Bio‐Inspired Design and Potential Biomedical Applications of a Novel Class of High‐Affinity Peptides

Abstract

Two arms to hold: Inspired by the structure of basic leucine-zipper proteins, high-affinity peptides, named aptides, were designed that contain a stabilizing scaffold (tryptophan zipper) and two target-binding regions (orange and blue in picture). A fluorescently labeled aptide that binds to a tumor-specific protein was used for fluorescence imaging in vivo. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.