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Byerly-Duke J, Donovan A, O'Brien EA, Sharma KK, Ibrahim R, Stanley LM, VanVeller B. Complementary Strategies for Installation of Thioimidates into Peptide Backbones. J Org Chem 2024. [PMID: 39364858 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2024]
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Thioimidates are a precursor and synthetic branch point to access either thioamide or amidine isosteres of the native amide (peptide bond). Previous syntheses of thioimidate-containing peptides were prone to side reactivity and required slow, cumbersome steps that were difficult to monitor. We describe a more efficient approach to directly couple thioimidates onto the growing peptide chain. This work also outlines optimal conditions for thioimidate formation on solid support and identifies potential off-target sites for alkylation that impact the choice of protecting group.
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- Jacob Byerly-Duke
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Liu S, Tang Y, Chen S, Li X, Liu H. Total Syntheses of Streptamidine and Klebsazolicin Using Biomimetic On-Resin Ring-Closing Amidine Formation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202407952. [PMID: 38923770 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202407952] [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: 04/26/2024] [Revised: 06/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Diketopiperazine (DKP) derived cyclic amidine structures widely exist in peptide natural products according to the genome mining result. The largely unknown bioactivity and mode of action are partially caused by the poor availability of the compounds via microbiological and chemical approaches. To tackle this challenge, in this work, we have developed the on-resin ring-closing amidine formation strategy to synthesize peptides containing N-terminal DKP derived cyclic amidine structure, in which the 6-exo-trig cyclization mediated by HgCl2 activation of thioamides was the key step. Leveraging from this new strategy, we finished the total syntheses of streptamidine and klebsazolicin. Meanwhile, eleven klebsazolicin analogues were synthesized for its structure-activity relationship study.
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- Shunhe Liu
- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, State Key Lab of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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Bhatt MR, Zondlo NJ. Electronic Control of Polyproline II Helix Stability via the Identity of Acyl Capping Groups: the Pivaloyl Group Particularly Promotes PPII. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202401454. [PMID: 38661017 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2024] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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The type II polyproline helix (PPII) is a fundamental secondary structure of proteins, important in globular proteins, in intrinsically disordered proteins, and at protein-protein interfaces. PPII is stabilized in part by n→π* interactions between consecutive carbonyls, via electron delocalization between an electron-donor carbonyl lone pair (n) and an electron-acceptor carbonyl (π*) on the subsequent residue. We previously demonstrated that changes to the electronic properties of the acyl donor can predictably modulate the strength of n→π* interactions, with data from model compounds, in solution in chloroform, in the solid state, and computationally. Herein, we examined whether the electronic properties of acyl capping groups could modulate the stability of PPII in peptides in water. In X-PPGY-NH2 peptides (X=10 acyl capping groups), the effect of acyl group identity on PPII was quantified by circular dichroism and NMR spectroscopy. Electron-rich acyl groups promoted PPII relative to the standard acetyl (Ac-) group, with the pivaloyl and iso-butyryl groups most significantly increasing PPII. In contrast, acyl derivatives with electron-withdrawing substituents and the formyl group relatively disfavored PPII. Similar results, though lesser in magnitude, were also observed in X-APPGY-NH2 peptides, indicating that the capping group can impact PPII conformation at both proline and non-proline residues. The pivaloyl group was particularly favorable in promoting PPII. The effects of acyl capping groups were further analyzed in X-DfpPGY-NH2 and X-ADfpPGY-NH2 peptides, Dfp=4,4-difluoroproline. Data on these peptides indicated that acyl groups induced order Piv- > Ac- > For-. These results suggest that greater consideration should be given to the identity of acyl capping groups in inducing structure in peptides.
