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Ochiai H, Elouali S, Yamamoto T, Asai H, Noguchi M, Nishiuchi Y. Chemical and Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Peptide and Protein Therapeutics Conjugated with Human N-Glycans. ChemMedChem 2024; 19:e202300692. [PMID: 38572578 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202300692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Glycosylation is one of the most ubiquitous post-translational modifications. It affects the structure and function of peptides/proteins and consequently has a significant impact on various biological events. However, the structural complexity and heterogeneity of glycopeptides/proteins caused by the diversity of glycan structures and glycosylation sites complicates the detailed elucidation of glycan function and hampers their clinical applications. To address these challenges, chemical and/or enzyme-assisted synthesis methods have been developed to realize glycopeptides/proteins with well-defined glycan morphologies. In particular, N-glycans are expected to be useful for improving the solubility, in vivo half-life and aggregation of bioactive peptides/proteins that have had limited clinical applications so far due to their short duration of action in the blood and unsuitable physicochemical properties. Chemical glycosylation performed in a post-synthetic procedure can be used to facilitate the development of glycopeptide/protein analogues or mimetics that are superior to the original molecules in terms of physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. N-glycans are used to modify targets because they are highly biodegradable and biocompatible and have structures that already exist in the human body. On the practical side, from a quality control perspective, close attention should be paid to their structural homogeneity when they are to be applied to pharmaceuticals.
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- Hirofumi Ochiai
- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
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- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
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- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
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- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
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- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
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- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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Bilbrough T, Piemontese E, Seitz O. Dissecting the role of protein phosphorylation: a chemical biology toolbox. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:5691-5730. [PMID: 35726784 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00991e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Protein phosphorylation is a crucial regulator of protein and cellular function, yet, despite identifying an enormous number of phosphorylation sites, the role of most is still unclear. Each phosphoform, the particular combination of phosphorylations, of a protein has distinct and diverse biological consequences. Aberrant phosphorylation is implicated in the development of many diseases. To investigate their function, access to defined protein phosphoforms is essential. Materials obtained from cells often are complex mixtures. Recombinant methods can provide access to defined phosphoforms if site-specifically acting kinases are known, but the methods fail to provide homogenous material when several amino acid side chains compete for phosphorylation. Chemical and chemoenzymatic synthesis has provided an invaluable toolbox to enable access to previously unreachable phosphoforms of proteins. In this review, we selected important tools that enable access to homogeneously phosphorylated protein and discuss examples that demonstrate how they can be applied. Firstly, we discuss the synthesis of phosphopeptides and proteins through chemical and enzymatic means and their advantages and limitations. Secondly, we showcase illustrative examples that applied these tools to answer biological questions pertaining to proteins involved in signal transduction, control of transcription, neurodegenerative diseases and aggregation, apoptosis and autophagy, and transmembrane proteins. We discuss the opportunities and challenges in the field.
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- Tim Bilbrough
- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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Denda M, Otaka A. Advances in Preparation of Peptide and Protein Thioesters Aiming to Use in Medicinal Sciences. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2022; 70:316-323. [DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c21-01019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Masaya Denda
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University
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Sato D, Denda M, Tsunematsu H, Tanaka N, Konishi I, Komiya C, Shigenaga A, Otaka A. Late-stage macrolactonisation enabled by tandem acyl transfers followed by desulphurisation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:2918-2921. [PMID: 35138311 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc07248j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Intramolecular S-acylation of a thiol-installed threonine with a thioester unit, followed by S-O acyl transfer and subsequent desulphurisation, allows the synthesis of lactone peptides. A protocol has been developed enabling the cyclisation of a linear peptide, a reaction which has not been achieved by conventional methods.
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- Daiki Sato
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Sho-machi, 1-78-1, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Sho-machi, 1-78-1, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Sho-machi, 1-78-1, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Sho-machi, 1-78-1, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Sho-machi, 1-78-1, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Sho-machi, 1-78-1, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Hiroshima 729-0292, Japan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Sho-machi, 1-78-1, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.
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Chong YK, Chandrashekar C, Zhao D, Maki Y, Okamoto R, Kajihara Y. Optimization of Semisynthetic Approach for Glycosyl Interferon-β-polypeptide by Utilizing Bacterial Protein Expression and Chemical Modification. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:1907-1915. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02391h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Synthesis of a sufficient amount of homogenous glycoprotein is of great interest because the natural glycoproteins show a considerable heterogeneity in oligosaccharide structures making the studies of glycan structure-function relationship...
