RT Journal Article T1 Deactivation of a dimeric DNA-binding peptide through a palladium-mediated self-immolative cleavage A1 Rodríguez Villar, Jéssica A1 Pérez González, Cibrán A1 Martínez-Calvo, Miguel A1 Mosquera Mosquera, Jesús A1 Mascareñas Cid, José Luis AB Herein, we describe an approach for the on-demand disassembly of dimeric peptides using a palladium-mediated cleavage of a designed self-immolative linker. The utility of the strategy is demonstrated for the case of dimeric basic regions of bZIP transcription factors. While the dimer binds designed DNA sequences with good affinities, the peptide–DNA complex can be readily dismounted by addition of palladium reagents that trigger the cleavage of the spacer, and the release of unfunctional monomeric peptides PB Royal Society of Chemistry YR 2022 FD 2022 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/27429 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/27429 LA eng NO RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 3500 NO We are thankful for the financial support from the Xunta de Galicia (Centro singular de investigación de Galicia acreditación 2019–2022, ED431G 2019/03) and the European Union (European Regional Development Fund – ERDF). We also thank support given by the Spanish grants PID2019-108624RB-I00, the Xunta de Galicia (grants 2015-CP082, ED431C 2017/19 and 2021-CP054, ED431C-2021/25) and the European Research Council (Advanced Grant No. 340055). MMC and JR thank the MCIN/AEI for their Postdoctoral fellowships (IJCI-2014-19326 and IJC2019-040358-I) DS Minerva RD 29 abr 2026