Dr Aline Dantas de Araujo
Research Fellow/Senior Research officer
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 344 33400
Journal Articles
de Araujo, Aline Dantes, Hoang, Huy N., Lim, Junxian, Mak, Jeffrey and Fairlie, David P. (2022). Tuning electrostatic and hydrophobic surfaces of aromatic rings to enhance membrane association and cell uptake of peptides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61 (29) e202203995, e202203995. doi: 10.1002/anie.202203995
de Araujo, Aline D., Lim, Junxian, Wu, Kai-Chen, Hoang, Huy N., Nguyen, Huy T. and Fairlie, David P. (2022). Landscaping macrocyclic peptides: stapling hDM2-binding peptides for helicity, protein affinity, proteolytic stability and cell uptake. RSC Chemical Biology, 3 (7), 895-904. doi: 10.1039/d1cb00231g
Araujo, Aline D., Nguyen, Huy T. and Fairlie, David P. (2021). Front Cover: Late‐Stage Hydrocarbon Conjugation and Cyclisation in Synthetic Peptides and Proteins (ChemBioChem 10/2021). ChemBioChem, 22 (10), 1686-1686. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202100189
Araujo, Aline D., Nguyen, Huy T. and Fairlie, David P. (2021). Late‐stage hydrocarbon conjugation and cyclisation in synthetic peptides and proteins. ChemBioChem, 22 (10), 1784-1789. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202000796
Madden, Sarah K., de Araujo, Aline Dantas, Gerhardt, Mara, Fairlie, David P. and Mason, Jody M. (2021). Taking the Myc out of cancer: toward therapeutic strategies to directly inhibit c-Myc. Molecular Cancer, 20 (1) 3, 3. doi: 10.1186/s12943-020-01291-6
López-García, Patricia, de Araujo, Aline D., Bergues-Pupo, Ana E., Tunn, Isabell, Fairlie, David P. and Blank, Kerstin G. (2021). Fortified coiled coils: enhancing eechanical stability with lactam or metal staples. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 60 (1) anie.202006971, 232-236. doi: 10.1002/anie.202006971
López‐García, Patricia, Araujo, Aline D., Bergues‐Pupo, Ana E., Tunn, Isabell, Fairlie, David P. and Blank, Kerstin G. (2020). Mechanische Verstärkung von Coiled Coils mit Lactam und Histidin‐Metall‐Klammern. Angewandte Chemie, 133 (1), 234-239. doi: 10.1002/ange.202006971
Hoang, Huy N., Wu, Chongyang, Hill, Timothy A., Dantas de Araujo, Aline, Bernhardt, Paul V., Liu, Ligong and Fairlie, David P. (2019). A novel long‐range n to π* interaction secures the smallest known α‐helix in water. Angewandte Chemie, 131 (52), 19049-19053. doi: 10.1002/ange.201911277
Hoang, Huy N., Wu, Chongyang, Hill, Timothy A., Dantas de Araujo, Aline, Bernhardt, Paul V., Liu, Ligong and Fairlie, David P. (2019). A novel long-range n to π* interaction secures the smallest known α-helix in water. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58 (52) ange.201911277, 18873-18877. doi: 10.1002/anie.201911277
Herzig, Volker, de Araujo, Aline, Greenwood, Kathryn, Chin, Yanni, Windley, Monique, Chong, Youmie, Muttenthaler, Markus, Mobli, Mehdi, Audsley, Neil, Nicholson, Graham, Alewood, Paul and King, Glenn (2018). Evaluation of Chemical Strategies for Improving the Stability and Oral Toxicity of Insecticidal Peptides. Biomedicines, 6 (3) 90, 90. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines6030090
de Araujo, Aline D., Lim, Junxian, Wu, Kai-Chen, Xiang, Yibin, Good, Andrew C., Skerlj, Renato and Fairlie, David P. (2018). Bicyclic helical peptides as dual inhibitors selective for Bcl2A1 and Mcl-1 proteins. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 61 (7), 2962-2972. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00010
Dantas de Araujo, Aline, Perry, Samuel R. and Fairlie, David P. (2018). Chemically Diverse Helix-Constrained Peptides Using Selenocysteine Crosslinking. Organic Letters, 20 (5), 1453-1456. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00233
