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Sarkar D, Galleano I, Heusser SA, Ou SY, Uzun GR, Khoo KK, van der Heden van Noort GJ, Harrison JS, Pless SA. Protein semisynthesis underscores the role of a conserved lysine in activation and desensitization of acid-sensing ion channels. Cell Chem Biol 2024; 31:1000-1010.e6. [PMID: 38113885 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
Abstract
Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are trimeric ion channels that open a cation-conducting pore in response to proton binding. Excessive ASIC activation during prolonged acidosis in conditions such as inflammation and ischemia is linked to pain and stroke. A conserved lysine in the extracellular domain (Lys211 in mASIC1a) is suggested to play a key role in ASIC function. However, the precise contributions are difficult to dissect with conventional mutagenesis, as replacement of Lys211 with naturally occurring amino acids invariably changes multiple physico-chemical parameters. Here, we study the contribution of Lys211 to mASIC1a function using tandem protein trans-splicing (tPTS) to incorporate non-canonical lysine analogs. We conduct optimization efforts to improve splicing and functionally interrogate semisynthetic mASIC1a. In combination with molecular modeling, we show that Lys211 charge and side-chain length are crucial to activation and desensitization, thus emphasizing that tPTS can enable atomic-scale interrogations of membrane proteins in live cells.
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- Debayan Sarkar
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Zhao Z, Laps S, Gichtin JS, Metanis N. Selenium chemistry for spatio-selective peptide and protein functionalization. Nat Rev Chem 2024; 8:211-229. [PMID: 38388838 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-024-00579-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
Abstract
The ability to construct a peptide or protein in a spatio-specific manner is of great interest for therapeutic and biochemical research. However, the various functional groups present in peptide sequences and the need to perform chemistry under mild and aqueous conditions make selective protein functionalization one of the greatest synthetic challenges. The fascinating paradox of selenium (Se) - being found in both toxic compounds and also harnessed by nature for essential biochemical processes - has inspired the recent exploration of selenium chemistry for site-selective functionalization of peptides and proteins. In this Review, we discuss such approaches, including metal-free and metal-catalysed transformations, as well as traceless chemical modifications. We report their advantages, limitations and applications, as well as future research avenues.
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- Zhenguang Zhao
- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
- Casali Center for Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
- The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Lin B, Lu W, Chen ZY, Zhang Y, Duan YZ, Lu X, Yan M, Zhang XJ. Enhancing the Potential of Miniature-Scale DNA-Compatible Radical Reactions via an Electron Donor-Acceptor Complex and a Reversible Adsorption to Solid Support Strategy. Org Lett 2021; 23:7381-7385. [PMID: 34546064 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
DNA-encoded library (DEL) technology is a powerful tool in the discovery of bioactive probe molecules and drug leads. Mostly, the success in DEL technology stems from the molecular diversity of the chemical libraries. However, the construction of DELs has been restricted by the idiosyncratic needs and the required low concentration (∼1 mM or less) of the library intermediate. Here, we report visible-light-promoted on-DNA radical coupling reactions via an electron donor-acceptor (EDA) complex and a reversible adsorption to solid support (RASS) strategy. This protocol provides a unique solution to the challenges of increasing the reactivity of highly diluted DNA substrates and reducing the residues of heavy metals from photocatalysts. A series of on-DNA indole sulfone and selenide derivatives were obtained with good to quantitative conversions. It is anticipated that these mild-condition on-DNA radical reactions will significantly improve the chemical diversity of DELs and find widespread utility to DEL construction.
