Described herein are silyl monomers capable of forming a biologically useful multimer when in contact with one, two, three or more other monomers in an aqueous media. Such multimer forming associations of monomers may be promoted by the proximal binding of the monomers to their target biomolecule(s). In one aspect, such monomers may be capable of binding to another monomer in an aqueous media (e.g. in vivo) to form a multimer, (e.g. a dimer). Contemplated monomers may include a ligand moiety, a linker element, and a connector element that joins the ligand moiety and the linker element. In an aqueous media, such contemplated monomers may join together via each linker element and may thus be capable of modulating one or more biomolecules substantially simultaneously, e.g., modulate two or more binding domains on a protein or on different proteins.
本文描述了一些
硅基单体,这些单体能够在
水介质中与其他单体接触时形成
生物上有用的多聚体。这种多聚体形成的单体关联可以通过单体与其目标
生物分子的近距离结合来促进。在一个方面,这样的单体可以在
水介质(例如体内)中与另一个单体结合形成多聚体(例如二聚体)。考虑的单体可能包括
配体部分、连接元素和连接
配体部分和连接元素的连接器元素。在
水介质中,这样的单体可以通过每个连接器元素连接在一起,因此可以同时调节一个或多个
生物分子,例如调节蛋白质上的两个或更多结合域或不同蛋白质上的结合域。