Perry, Samuel R, Hill, Timothy A, de Araujo, Aline D, Hoang, Huy N and Fairlie, David P (2018). Contiguous hydrophobic and charged surface patches in short helix-constrained peptides drive cell permeability. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 16 (3), 367-371. doi: 10.1039/c7ob02952g
Dantas de Araujo, Aline, Wu, Chongyang, Wu, Kai-Chen, Reid, Robert C., Durek, Thomas, Lim, Junxian and Fairlie, David P. (2017). Europium-labeled synthetic C3a protein as a novel fluorescent probe for human complement C3a receptor. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 28 (6), 1669-1676. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00132
Plisson, Fabien, Hill, Timothy A., Mitchell, Justin M., Hoang, Huy N., de Araujo, Aline D., Xu, Weijun, Cotterell, Adam, Edmonds, David J., Stanton, Robert V., Derksen, David R., Loria, Paula M., Griffith, David A., Price, David A., Liras, Spiros and Fairlie, David P. (2017). Helixconstraints and amino acid substitution in GLP-1 increase cAMP and insulin secretion but not beta-arrestin 2 signaling. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 127, 703-714. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.10.044
Dantas De Araujo, Aline, Lim, Junxian, Good, Andrew C., Skerlj, Renato T. and Fairlie, David P. (2017). Electrophilic helical peptides that bond covalently, irreversibly, and selectively in a protein-protein interaction site. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 8 (1), 22-26. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00395
Fairlie, David P. and Dantas de Araujo, Aline (2016). Review stapling peptides using cysteine crosslinking. Biopolymers, 106 (6), 843-852. doi: 10.1002/bip.22877
Hoang, Huy N., Driver, Russell W., Beyer, Renee L., Hill, Timothy A., de Araujo, Aline D., Plisson, Fabien, Harrison, Rosemary S., Goedecke, Lena, Shepherd, Nicholas E. and Fairlie, David P. (2016). Helix nucleation by the smallest known α-helix in water. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 55 (29), 8275-8279. doi: 10.1002/anie.201602079
Philippe, Gregoire, Huang, Yen-Hua, Cheneval, Olivier, Lawrence, Nicole, Zhang, Zhen, Fairlie, David P., Craik, David J., Dantas De Araujo, Aline and Troeira Henriques, Sonia (2016). Development of cell-penetrating peptide-based drug leads to inhibit MDMX:p53 and MDM2:p53 interactions. Biopolymers - Peptide Science, 106 (6), 853-863. doi: 10.1002/bip.22893
de Araujo, Aline D., Hoang, Huy N., Kok, W. Mei, Diness, Frederik, Gupta, Praveer, Hill, Timothy A., Driver, Russell W., Price, David A., Liras, Spiros and Fairlie, David P. (2014). Comparative α-Helicity of Cyclic Pentapeptides in Water. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53 (27), 6965-6969. doi: 10.1002/anie.201310245/abstract
Dantas De Araujo, Aline, Mobli, Mehdi, Castro, Joel, Harrington, Andrea M., Vetter, Irina, Dekan, Zoltan, Muttenthale, Markus, Wan, JingJing, Lewis, Richard J., King, Glenn F., Brierley, Stuart M. and Alewood, Paul F. (2014). Selenoether oxytocin analogues have analgesic properties in a mouse model of chronic abdominal pain. Nature Communications, 5 (1) 3165, 3165.1-3165.12. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4165
Dantas De Araujo, Aline, Herzig, Volker, Windley, Monique J., Dziemborowicz, Slawomir, Mobli, Mehdi, Nicholson, Graham M., Alewood, Paul F. and King, Glenn F. (2013). Do vicinal disulfide bridges mediate functionally important redox transformations in proteins?. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, 19 (16), 1976-1980. doi: 10.1089/ars.2013.5365
Dantas de Araujo, Aline, Mobli, Mehdi, King, Glenn F. and Alewood, Paul F. (2012). Cyclization of peptides by using selenolanthionine bridges. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51 (41), 10298-10302. doi: 10.1002/anie.201204229