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Paprocki MP, Rasmussen JE, Sørensen KK, Jensen KJ. Safety-catch linkers for Fmoc solid-phase synthesis of peptide thioesters and hydrazides by amide-to-imide activation. J Pept Sci 2021; 27:e3364. [PMID: 34505745 DOI: 10.1002/psc.3364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The use of C-terminal peptide thioesters and hydrazides in synthetic protein chemistry has inspired the search for optimal solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) strategies for their assembly. However, peptide thioesters are not directly accessible by conventional Fmoc-SPPS owing to the nucleophilicity of the secondary amine required for Fmoc removal. Here, we report the mild and effective activation of the pGlu linker and a new safety-catch linker that was used for the convenient synthesis of peptide thioesters and hydrazides via efficient amide-to-imide activation followed by nucleophilic displacement.
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- Maciej P Paprocki
- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Perkins WS, Davison RT, Shelkey GB, Lawson VE, Hutton GE, Miller JS. Unmasking latent thioesters under hydrophobic-compatible conditions. J Pept Sci 2021; 27:e3358. [PMID: 34121261 DOI: 10.1002/psc.3358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hydrophobic latent C-terminal thioesters were converted into thioesters, and were also coupled with cysteine in one-pot reactions, using conditions generally compatible with hydrophobic materials. The reaction conditions (ethanethiol and triethylamine in a mixture of DMF and THF) are compatible with acid-labile protecting groups (Boc/t-Bu) that are standard in Fmoc peptide synthesis.
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- Wade S Perkins
- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA
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Nagano M, Huang Y, Obexer R, Suga H. One-Pot In Vitro Ribosomal Synthesis of Macrocyclic Depsipeptides. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:4741-4750. [PMID: 33733757 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Here, we report a method for the one-pot ribosomal synthesis of macrocyclic depsipeptides. This method is based on a Ser-Pro-Cys-Gly (SPCG) motif discovered by in vitro selection of peptides for the function of self-acylation in the presence of a thioester acyl donor, which forms an O-acyl isopeptide bond via intramolecular S-to-O acyl transfer. Ribosomal synthesis of linear peptides containing the SPCG motif and a backbone "acyl donor" thioester at a downstream position results in spontaneous conversion to the corresponding cyclic depsipeptides (CDPs) in a nearly independent manner of ring size and sequence context. Mutational analysis of the SPCG motif revealed that the P and G residues are dispensable to some extent, but the arrangement of residues in SXCX is crucial for efficient acyl transfer, e.g., CPSG is much less efficient. Finally, one-pot ribosomal synthesis of macrocyclic depsipeptides with various ring sizes and sequences has been demonstrated. This synthetic method can facilitate the ribosomal construction of highly diverse CDP libraries for the discovery of de novo bioactive CDPs.
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- Masanobu Nagano
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Abboud SA, Cisse EH, Doudeau M, Bénédetti H, Aucagne V. A straightforward methodology to overcome solubility challenges for N-terminal cysteinyl peptide segments used in native chemical ligation. Chem Sci 2021; 12:3194-3201. [PMID: 34164087 PMCID: PMC8179351 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06001a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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One of the main limitations encountered during the chemical synthesis of proteins through native chemical ligation (NCL) is the limited solubility of some of the peptide segments. The most commonly used solution to overcome this problem is to derivatize the segment with a temporary solubilizing tag. Conveniently, the tag can be introduced on the thioester segment in such a way that it is removed concomitantly with the NCL reaction. We herein describe a generalization of this approach to N-terminal cysteinyl segment counterparts, using a straightforward synthetic approach that can be easily automated from commercially available building blocks, and applied it to a well-known problematic target, SUMO-2.
