Peptoids are provided which are polymers comprised of monomer units wherein the monomer units include at least some substitute amino acids and may include conventional amino acids. The peptoids can be synthesized in large numbers so as to provide libraries of peptoids which can be screened in order to isolate peptoids of desired biological activity. Although the peptoids may include amino acids, they preferably include only substituted amino acids and are designed in a manner so as to have a particular biological activity. Certain peptoids are designed to mimic as closely as possible the activity of known proteins. Other peptoids are designed so as to have greater or lesser activity than known proteins and may be designed so as to block known receptor sites and/or elicit a desired immunogenic response and thereby act as vaccines. In that the peptoids are comprised of substitute amino acids they can be designed to have structures which natural proteins cannot conform to. A range of different amino acid substitutes are disclosed, as are their methods of synthesis and methods of using such amino acid substitutes in the synthesis of peptoids and peptoid libraries. Methods of screening the libraries in order to obtain desired peptoids of a particular biological activity are also disclosed. The peptoids are preferably linked to a pharmaceutically active drug forming a conjugate with increased binding affinity to a particular biological receptor site.
提供了一种聚合物Peptoids,由单体单元组成,其中单体单元包括至少一些替代
氨基酸,也可以包括传统的
氨基酸。Peptoids可以大量合成,以提供Peptoids库,可以筛选以分离所需
生物活性的Peptoids。虽然Peptoids可能包含
氨基酸,但最好仅包含替代
氨基酸,并以一种设计方式设计,以具有特定的
生物活性。某些Peptoids被设计成尽可能接近已知蛋白质的活性。其他Peptoids被设计为具有比已知蛋白质更大或更小的活性,并可以设计为阻止已知的受体位点和/或引发所需的免疫反应,从而作为疫苗。由于Peptoids由替代
氨基酸组成,因此它们可以被设计成具有自然蛋白质无法符合的结构。公开了一系列不同的
氨基酸替代物,以及它们的合成方法和在Peptoids和Peptoids库的合成中使用这些
氨基酸替代物的方法。还公开了筛选库以获得特定
生物活性的所需Peptoids的方法。Peptoids最好与药物结合形成药物共轭物,具有增强对特定
生物受体位点的结合亲和力。