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- Bizhen Lin
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecules and Drug Discovery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecules and Drug Discovery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecules and Drug Discovery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecules and Drug Discovery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecules and Drug Discovery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Site-selective chemical bioconjugation reactions are enabling tools for the chemical biologist. Guided by a careful study of the selenomethionine (SeM) benzylation, we have refined the reaction to meet the requirements of practical protein bioconjugation. SeM is readily introduced through auxotrophic expression and exhibits unique nucleophilic properties that allow it to be selectively modified even in the presence of cysteine. The resulting benzylselenonium adduct is stable at physiological pH, is selectively labile to glutathione, and embodies a broadly tunable cleavage profile. Specifically, a 4-bromomethylphenylacetyl (BrMePAA) linker has been applied for efficient conjugation of complex organic molecules to SeM-containing proteins. This expansion of the bioconjugation toolkit has broad potential in the development of chemically enhanced proteins.
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Bucci R, Foschi F, Loro C, Erba E, Gelmi ML, Pellegrino S. Fishing in the Toolbox of Cyclic Turn Mimics: a Literature Overview of the Last Decade. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Raffaella Bucci
- Dipartimento di Scienze farmaceutiche,DISFARM Università degli Studi di Milano Via Venezian 21 Milano 20133 Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Alta Tecnologie,DiSAT Università degli Studi dell'Insubria Via Valleggio 9 Como 20100 Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Alta Tecnologie,DiSAT Università degli Studi dell'Insubria Via Valleggio 9 Como 20100 Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze farmaceutiche,DISFARM Università degli Studi di Milano Via Venezian 21 Milano 20133 Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze farmaceutiche,DISFARM Università degli Studi di Milano Via Venezian 21 Milano 20133 Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze farmaceutiche,DISFARM Università degli Studi di Milano Via Venezian 21 Milano 20133 Italy
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Flood D, Knouse KW, Vantourout JC, Kitamura S, Sanchez BB, Sturgell EJ, Chen JS, Wolan DW, Baran PS, Dawson PE. Synthetic Elaboration of Native DNA by RASS (SENDR). ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2020; 6:1789-1799. [PMID: 33145415 PMCID: PMC7596865 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Controlled site-specific bioconjugation through chemical methods to native DNA remains an unanswered challenge. Herein, we report a simple solution to achieve this conjugation through the tactical combination of two recently developed technologies: one for the manipulation of DNA in organic media and another for the chemoselective labeling of alcohols. Reversible adsorption of solid support (RASS) is employed to immobilize DNA and facilitate its transfer into dry acetonitrile. Subsequent reaction with P(V)-based Ψ reagents takes place in high yield with exquisite selectivity for the exposed 3' or 5' alcohols on DNA. This two-stage process, dubbed SENDR for Synthetic Elaboration of Native DNA by RASS, can be applied to a multitude of DNA conformations and sequences with a variety of functionalized Ψ reagents to generate useful constructs.
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- Dillon
T. Flood
- Department
of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Automated
Synthesis Facility, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Automated
Synthesis Facility, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Automated
Synthesis Facility, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Flood DT, Zhang X, Fu X, Zhao Z, Asai S, Sanchez BB, Sturgell EJ, Vantourout JC, Richardson P, Flanagan ME, Piotrowski DW, Kölmel DK, Wan J, Tsai MH, Chen JS, Baran PS, Dawson PE. RASS-Enabled S/P-C and S-N Bond Formation for DEL Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:7377-7383. [PMID: 32050046 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 01/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
DNA encoded libraries (DEL) have shown promise as a valuable technology for democratizing the hit discovery process. Although DEL provides relatively inexpensive access to libraries of unprecedented size, their production has been hampered by the idiosyncratic needs of the encoding DNA tag relegating DEL compatible chemistry to dilute aqueous environments. Recently reversible adsorption to solid support (RASS) has been demonstrated as a promising method to expand DEL reactivity using standard organic synthesis protocols. Here we demonstrate a suite of on-DNA chemistries to incorporate medicinally relevant and C-S, C-P and N-S linkages into DELs, which are underrepresented in the canonical methods.