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- Skander A Abboud
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR 4301 Rue Charles Sadron 45071 Orléans Cedex 2 France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR 4301 Rue Charles Sadron 45071 Orléans Cedex 2 France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR 4301 Rue Charles Sadron 45071 Orléans Cedex 2 France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR 4301 Rue Charles Sadron 45071 Orléans Cedex 2 France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR 4301 Rue Charles Sadron 45071 Orléans Cedex 2 France
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Zang X, Peraro L, Davison RT, Blum TR, Vallabhaneni D, Fennell CE, Cramer SL, Shah HK, Wholly DM, Fink EA, Sivak JT, Ingalls KM, Herr CT, Lawson VE, Burnett MR, Slade DJ, Cole KE, Carle SA, Miller JS. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of a Depsipeptidic Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor via a Generalizable Approach Using an Optimized Latent Thioester Solid-Phase Linker. J Org Chem 2020; 85:8253-8260. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Xiaoyu Zang
- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Biology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Biology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Biology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, United States
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- Department of Biology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, United States
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Gordon CP. Synthetic strategies to access staphylococcus auto-inducing peptides as quorum sensing modulators. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:379-390. [PMID: 31844862 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob02038a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The accessory gene regulator (agr) quorum-sensing system is arguably the most important regulator of staphylococcus virulence and has been the focus of tremendous interest in the development of effective therapies for pathogenic bacterial infections. With regards to chemotherapeutic based strategies, the significant proportion of currently reported agr-system modulating molecules are mimics of the native ArgC substrate, which is a thioester-based macrocyclic peptide know as the auto-inducing peptide. Over the past two decades, more than two-hundred synthetic analogues have been reported. This review traces the development of the synthetic strategies employed to synthesise these analogues with a particular focus on macrocyclisation. At present these synthetic approaches can be clustered into five broad categories (1) solution-phase cyclisation, (2) immobilised carbodiimide assisted cyclisation, (3) concomitant on-resin cleavage and macrocyclisation, (4) Boc-compatible chemoselective thioesterification, and (5) Fmoc-compatible chemoselective thioesterification. The advantages and limitation provided by each of the approaches are compared and contrasted with a view towards potential reaction scale-up.
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- Christopher P Gordon
- School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 2751, Australia.
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Protein semisynthesis-defined herein as the assembly of a protein from a combination of synthetic and recombinant fragments-is a burgeoning field of chemical biology that has impacted many areas in the life sciences. In this review, we provide a comprehensive survey of this area. We begin by discussing the various chemical and enzymatic methods now available for the manufacture of custom proteins containing noncoded elements. This section begins with a discussion of methods that are more chemical in origin and ends with those that employ biocatalysts. We also illustrate the commonalities that exist between these seemingly disparate methods and show how this is allowing for the development of integrated chemoenzymatic methods. This methodology discussion provides the technical foundation for the second part of the review where we cover the great many biological problems that have now been addressed using these tools. Finally, we end the piece with a short discussion on the frontiers of the field and the opportunities available for the future.
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Frick Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Wang S, Thopate YA, Zhou Q, Wang P. Chemical Protein Synthesis by Native Chemical Ligation and Variations Thereof. CHINESE J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201900246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Siyao Wang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240 China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240 China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240 China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240 China
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Agouridas V, El Mahdi O, Diemer V, Cargoët M, Monbaliu JCM, Melnyk O. Native Chemical Ligation and Extended Methods: Mechanisms, Catalysis, Scope, and Limitations. Chem Rev 2019; 119:7328-7443. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Vangelis Agouridas
- UMR CNRS 8204, Centre d’Immunité et d’Infection de Lille, University of Lille, CNRS, Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Taza, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, BP 1223 Taza Gare, Morocco
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- UMR CNRS 8204, Centre d’Immunité et d’Infection de Lille, University of Lille, CNRS, Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- UMR CNRS 8204, Centre d’Immunité et d’Infection de Lille, University of Lille, CNRS, Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Center for Integrated Technology and Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, Building B6a, Room 3/16a, Sart-Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- UMR CNRS 8204, Centre d’Immunité et d’Infection de Lille, University of Lille, CNRS, Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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Flood DT, Hintzen JCJ, Bird MJ, Cistrone PA, Chen JS, Dawson PE. Leveraging the Knorr Pyrazole Synthesis for the Facile Generation of Thioester Surrogates for use in Native Chemical Ligation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:11634-11639. [PMID: 29908104 PMCID: PMC6126375 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Facile synthesis of C-terminal thioesters is integral to native chemical ligation (NCL) strategies for chemical protein synthesis. We introduce a new method of mild peptide activation, which leverages solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) on an established resin linker and classical heterocyclic chemistry to convert C-terminal peptide hydrazides into their corresponding thioesters via an acyl pyrazole intermediate. Peptide hydrazides, synthesized on established trityl chloride resins, can be activated in solution with stoichiometric acetyl acetone (acac), readily proceed to the peptide acyl pyrazoles. Acyl pyrazoles are mild acylating agents and are efficiently exchanged with an aryl thiol, which can then be directly utilized in NCL. The mild, chemoselective, and stoichiometric activating conditions allow this method to be utilized through multiple sequential ligations without intermediate purification steps.
