摘要 |
<p>Described are peptoid compounds of the formula (I): R1-(A)k-(X)m-(B)n-R2 wherein k, n, R1, R2, A and B have the meanings given in the specification, m is 3 to 10, and any X independently of the others being present represents a bivalent radical of partial formula (II), wherein each of R3, R4 and R5, independently of the others, represents hydrogen or a side chain of an α-amino acid other than glycine, or R3 and R4 together form an alkylene bridge and R5 is hydrogen, or R4 and R5 together form an alkylene bridge and R3 is hydrogen; with the proviso, that a) at least one of these bivalent radicals has an R3 which is a side chain of an α-amino acid other than glycine and proline; b) that at least one R3 other than alkyl or benzyl is present; and c) that the bivalent radicals X together form a TAR-binding, transactivation-deficient oligopeptide analogue of the basic domain of the HIV Tat protein, and any B independently of the others being present represents a bivalent radical of an α-amino acid, or salts thereof if a salt-forming group is present. The compounds act, for example, as inhibitors of HIV growth by inhibition of the Tat/TAR-interaction.</p> |