Cell-Penetrating Peptides

It’s notoriously difficult to engineer a molecule to pass through a cell membrane.

By their nature, peptides can pass into cells more easily than other molecules. This ability can be harnessed to design short positively-charged peptides for traversing cell membranes, and transporting key molecules alongside them.

Instead of inventing over-complicated strategies to force incompatible molecules past an impenetrable cell membrane, peptides provide the ultimate shortcut into a cell.

Peptides Transport Molecules into Cells

Cell-penetrating peptides can be conjugated to a virtually limitless variety of molecules to transport them inside of a cell. These can include oligonucleotides, RNA, therapeutic proteins, and even other peptides.

While researchers and industry professionals work on new applications and techniques for delivering their target molecules into cells, we work on the custom cell-penetrating peptides.

Custom Peptide Design

Optimising peptides for cell intrusion requires vast expertise and experience. Mimotopes has been operating at the forefront of peptide chemistry for over 30 years, supporting researchers worldwide.