{"title":"Structure-guided identification of dipeptides modulating PPARα-associated lipid metabolism.","authors":"Arata Banno, Rana Yu, Nanami Nishino, Mako Yamamoto, Asahi Takeuchi, Natsuki Oda, Akio Ebihara, Satoshi Nagaoka","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbag037","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The structural basis for dipeptides modulating PPARα remains unclear. AlphaFold2 identified Ile-His as a candidate predicted to interact with a novel alternative binding site. In HepG2 cells, Ile-His and Phe-Ala reduced cholesterol accumulation, whereas Ala-Pro had no effect. These findings support the utility of structure-based prediction as a hypothesis-generating approach for identifying dipeptides associated with PPARα-related modulation of lipid metabolism.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"815-820"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2026-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bbb/zbag037","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The structural basis for dipeptides modulating PPARα remains unclear. AlphaFold2 identified Ile-His as a candidate predicted to interact with a novel alternative binding site. In HepG2 cells, Ile-His and Phe-Ala reduced cholesterol accumulation, whereas Ala-Pro had no effect. These findings support the utility of structure-based prediction as a hypothesis-generating approach for identifying dipeptides associated with PPARα-related modulation of lipid metabolism.
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Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry publishes high-quality papers providing chemical and biological analyses of vital phenomena exhibited by animals, plants, and microorganisms, the chemical structures and functions of their products, and related matters. The Journal plays a major role in communicating to a global audience outstanding basic and applied research in all fields subsumed by the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry (JSBBA).