During the screening of a soluble library of cyclo(AXXXXXAE)K-CONH2, a
cyclic peptide cyclo(AHPQFPAE)K-CONH2 was identified as a tight-bindi
ng ligand (IC50 = 128 nM) and found to bind 1000-fold more tightly tha
n its linear peptide to streptavidin. The results of this study sugges
t that library screening of conformationally constrained cyclic peptid
es can be an effective means for the discovery of high affinity ligand
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