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- Dillon T. Flood
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)
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- Director of the Automated Synthesis Facility, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA),
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Flood DT, Hintzen JCJ, Bird MJ, Cistrone PA, Chen JS, Dawson PE. Leveraging the Knorr Pyrazole Synthesis for the Facile Generation of Thioester Surrogates for use in Native Chemical Ligation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201805191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Dillon T. Flood
- Department of Chemistry; The Scripps Research Institute; 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; The Scripps Research Institute; 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; The Scripps Research Institute; 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; 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; The Scripps Research Institute; 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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Yan B, Shi W, Ye L, Liu L. Acyl donors for native chemical ligation. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2018; 46:33-40. [PMID: 29654943 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Native chemical ligation (NCL) has become one of the most important methods in chemical syntheses of proteins. Recently, in order to expand its scope, considerable effort has been devoted to tuning the C-terminal acyl donor thioesters used in NCL. This article reviews the recent advances in the design of C-terminal acyl donors, their precursors and surrogates, and highlights some noteworthy progress that may lead the future direction of protein chemical synthesis.
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- Bingjia Yan
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Baumruck AC, Tietze D, Steinacker LK, Tietze AA. Chemical synthesis of membrane proteins: a model study on the influenza virus B proton channel. Chem Sci 2018; 9:2365-2375. [PMID: 29719709 PMCID: PMC5897842 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc00004b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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NCL results in the quantitative yield of a membrane protein, where a thioester peptide is formed from an oxo-ester with an in situ cleavable solubilizing tag.
In the present study we have developed and optimized a robust strategy for the synthesis of highly hydrophobic peptides, especially membrane proteins, exemplarily using the influenza B M2 proton channel (BM2(1–51)). This strategy is based on the native chemical ligation of two fragments, where the thioester fragment is formed from an oxo-ester peptide, which is synthesized using Fmoc-SPPS, and features an in situ cleavable solubilizing tag (ADO, ADO2 or ADO-Lys5). The nearly quantitative production of the ligation product was followed by an optimized work up protocol, resulting in almost quantitative desulfurization and Acm-group cleavage. Circular dichroism analysis in a POPC lipid membrane revealed that the synthetic BM2(1–51) construct adopts a helical structure similar to that of the previously characterized BM2(1–33).
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- A C Baumruck
- Darmstadt University of Technology , Clemens-Schöpf Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Alarich-Weiss Str. 4 , 64287 Darmstadt , Germany .
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- Darmstadt University of Technology , Eduard-Zintl-Institute of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry , Alarich-Weiss-Str. 4 , 64287 Darmstadt , Germany
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- Darmstadt University of Technology , Clemens-Schöpf Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Alarich-Weiss Str. 4 , 64287 Darmstadt , Germany .
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- Darmstadt University of Technology , Clemens-Schöpf Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Alarich-Weiss Str. 4 , 64287 Darmstadt , Germany .
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Agouridas V, El Mahdi O, Cargoët M, Melnyk O. A statistical view of protein chemical synthesis using NCL and extended methodologies. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:4938-4945. [PMID: 28578993 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Native chemical ligation and extended methodologies are the most popular chemoselective reactions for protein chemical synthesis. Their combination with desulfurization techniques can give access to small or challenging proteins that are exploited in a large variety of research areas. In this report, we have conducted a statistical review of their use for protein chemical synthesis in order to provide a flavor of the recent trends and identify the most popular chemical tools used by protein chemists. To this end, a protein chemical synthesis (PCS) database (http://pcs-db.fr) was created by collecting a set of relevant data from more than 450 publications covering the period 1994-2017. A preliminary account of what this database tells us is presented in this report.
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- Vangelis Agouridas
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Institut Pasteur de Lille, UMR 8161 - M3T - Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis and Target Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France.
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Institut Pasteur de Lille, UMR 8161 - M3T - Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis and Target Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Institut Pasteur de Lille, UMR 8161 - M3T - Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis and Target Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France.
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Recent advances in the preparation of Fmoc-SPPS-based peptide thioester and its surrogates for NCL-type reactions. Sci China Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-016-0381-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Kim BM. The C-Terminal O-S Acyl Shift Pathway under Acidic Condition to Propose Peptide-Thioesters. Molecules 2016; 21:E1559. [PMID: 27869694 PMCID: PMC6272864 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21111559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Peptide-thioester is a pivotal intermediate for peptide ligation and N-, C-terminal cyclization. In this study, desired pathway and the side products of two C-terminal handles, hydroxyethylthiol (HET) and hydroxypropylthiol (HPT) are described in different conditions as well as kinetic studies. In addition, a new mechanism of C-terminal residue racemization is proposed on the basis of differentiation of products derived from the two C-terminal handles in preparing peptide thioesters through an acid-catalyzed tandem thiol switch, first by an intramolecular O-S acyl shift, and then by an intermolecular S-S exchange.