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- Megh R Bhatt
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, United States
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Angera IJ, Wright MM, Del Valle JR. Beyond N-Alkylation: Synthesis, Structure, and Function of N-Amino Peptides. Acc Chem Res 2024; 57:1287-1297. [PMID: 38626119 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2024]
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The growing list of physiologically important protein-protein interactions (PPIs) has amplified the need for compounds to target topologically complex biomolecular surfaces. In contrast to small molecules, peptide and protein mimics can exhibit three-dimensional shape complementarity across a large area and thus have the potential to significantly expand the "druggable" proteome. Strategies to stabilize canonical protein secondary structures without sacrificing side-chain content are particularly useful in the design of peptide-based chemical probes and therapeutics.Substitution of the backbone amide in peptides represents a subtle chemical modification with profound effects on conformation and stability. Studies focused on N-alkylation have already led to broad-ranging applications in peptidomimetic design. Inspired by nonribosomal peptide natural products harboring amide N-oxidations, we envisioned that main-chain hydrazide and hydroxamate bonds would impose distinct conformational preferences and offer unique opportunities for backbone diversification. This Account describes our exploration of peptide N-amination as a strategy for stabilizing canonical protein folds and for the structure-based design of soluble amyloid mimics.We developed a general synthetic protocol to access N-amino peptides (NAPs) on solid support. In an effort to stabilize β-strand conformation, we designed stitched peptidomimetics featuring covalent tethering of the backbone N-amino substituent to the preceding residue side chain. Using a combination of NMR, X-ray crystallography, and molecular dynamics simulations, we discovered that backbone N-amination alone could significantly stabilize β-hairpin conformation in multiple models of folding. Our studies revealed that the amide NH2 substituent in NAPs participates in cooperative noncovalent interactions that promote β-sheet secondary structure. In contrast to Cα-substituted α-hydrazino acids, we found that N-aminoglycine and its N'-alkylated derivatives instead stabilize polyproline II (PPII) conformation. The reactivity of hydrazides also allows for late-stage peptide macrocyclization, affording novel covalent surrogates of side-chain-backbone H-bonds.The pronounced β-sheet propensity of Cα-substituted α-hydrazino acids prompted us to target amyloidogenic proteins using NAP-based β-strand mimics. Backbone N-amination was found to render aggregation-prone lead sequences soluble and resistant to proteolysis. Inhibitors of Aβ and tau identified through N-amino scanning blocked protein aggregation and the formation of mature fibrils in vitro. We further identified NAP-based single-strand and cross-β tau mimics capable of inhibiting the prion-like cellular seeding activity of recombinant and patient-derived tau fibrils.Our studies establish backbone N-amination as a valuable addition to the peptido- and proteomimetic tool kit. α-Hydrazino acids show particular promise as minimalist β-strand mimics that retain side-chain information. Late-stage derivatization of hydrazides also provides facile entry into libraries of backbone-edited peptides. We anticipate that NAPs will thus find applications in the development of optimally constrained folds and modulators of PPIs.
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- Isaac J Angera
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Byerly-Duke J, O'Brien EA, Wall BJ, VanVeller B. Thioimidates provide general access to thioamide, amidine, and imidazolone peptide-bond isosteres. Methods Enzymol 2024; 698:27-55. [PMID: 38886036 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2024.04.012] [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] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Thioamides, amidines, and heterocycles are three classes of modifications that can act as peptide-bond isosteres to alter the peptide backbone. Thioimidate protecting groups can address many of the problematic synthetic issues surrounding installation of these groups. Historically, amidines have received little attention in peptides due to limitations in methods to access them. The first robust and general procedure for the introduction of amidines into peptide backbones exploits the utility of thioimidate protecting groups as a means to side-step reactivity that ultimately renders existing methods unsuitable for the installation of amidines along the main-chain of peptides. Further, amidines formed on-resin can be reacted to form (4H)-imidazolone heteorcycles which have recently been shown to act as cis-amide isosteres. General methods for heterocyclic installation capable of geometrically restricting peptide conformation are also under-developed. This work is significant because it describes a generally applicable and divergent approach to access unexplored peptide designs and architectures.
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- Jacob Byerly-Duke
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.