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- Dillon T Flood
- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, Faculty of and Engineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka, 020-8551, Japan
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- Automated Synthesis Facility, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Automated Synthesis Facility, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Pfizer Medicinal Chemistry, 10770 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA
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- Pfizer Medicinal Chemistry, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA
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- Pfizer Medicinal Chemistry, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA
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- HitGen Inc., Building 6, No. 8 Huigu 1st East Road Tianfu International Bio-Town, Shuangliu District, Chengdu, 610200, Sichuan, China
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- HitGen Inc., Building 6, No. 8 Huigu 1st East Road Tianfu International Bio-Town, Shuangliu District, Chengdu, 610200, Sichuan, China
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- Automated Synthesis Facility, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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Flood DT, Zhang X, Fu X, Zhao Z, Asai S, Sanchez BB, Sturgell EJ, Vantourout JC, Richardson P, Flanagan ME, Piotrowski DW, Kölmel DK, Wan J, Tsai M, Chen JS, Baran PS, Dawson PE. RASS‐Enabled S/P−C and S−N Bond Formation for DEL Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201915493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Dillon T. Flood
- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
- School of Pharmaceutical SciencesSun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510006 China
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- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
- School of Pharmaceutical SciencesSun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510006 China
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- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological SciencesFaculty of and EngineeringIwate University 4-3-5 Ueda Morioka 020-8551 Japan
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- Automated Synthesis FacilityThe Scripps Research Institute 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Automated Synthesis FacilityThe Scripps Research Institute 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Pfizer Medicinal Chemistry 10770 Science Center Drive San Diego CA 92121 USA
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- Pfizer Medicinal Chemistry Eastern Point Road Groton CT 06340 USA
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- HitGen Inc. Building 6, No. 8 Huigu 1st East Road Tianfu International Bio-Town, Shuangliu District, Chengdu 610200 Sichuan China
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- HitGen Inc. Building 6, No. 8 Huigu 1st East Road Tianfu International Bio-Town, Shuangliu District, Chengdu 610200 Sichuan China
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- Automated Synthesis FacilityThe Scripps Research Institute 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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Flood DT, Kingston C, Vantourout JC, Dawson PE, Baran PS. DNA Encoded Libraries: A Visitor's Guide. Isr J Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201900133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Dillon T. Flood
- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, California 93037
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- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, California 93037
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- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, California 93037
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- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, California 93037
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- Department of ChemistryScripps Research 10550 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, California 93037
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Flood DT, Asai S, Zhang X, Wang J, Yoon L, Adams ZC, Dillingham BC, Sanchez BB, Vantourout JC, Flanagan ME, Piotrowski DW, Richardson P, Green SA, Shenvi RA, Chen JS, Baran PS, Dawson PE. Expanding Reactivity in DNA-Encoded Library Synthesis via Reversible Binding of DNA to an Inert Quaternary Ammonium Support. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:9998-10006. [PMID: 31136164 PMCID: PMC7033622 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
DNA Encoded Libraries have proven immensely powerful tools for lead identification. The ability to screen billions of compounds at once has spurred increasing interest in DEL development and utilization. Although DEL provides access to libraries of unprecedented size and diversity, the idiosyncratic and hydrophilic nature of the DNA tag severely limits the scope of applicable chemistries. It is known that biomacromolecules can be reversibly, noncovalently adsorbed and eluted from solid supports, and this phenomenon has been utilized to perform synthetic modification of biomolecules in a strategy we have described as reversible adsorption to solid support (RASS). Herein, we present the adaptation of RASS for a DEL setting, which allows reactions to be performed in organic solvents at near anhydrous conditions opening previously inaccessible chemical reactivities to DEL. The RASS approach enabled the rapid development of C(sp2)-C(sp3) decarboxylative cross-couplings with broad substrate scope, an electrochemical amination (the first electrochemical synthetic transformation performed in a DEL context), and improved reductive amination conditions. The utility of these reactions was demonstrated through a DEL-rehearsal in which all newly developed chemistries were orchestrated to afford a compound rich in diverse skeletal linkages. We believe that RASS will offer expedient access to new DEL reactivities, expanded chemical space, and ultimately more drug-like libraries.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dillon T. Flood
