Head-to-Tail Cross-Linking to Generate Bicyclic Helical Peptides with Enhanced Helicity and Proteolytic Stability.

We report a new pattern of a bicyclic helical peptide constructed through head-to-tail cross-linking. The described bicyclic helical peptide has a head-to-tail cross-linking arm and a C-terminal i , i + 4 cross-linking arm. This scaffold will provide a promising scaffold for designing a proteolytically resistant helix-constrained peptide.