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Tropical psychotria plants are a richsource for peptide inhibitors of human prolyloligopeptidase

A new research article was published in the Journal Natural Products and Bioprospecting (IF 2024: 4.9). Hellinger et al. report the screening of eleven Psychotria species for cyclic cystine-knot peptides. Psysol 3 from Psychotria solitudinum was isolated as a prototypic inhibitor of human prolyl oligopeptidase. The synthetic peptide showed an IC50 = 1.3 µM and…

PeptAIDes project officially ended with 30.09.2025

The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project ZK-81B, PeptAIDes- Peptide Therapeutics for Autoimmune and Inflammtory Diseases officially ended with the 30.09.2025. The project’s final report is know available via the Science Radar provided by the Austrian Science Fund. Over the past five years, the interdisciplinary Young Independent Researcher Group PeptAIDes has worked on fundamental questions in…

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