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Automated Synthesis Facility, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Pfizer Medicinal Chemistry, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Medicinal Chemistry, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Medicinal Chemistry, 10578 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Automated Synthesis Facility, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Dedkova LM, Hecht SM. Expanding the Scope of Protein Synthesis Using Modified Ribosomes. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:6430-6447. [PMID: 30901982 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
The ribosome produces all of the proteins and many of the peptides present in cells. As a macromolecular complex composed of both RNAs and proteins, it employs a constituent RNA to catalyze the formation of peptide bonds rapidly and with high fidelity. Thus, the ribosome can be argued to represent the key link between the RNA World, in which RNAs were the primary catalysts, and present biological systems in which protein catalysts predominate. In spite of the well-known phylogenetic conservation of rRNAs through evolutionary history, rRNAs can be altered readily when placed under suitable pressure, e.g. in the presence of antibiotics which bind to functionally critical regions of rRNAs. While the structures of rRNAs have been altered intentionally for decades to enable the study of their role(s) in the mechanism of peptide bond formation, it is remarkable that the purposeful alteration of rRNA structure to enable the elaboration of proteins and peptides containing noncanonical amino acids has occurred only recently. In this Perspective, we summarize the history of rRNA modifications, and demonstrate how the intentional modification of 23S rRNA in regions critical for peptide bond formation now enables the direct ribosomal incorporation of d-amino acids, β-amino acids, dipeptides and dipeptidomimetic analogues of the normal proteinogenic l-α-amino acids. While proteins containing metabolically important functional groups such as carbohydrates and phosphate groups are normally elaborated by the post-translational modification of nascent polypeptides, the use of modified ribosomes to produce such polymers directly is also discussed. Finally, we describe the elaboration of such modified proteins both in vitro and in bacterial cells, and suggest how such novel biomaterials may be exploited in future studies.
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- Larisa M Dedkova
- Biodesign Center for BioEnergetics and School of Molecular Sciences , Arizona State University , Tempe , Arizona 85287 , United States
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- Biodesign Center for BioEnergetics and School of Molecular Sciences , Arizona State University , Tempe , Arizona 85287 , United States
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Kent SBH. Novel protein science enabled by total chemical synthesis. Protein Sci 2018; 28:313-328. [PMID: 30345579 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Chemical synthesis is a well-established method for the preparation in the research laboratory of multiple-tens-of-milligram amounts of correctly folded, high purity protein molecules. Chemically synthesized proteins enable a broad spectrum of novel protein science. Racemic mixtures consisting of d-protein and l-protein enantiomers facilitate crystallization and determination of protein structures by X-ray diffraction. d-Proteins enable the systematic development of unnatural mirror image protein molecules that bind with high affinity to natural protein targets. The d-protein form of a therapeutic target can also be used to screen natural product libraries to identify novel small molecule leads for drug development. Proteins with novel polypeptide chain topologies including branched, circular, linear-loop, and interpenetrating polypeptide chains can be constructed by chemical synthesis. Medicinal chemistry can be applied to optimize the properties of therapeutic protein molecules. Chemical synthesis has been used to redesign glycoproteins and for the a priori design and construction of covalently constrained novel protein scaffolds not found in nature. Versatile and precise labeling of protein molecules by chemical synthesis facilitates effective application of advanced physical methods including multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance and time-resolved FTIR for the elucidation of protein structure-activity relationships. The chemistries used for total synthesis of proteins have been adapted to making artificial molecular devices and protein-inspired nanomolecular constructs. Research to develop mirror image life in the laboratory is in its very earliest stages, based on the total chemical synthesis of d-protein forms of polymerase enzymes.
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- Stephen B H Kent
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637
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