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- Bo Mi Kim
- Division of Bio-Nanochemistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea.
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Tsuda S, Mochizuki M, Sakamoto K, Denda M, Nishio H, Otaka A, Yoshiya T. N-Sulfanylethylaminooxybutyramide (SEAoxy): A Crypto-Thioester Compatible with Fmoc Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis. Org Lett 2016; 18:5940-5943. [PMID: 27805411 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b03055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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An N-sulfanylethylaminooxybutyramide (SEAoxy) has been developed as a novel thioester equivalent for native chemical ligation. SEAoxy peptide was straightforwardly synthesized by conventional Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis without a problem. Moreover, SEAoxy peptide could be directly applied to native chemical ligation owing to the intramolecular N-to-S acyl shift that releases the peptide-thioester in situ. This methodology was successfully applied to the synthesis of two bioactive peptides.
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- Shugo Tsuda
- Peptide Institute, Inc., Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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- Peptide Institute, Inc., Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University , Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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- Peptide Institute, Inc., Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University , Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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- Peptide Institute, Inc., Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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Raz R, Burlina F, Ismail M, Downward J, Li J, Smerdon SJ, Quibell M, White PD, Offer J. HF-Free Boc Synthesis of Peptide Thioesters for Ligation and Cyclization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:13174-13179. [PMID: 27654901 PMCID: PMC5113665 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We have developed a convenient method for the direct synthesis of peptide thioesters, versatile intermediates for peptide ligation and cyclic peptide synthesis. The technology uses a modified Boc SPPS strategy that avoids the use of anhydrous HF. Boc in situ neutralization protocols are used in combination with Merrifield hydroxymethyl resin and TFA/TMSBr cleavage. Avoiding HF extends the scope of Boc SPPS to post-translational modifications that are compatible with the milder cleavage conditions, demonstrated here with the synthesis of the phosphorylated protein CHK2. Peptide thioesters give easy, direct, access to cyclic peptides, illustrated by the synthesis of cyclorasin, a KRAS inhibitor.
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- Richard Raz
- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, ENS, CNRS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules (LBM), Paris, France
- Département de Chimie, ENS, PSL Research University, UPMC, Univ Paris 06, CNRS, LBM, Paris, France
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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- Merck Chemicals, Padge Road, Beeston, Notts, NG9 2JR, UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland road, London, NW1 1AT, UK.
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Raz R, Burlina F, Ismail M, Downward J, Li J, Smerdon SJ, Quibell M, White PD, Offer J. HF-Free Boc Synthesis of Peptide Thioesters for Ligation and Cyclization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201607657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Richard Raz
- The Francis Crick Institute; 1 Midland road London NW1 1AT UK
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, ENS, CNRS; Laboratoire des Biomolécules (LBM); Paris France
- Département de Chimie, ENS; PSL Research University, UPMC, Univ Paris 06, CNRS, LBM; Paris France
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- The Francis Crick Institute; 1 Midland road London NW1 1AT UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute; 1 Midland road London NW1 1AT UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute; 1 Midland road London NW1 1AT UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute; 1 Midland road London NW1 1AT UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute; 1 Midland road London NW1 1AT UK
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The present review offers an overview of nonclassical (e.g., with no pre- or in situ activation of a carboxylic acid partner) approaches for the construction of amide bonds. The review aims to comprehensively discuss relevant work, which was mainly done in the field in the last 20 years. Organization of the data follows a subdivision according to substrate classes: catalytic direct formation of amides from carboxylic and amines ( section 2 ); the use of carboxylic acid surrogates ( section 3 ); and the use of amine surrogates ( section 4 ). The ligation strategies (NCL, Staudinger, KAHA, KATs, etc.) that could involve both carboxylic acid and amine surrogates are treated separately in section 5 .
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- Renata Marcia de Figueiredo
- Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier (ICGM), UMR 5253-CNRS-UM-ENSCM, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie , 8 rue de l'Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier (ICGM), UMR 5253-CNRS-UM-ENSCM, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie , 8 rue de l'Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier (ICGM), UMR 5253-CNRS-UM-ENSCM, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie , 8 rue de l'Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Wang YJ, Szantai-Kis DM, Petersson EJ. Semi-synthesis of thioamide containing proteins. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 13:5074-81. [PMID: 25811732 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00224a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Our laboratory has shown that the thioamide, a single atom O-to-S substitution, can be a versatile fluorescence quenching probe that is minimally-perturbing when placed at many locations in a protein sequence. In order to make these and other thioamide experiments applicable to full-sized proteins, we have developed methods for incorporating thioamides by generating thiopeptide fragments through solid phase synthesis and ligating them to protein fragments expressed in E. coli. To install donor fluorophores, we have adapted unnatural amino acid mutagenesis methods, including the generation of new tRNA synthetases for the incorporation of small, intrinsically fluorescent amino acids. We have used a combination of these two methods, as well as chemoenzymatic protein modification, to efficiently install sidechain and backbone modifications to generate proteins labeled with fluorophore/thioamide pairs.
