of d-Pantothenic Acid and its Precursor d-Pantolactone (M. Kesseler). 6.4 Microbially Produced Functionalized Cyclohexadiene-trans-diols as a New Class of Chiral Building Block in Organic Synthesis: On the Way to Green and Combinatorial Chemistry (V. Lorbach, et al.). 6.5 Artifical Molecular Rotary Motors Based on Rotaxanes (T. Felder & C. Schalley). 6.6 Chemical Approaches for the Preparation of Biologically-inspired Supramolecular Architectures and Advanced Polymeric Materials (H. Klok). Index.