Optimizing aromatic oligoamide foldamer side-chains for ribosomal translation initiation†
Abstract
The tolerance of ribosomal peptide translation for helical aromatic oligoamide foldamers appended as initiators has been investigated. Small cationic foldamer side-chains were shown to expand the range of foldamer-peptide hybrids that can be produced by the ribosome to more rigid sequences.