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- Yanxin J Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA.
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Maity SK, Jbara M, Brik A. Chemical and semisynthesis of modified histones. J Pept Sci 2016; 22:252-9. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2015] [Revised: 12/06/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Suman Kumar Maity
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200008 Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200008 Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200008 Israel
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Behrendt R, White P, Offer J. Advances in Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis. J Pept Sci 2016; 22:4-27. [PMID: 26785684 PMCID: PMC4745034 DOI: 10.1002/psc.2836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 426] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Today, Fmoc SPPS is the method of choice for peptide synthesis. Very-high-quality Fmoc building blocks are available at low cost because of the economies of scale arising from current multiton production of therapeutic peptides by Fmoc SPPS. Many modified derivatives are commercially available as Fmoc building blocks, making synthetic access to a broad range of peptide derivatives straightforward. The number of synthetic peptides entering clinical trials has grown continuously over the last decade, and recent advances in the Fmoc SPPS technology are a response to the growing demand from medicinal chemistry and pharmacology. Improvements are being continually reported for peptide quality, synthesis time and novel synthetic targets. Topical peptide research has contributed to a continuous improvement and expansion of Fmoc SPPS applications.
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- Raymond Behrendt
- Novabiochem, Merck & CieIm Laternenacker 58200SchaffhausenSwitzerland
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- Novabiochem, Merck Chemicals LtdPadge RoadBeestonNG9 2JRUK
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- The Francis Crick Institute215 Euston RoadLondonNW1 2BEUK
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Pardo A, Hogenauer TJ, Cai Z, Vellucci JA, Castillo EM, Dirk CW, Franz AH, Michael K. Efficient Photochemical Synthesis of Peptide-α-Phenylthioesters. Chembiochem 2015; 16:1884-1889. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Blanco-Canosa JB, Nardone B, Albericio F, Dawson PE. Chemical Protein Synthesis Using a Second-Generation N-Acylurea Linker for the Preparation of Peptide-Thioester Precursors. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:7197-209. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni
Paolo II 132, Fisciano 84084, Italy
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqués 1-11, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Department
of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), 10550 N. Torrey
Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Koniev O, Wagner A. Developments and recent advancements in the field of endogenous amino acid selective bond forming reactions for bioconjugation. Chem Soc Rev 2015; 44:5495-551. [PMID: 26000775 DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00048c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 391] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Bioconjugation methodologies have proven to play a central enabling role in the recent development of biotherapeutics and chemical biology approaches. Recent endeavours in these fields shed light on unprecedented chemical challenges to attain bioselectivity, biocompatibility, and biostability required by modern applications. In this review the current developments in various techniques of selective bond forming reactions of proteins and peptides were highlighted. The utility of each endogenous amino acid-selective conjugation methodology in the fields of biology and protein science has been surveyed with emphasis on the most relevant among reported transformations; selectivity and practical use have been discussed.
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- Oleksandr Koniev
- Laboratory of Functional Chemo-Systems (UMR 7199), Labex Medalis, University of Strasbourg, 74 Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France.
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Tsuda Y, Shigenaga A, Tsuji K, Denda M, Sato K, Kitakaze K, Nakamura T, Inokuma T, Itoh K, Otaka A. Development of a Chemical Methodology for the Preparation of Peptide Thioesters Applicable to Naturally Occurring Peptides Using a Sequential Quadruple Acyl Transfer System. ChemistryOpen 2015; 4:448-52. [PMID: 26478838 PMCID: PMC4603404 DOI: 10.1002/open.201500086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Peptide thioesters are very useful in protein chemistry, and chemistry- and biochemistry-based protocols are used for the preparation of thioesters. Among such protocols, only a few biochemistry-based approaches have been use for naturally occurring peptide sequences. The development of chemistry-based protocols applicable to natural sequences remains a challenge, and the development of such methods would be a major contribution to protein science. Here, we describe the preparation of peptide thioesters using innovative methodology that features nickel(II)-mediated alcoholysis of a naturally occurring peptide sequence, followed by O−N and N−S acyl transfers. This protocol involves sequential quadruple acyl transfer, termed SQAT. Notably, the SQAT system consists of sequential chemical reactions that allow naturally occurring peptide sequences to be converted to thioesters without requiring an artificial chemical unit.
