Summaries by Inventor Hu, Yifei

Biological and Biochemical Production of Enantiopure L-Piperazic Acid
Hu, Yifei ; Van Dyke-Blodgett, Joshua
T-017073

— Background: Compounds containing piperazic acid (Piz), a nonproteinogenic amino acid, are of significant interest for drug discovery. Peptidic compounds incorporating Piz as a building block include antibacterial, antiviral, immunomodulatory and anticancer drug leads, and all naturally-occurring Pi…