Dantas de Araujo, Aline, Christensen, Caspar, Buchardt, Jens, Kent, Stephen B. H. and Alewood, Paul F. (2011). Synthesis of tripeptide mimetics based on dihydroquinolinone and benzoxazinone scaffolds. Chemistry: A European Journal, 17 (50), 13983-13986. doi: 10.1002/chem.201102732
Dantas de Araujo, Aline, Callaghan, Brid, Nevin, Simon T., Daly, Norelle L., Craik, David J., Moretta, Melissa, Hopping, Gene, Christie, Macdonald J., Adams, David J. and Alewood, Paul F. (2011). Total synthesis of the analgesic conotoxin MrVIB through selenocysteine-assisted folding. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 50 (29), 6527-6529. doi: 10.1002/anie.201101642
Muttenthaler, Markus, Andersson, Asa, Dantas de Araujo, Aline, Dekan, Zoltan, Lewis, Richard J. and Alewood, Paul F. (2010). Modulating oxytocin activity and plasma stability by disulfide bond engineering. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 53 (24), 8585-8596. doi: 10.1021/jm100989w
Muttenthaler, Markus, Ramos, Yesica Garcia, Feytens, Debby, Dantas de Araujo, Aline and Alewood, Paul F. (2010). p-Nitrobenzyl protection for cysteine and selenocysteine: A more stable alternative to the acetamidomethyl group. Biopolymers, 94 (4), 423-432. doi: 10.1002/bip.21502
Mobli, M., Dantas de Araujo, A., Lambert, L. K., Pierens, G. K., Windley, M. J., Nicholson, G. M., Alewood, P. F. and King, G. E. (2009). Direct Visualization of Disulfide Bonds through Diselenide Proxies Using Se-77 NMR Spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 48 (49), 9312-9314. doi: 10.1002/anie.200905206
Dantas de Araújo, Aline, Palomo, Jose M., Cramer, Janina, Seitz, Oliver, Alexandrov, Kirill and Waldmann, Herbert (2006). Diels-Alder ligation of peptides and proteins. Chemistry: A European Journal, 12 (23), 6095-6109. doi: 10.1002/chem.200600148
Dantas de Araujo, Aline, Palomo, Jose M., Cramer, Janina, Kohn, Maja, Schroder, Hendrik, Wacker, Ron, Niemeyer, Christof, Alexandrov, Kirill and Waldmann, Herbert (2005). Diels-alder ligation and surface immobilization of proteins. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 45 (2), 296-301. doi: 10.1002/anie.200502266
Dantas de Araújo, Aline, Palomo, Jose M., Cramer, Janina, Köhn, Maja, Schröder, Hendrik, Wacker, Ron, Niemeyer, Christof, Alexandrov, Kirill and Waldmann, Herbert (2005). Diels-alder ligation and surface immobilization of proteins. Angewandte Chemie, 118 (2), 302-307. doi: 10.1002/ange.200502266
de Araujo, AD, Bacher, E, Demnitz, FWJ and Santos, DA (1999). A mild method for the preparation of 8-substituted xanthines from 5,6-diaminouracils. Heterocycles, 51 (1), 29-36.
Conference Papers
Muttenthaler, M. M., de Araujo, A. D., Andersson, A., Vetter, I., Gruber, C., Ramos, Y. Garcia, Feytens, D., Bergmayr, C., Freissmuth, M., Lewis, R. and Alewood, P. (2010). Oxytocin agonist design - A selenocysteine mimetic reveals a functional selectivity switch for the human oxytocin receptor. 31st European Peptide Symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5-9 September 2010. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/psc.1303
Dantas de Araujo, A. D., Herzig, V., Mobli, M., Windley, M. J., Nicholson, G. M., Alewood, P. F. and King, G. F. (2010). Understanding the role of the unusual constrained eight-membered disulfide ring of spider toxins. 31st European Peptide Symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5-9 September 2010. West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/psc.1303
Mobli, M., Lambert, L. K., Pierens, G. K., Dantas de Araujo, A., Alewood, P. F. and King, G. F. (2008). Unequivocal direct determination of the disulfide bond connectivities in proteins using 77Se NMR. 7th Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance (ANZMAG 2008), Couran Cove, Australia, 7-11 December 2008.
de Araujo, A. D. and Alewood, P. F. (2006). Synthesis of lanthionine analogs of conotoxins. CHICHESTER: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD.