oligourea

O1L1I1G2O1U1R1E1A1

noun

Any compound containing several urea moieties

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounoligourea (plural oligoureas)

plural oligoureas

  1. chemistryAny compound containing several urea moieties
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    Hao ( 16 ), described by Nowick et al., has been frequently used in combination with oligourea templates ( 8 )[ 171 ] or ornithine amino acids that act as δ-sided turns.[ 172 ] Moreover, Hao ( 16 ) and other moieties also proved useful for the initiation of intermolecular β-sheet formation.[ 173, 174 ] Hamilton and co-workers used a diphenylacetylene moiety ( 17 ) to arrange two strands in an antiparallel β-sheet.[ 166 ] This moiety concomitantly replaces one residue in each strand, thereby reproducing the distinctive interstrand hydrogen bonds of a β-sheet structure and incorporating a covalent cross-link between the two strands.

    2015 June 26, Marta Pelay-Gimeno et al., “Structure-Based Design of Inhibitors of Protein–Protein Interactions: Mimicking Peptide Binding Epitopes”, in Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English), volume 54, →DOI

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