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- Yusuke Tsuda
- Institute of Health Bioscience, Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tokushima University Shomachi, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Health Bioscience, Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tokushima University Shomachi, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Health Bioscience, Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tokushima University Shomachi, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Health Bioscience, Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tokushima University Shomachi, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Health Bioscience, Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tokushima University Shomachi, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Health Bioscience, Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tokushima University Shomachi, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Health Bioscience, Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tokushima University Shomachi, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Health Bioscience, Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tokushima University Shomachi, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Health Bioscience, Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tokushima University Shomachi, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Health Bioscience, Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tokushima University Shomachi, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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Chen M, Heimer P, Imhof D. Synthetic strategies for polypeptides and proteins by chemical ligation. Amino Acids 2015; 47:1283-99. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-015-1982-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Manuel M. Müller
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University,
Frick Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University,
Frick Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Holt M, Muir T. Application of the protein semisynthesis strategy to the generation of modified chromatin. Annu Rev Biochem 2015; 84:265-90. [PMID: 25784050 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-060614-034429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Histone proteins are subject to a host of posttranslational modifications (PTMs) that modulate chromatin structure and function. Such control is achieved by the direct alteration of the intrinsic physical properties of the chromatin fiber or by regulating the recruitment and activity of a host of trans-acting nuclear factors. The sheer number of histone PTMs presents a formidable barrier to understanding the molecular mechanisms at the heart of epigenetic regulation of eukaryotic genomes. One aspect of this multifarious problem, namely how to access homogeneously modified chromatin for biochemical studies, is well suited to the sensibilities of the organic chemist. Indeed, recent years have witnessed a critical role for synthetic protein chemistry methods in generating the raw materials needed for studying how histone PTMs regulate chromatin biochemistry. This review focuses on what is arguably the most powerful, and widely employed, of these chemical strategies, namely histone semisynthesis via the chemical ligation of peptide fragments.
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- Matthew Holt
- Department of Chemistry, Frick Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544; ,
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Tailhades J, Patil NA, Hossain MA, Wade JD. Intramolecular acyl transfer in peptide and protein ligation and synthesis. J Pept Sci 2015; 21:139-47. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Revised: 12/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Julien Tailhades
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health; University of Melbourne; Victoria 3010 Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health; University of Melbourne; Victoria 3010 Australia
- School of Chemistry; University of Melbourne; Victoria 3010 Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health; University of Melbourne; Victoria 3010 Australia
- School of Chemistry; University of Melbourne; Victoria 3010 Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health; University of Melbourne; Victoria 3010 Australia
- School of Chemistry; University of Melbourne; Victoria 3010 Australia
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Zuo C, Tang S, Zheng JS. Chemical synthesis and biophysical applications of membrane proteins. J Pept Sci 2014; 21:540-9. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 10/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Chao Zuo
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei 230031 China
- Department of Chemistry; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei 230031 China
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Recent progress in the chemical synthesis of proteins. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2014; 26:16-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2014.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Facile synthesis of C-terminal peptide hydrazide and thioester of NY-ESO-1 (A39-A68) from an Fmoc-hydrazine 2-chlorotrityl chloride resin. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Zhang S, Qi C, Wang C. Decomposition of 2-Mercaptoethyl O-Ester: S N2 Displacement or Acyl Transfer? A Theoretical Study. CHINESE J CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201300874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Brust A, Schroeder CI, Alewood PF. High-Throughput Synthesis of Peptide α-Thioesters: A Safety Catch Linker Approach Enabling Parallel Hydrogen Fluoride Cleavage. ChemMedChem 2014; 9:1038-46. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201300524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Batjargal S, Huang Y, Wang YJ, Petersson EJ. Synthesis of thioester peptides for the incorporation of thioamides into proteins by native chemical ligation. J Pept Sci 2014; 20:87-91. [PMID: 24408658 PMCID: PMC4199922 DOI: 10.1002/psc.2589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Thioamides can be used as photoswitches, as reporters of local environment, as inhibitors of enzymes, and as fluorescence quenchers. We have recently demonstrated the incorporation of thioamides into polypeptides and proteins using native chemical ligation (NCL). In this protocol, we describe procedures for the synthesis of a thioamide precursor and an NCL-ready thioamide-containing peptide using Dawson's N-acyl-benzimidazolinone (Nbz) process. We include a description of the synthesis by NCL of a thioamide-labeled fragment of the neuronal protein α-synuclein.
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- Solongo Batjargal
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Verzele D, Madder A. Patchwork protein chemistry: a practitioner's treatise on the advances in synthetic peptide stitchery. Chembiochem 2014; 14:1032-48. [PMID: 23775826 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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With the study of peptides and proteins at the heart of many scientific endeavors, the omics era heralded a multitude of opportunities for chemists and biologists alike. Across the interface with life sciences, peptide chemistry plays an indispensable role, and progress made over the past decades now allows proteins to be treated as molecular patchworks stitched together through synthetic tailoring. The continuous elaboration of sophisticated strategies notwithstanding, Merrifield's solid-phase methodology remains a cornerstone of chemical protein design. Although the non-practitioner might misjudge peptide synthesis as trivial, routine, or dull given its long history, we comment here on its many advances, obstacles, and prospects from a practitioner's point of view. While sharing our perspectives through thematic highlights across the literature, this treatise provides an interpretive overview as a guide to novices, and a recap for specialists.
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- Dieter Verzele
- Organic and Biomimetic Chemistry Research Group, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 (S4), 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Liu F, Mayer JP. Protein Chemical Synthesis in Drug Discovery. PROTEIN LIGATION AND TOTAL SYNTHESIS I 2014; 362:183-228. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2014_598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Burlina F, Papageorgiou G, Morris C, White PD, Offer J. Insitu thioester formation for protein ligation using α-methylcysteine. Chem Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc52140k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Chemical synthesis of proteins using N-sulfanylethylanilide peptides, based on N-S acyl transfer chemistry. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2014; 363:33-56. [PMID: 25467538 DOI: 10.1007/128_2014_586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Native chemical ligation (NCL), which features the use of peptide thioesters, is among the most reliable ligation protocols in chemical protein synthesis. Thioesters have conventionally been synthesized using tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc)-based solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS); however, the increasing use of 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) SPPS requires an efficient preparative protocol for thioesters which is fully compatible with Fmoc chemistry. We have addressed this issue by mimicking the naturally occurring thioester-forming step seen in intein-mediated protein splicing of the intein-extein system, using an appropriate chemical device to induce N-S acyl transfer reaction, avoiding the problems associated with Fmoc strategies. We have developed N-sulfanylethylanilide (SEAlide) peptides, which can be synthesized by standard Fmoc SPPS and converted to the corresponding thioesters through treatment under acidic conditions. Extensive examination of SEAlide peptides showed that the amide-type SEAlide peptides can be directly and efficiently involved in NCL via thioester species in the presence of phosphate salts, even under neutral conditions. The presence or absence of phosphate salts provided kinetically controllable chemoselectivity in NCL for SEAlide peptides. This allowed SEAlide peptides to be used in both one-pot/N-to-C-directed sequential NCL under kinetically controlled conditions, and the convergent coupling of large peptide fragments, which facilitated the chemical synthesis of proteins over about 100 residues. The use of SEAlide peptides, enabling sequential NCL operated under kinetically controlled conditions, and the convergent coupling, were used for the total chemical synthesis of a 162-residue monoglycosylated GM2-activator protein (GM2AP) analog.
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Guan X, Chaffey PK, Zeng C, Tan Z. New Methods for Chemical Protein Synthesis. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2014; 363:155-92. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2014_599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Kawakami T. Peptide Thioester Formation via an Intramolecular N to S Acyl Shift for Peptide Ligation. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2014; 362:107-35. [PMID: 25370522 DOI: 10.1007/128_2014_575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In chemical protein synthesis, peptide building blocks are prepared by solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS), and then connected by chemical ligation methods. The peptide thioester is one of key building blocks used in chemical protein synthesis, and improvements in the Fmoc SPPS procedure for preparing such thioesters would be highly desirable. In this review we focus on a method for peptide thioester synthesis based on the use of an intramolecular N to S acyl shift reaction as a key reaction. Amide and thioester forms at the thiol-containing residue are in equilibrium as a result of a reversible intramolecular acyl shift, which is detectable by 13C NMR. The amide form is favored under neutral conditions, while the thioester predominates under acidic conditions. Thiol auxiliaries can be employed to facilitate the formation of a thioester from an amide via an intramolecular N-S acyl shift, and the peptide thioester is formed after intermolecular transthioesterification in the presence of excess amounts of thiols. Even under neutral conditions, thiol auxiliary-containing peptides can be ligated with a cysteinyl peptide via an intramolecular N-S acyl shift, followed by native chemical ligation (NCL) in a one-pot reaction. These procedures can be applied to the chemical synthesis of proteins which are post-translationally modified.
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- Toru Kawakami
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan,
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