The present invention comprises compounds of Formula I. ##STR00001##
wherein:
Z.sub.4, Z.sub.7, Z.sub.9, Z.sub.11, Z.sub.22, Z.sub.23, Z.sub.26, Z.sub.30, Z.sub.34, Z.sub.35, p, m, n, q, and BRIDGE are defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel compounds are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia, among others.

A method for preparing a cyclic peptide, derivative or analogue thereof is described. The method comprises contacting a peptide, derivative or analogue thereof with a fluoro-heteroaromatic compound to cyclise the peptide, derivative or analogue thereof.

The present invention comprises compounds of Formula I.

##STR00001##

wherein:
Z.sub.4, Z.sub.7, Z.sub.9, Z.sub.11, Z.sub.22, Z.sub.23, Z.sub.26, Z.sub.30, Z.sub.34, Z.sub.35, p, m, n, q, and BRIDGE are defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel compounds are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia, among others.

The invention features compositions and methods for site-specific modification of proteins by incorporation of an aldehyde tag. Enzymatic modification at a sulfatase motif of the aldehyde tag through action of a formylglycine generating enzyme (FGE) generates a formylglycine (FGly) residue. The aldehyde moiety of FGly residue can be exploited as a chemical handle for site-specific attachment of a moiety of interest to a polypeptide.

Compositions which include polypeptides comprising at least one carboxy-terminal peptide (CTP) of chorionic gonadotropin attached to the carboxy terminus or amino terminus of an insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) or IGF-1 variant. Polynucleotides encoding the same are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and pharmaceutical formulations comprising the polypeptides and polynucleotides of the invention and methods of using and producing same are also disclosed.

Provided herein are, inter alia, non-toxic, bioreactive unnatural amino acids and methods of using same.

The disclosure provides a class of pH-sensitive, helix/random conformation switchable antimicrobial polypeptide (HRS-AMP) compositions as a single agent to selectively kill bacteria (e.g., H. pylori) under acidic condition in the stomach with diminished bacterial resistance compared to currently used antibiotics. Methods of treating bacterial infections in the stomach are also provided.

The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody platform designed to be coupled to therapeutic peptides to increase the half-life of the therapeutic peptide in a subject. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof.

The instant disclosure is directed to solution phase fragment coupling methods for preparing etelcalcetide and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.

The present disclosure relates to relates methods and associated compositions that provide fast, efficient site-selective conjugation of a protein, such as the pore-forming protein -hemolysin, to a biomolecule, such as a DNA polymerase, and the use of such site-selective protein-biomolecule conjugates in nanopore devices and methods.