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Heath SL, Guseman AJ, Gronenborn AM, Horne WS. Probing effects of site-specific aspartic acid isomerization on structure and stability of GB1 through chemical protein synthesis. Protein Sci 2024; 33:e4883. [PMID: 38143426 PMCID: PMC10868458 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4883] [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: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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Chemical modifications of long-lived proteins, such as isomerization and epimerization, have been evoked as prime triggers for protein-damage related diseases. Deamidation of Asn residues, which results in formation of a mixture of l- and d-Asp and isoAsp via an intermediate aspartyl succinimide, can result in the disruption of cellular proteostasis and toxic protein depositions. In contrast to extensive data on the biological prevalence and functional implications of aspartyl succinimide formation, much less is known about the impact of the resulting altered backbone composition on properties of individual proteins at a molecular level. Here, we report the total chemical synthesis, biophysical characterization, and NMR structural analysis of a series of variants of the B1 domain of protein G from Streptococcal bacteria (GB1) in which all possible Asp isomers as well as an aspartyl succinimide were individually incorporated at a defined position in a solvent-exposed loop. Subtle local structural effects were observed; however, these were accompanied by notable differences in thermodynamic folded stability. Surprisingly, the noncanonical backbone connectivity of d-isoAsp led to a variant that exhibited enhanced stability relative to the natural protein.
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- Shelby L. Heath
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Structural BiologyUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
- Department of Structural BiologyUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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Byerly-Duke J, VanVeller B. Thioimidate Solutions to Thioamide Problems during Thionopeptide Deprotection. Org Lett 2024; 26:1452-1457. [PMID: 38341867 PMCID: PMC11031844 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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Thioamides have structural and chemical similarity to peptide bonds, offering valuable insights when probing peptide backbone interactions, but are prone to side reactions during solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). Thioimidates have been demonstrated to be effective protecting groups for thioamides during peptide elongation. We further demonstrate how thioimidates can assist thioamides through the most yield-crippling step of thionopeptide deprotection, allowing for the first isolation of an important benchmark α-helical peptide that had previously eluded synthesis and isolation.
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- Jacob Byerly-Duke
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Gibadullin R, Morris RK, Niu J, Sidney J, Sette A, Gellman SH. Thioamide Analogues of MHC I Antigen Peptides. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:25559-25569. [PMID: 37968794 PMCID: PMC10782604 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Short, synthetic peptides that are displayed by major histocompatibility complex I (MHC I) can stimulate CD8 T cells in vivo to destroy virus-infected or cancer cells. The development of such peptides as vaccines that provide protective immunity, however, is limited by rapid proteolytic degradation. Introduction of unnatural amino acid residues can suppress MHC I antigen proteolysis, but the modified peptides typically display lower affinity for MHC I and/or diminished ability to activate CD8 T cells relative to native antigen. Here, we report a new strategy for modifying MHC I antigens to enhance resistance to proteolysis while preserving MHC I affinity and T cell activation properties. This approach, replacing backbone amide groups with thioamides, was evaluated in two well-characterized antigens presented by HLA-A2, a common human MHC I. For each antigen, singly modified thioamide analogues retained affinity for HLA-A2 and activated T cells specific for the native antigen, as measured via interferon-γ secretion. In each system, we identified a highly potent triply substituted thioamide antigen ("thio-antigen") that displayed substantial resistance to proteolytic cleavage. Collectively, our results suggest that thio-antigens may represent a general and readily accessible source of potent vaccine candidates that resist degradation.
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- Ruslan Gibadullin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- Present address: Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Skowron KJ, Baliga C, Johnson T, Kremiller KM, Castroverde A, Dean TT, Allen AC, Lopez-Hernandez AM, Aleksandrova EV, Klepacki D, Mankin AS, Polikanov YS, Moore TW. Structure-Activity Relationships of the Antimicrobial Peptide Natural Product Apidaecin. J Med Chem 2023; 66:11831-11842. [PMID: 37603874 PMCID: PMC10768847 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
Abstract
With the growing crisis of antimicrobial resistance, it is critical to continue to seek out new sources of novel antibiotics. This need has led to renewed interest in natural product antimicrobials, specifically antimicrobial peptides. Nonlytic antimicrobial peptides are highly promising due to their unique mechanisms of action. One such peptide is apidaecin (Api), which inhibits translation termination through stabilization of the quaternary complex of the ribosome-apidaecin-tRNA-release factor. Synthetic derivatives of apidaecin have been developed, but structure-guided modifications have yet to be considered. In this work, we have focused on modifying key residues in the Api sequence that are responsible for the interactions that stabilize the quaternary complex. We present one of the first examples of a highly modified Api peptide that maintains its antimicrobial activity and interaction with the translation complex. These findings establish a starting point for further structure-guided optimization of Api peptides.
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- Kornelia J Skowron
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
- Center for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
- Center for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
- University of Illinois Cancer Center, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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Zhu X, Wan K, Zhang J, Zhao H, He Y, Ma Y, Yang X, Szostak M. Esterification of Thioamides via Selective N-C(S) Cleavage under Mild Conditions. Org Lett 2023; 25:6149-6154. [PMID: 37578346 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c02238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Herein, we report an exceedingly mild method for the direct, transition-metal-free esterification of thioamides through the selective generation of tetrahedral intermediates. The method represents the first transition-metal-free approach to the thioamide to thionoester transformation in organic synthesis. This reactivity has been accomplished through N,N-Boc2-thioamides that engage in ground-state destabilization of the nN → π*C═S conjugation. The ground-state destabilization of "single-atom" bioisosteric thioamides will expand the arsenal of valuable amide bond functionalization reactions.
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- Xinhao Zhu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalytic Materials and Technology, Kaili Catalyst & New Materials Company, Ltf., Xi'an 710299, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, 73 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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Travis CR, Francis DY, Williams DC, Waters ML. Evaluation of acyllysine isostere interactions with the aromatic pocket of the AF9 YEATS domain. Protein Sci 2023; 32:e4533. [PMID: 36482045 PMCID: PMC9793969 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Amide-π interactions, in which an amide interacts with an aromatic group, are ubiquitous in biology, yet remain understudied relative to other noncovalent interactions. Recently, we demonstrated that an electrostatically tunable amide-π interaction is key to recognition of histone acyllysine by the AF9 YEATS domain, a reader protein which has emerged as a therapeutic target due to its dysregulation in cancer. Amide isosteres are commonly employed in drug discovery, often to prevent degradation by proteases, and have proven valuable in achieving selectivity when targeting epigenetic proteins. However, like amide-π interactions, interactions of amide isosteres with aromatic rings have not been thoroughly studied despite widespread use. Herein, we evaluate the recognition of a series of amide isosteres by the AF9 YEATS domain using genetic code expansion to evaluate the amide isostere-π interaction. We show that compared to the amide-π interaction with the native ligand, each isostere exhibits similar electrostatic tunability with an aromatic residue in the binding pocket, demonstrating that the isosteres maintain similar interactions with the aromatic residue. We identify a urea-containing ligand that binds with enhanced affinity for the AF9 YEATS domain, offering a promising starting point for inhibitor development. Furthermore, we demonstrate that carbamate and urea isosteres of crotonyllysine are resistant to enzymatic removal by SIRT1, a protein that cleaves acyl post-translational modifications, further indicating the potential of amide isosteres in YEATS domain inhibitor development. These results also provide experimental precedent for interactions of these common drug discovery moieties with aromatic rings that can inform computational methods.
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- Christopher R. Travis
- Department of Chemistry, CB 3290University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Department of Chemistry, CB 3290University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, CB 7525University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth CarolinaUSA
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Department of Chemistry, CB 3290University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth CarolinaUSA
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Jena S, Routray C, Dutta J, Biswal HS. Hydrogen Bonding Directed Reversal of
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C NMR Chemical Shielding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202207521. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Subhrakant Jena
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur Via-Jatni, District-Khurda PIN - 752050 Bhubaneswar India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex Anushakti Nagar Mumbai 400094 India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur Via-Jatni, District-Khurda PIN - 752050 Bhubaneswar India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex Anushakti Nagar Mumbai 400094 India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur Via-Jatni, District-Khurda PIN - 752050 Bhubaneswar India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex Anushakti Nagar Mumbai 400094 India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur Via-Jatni, District-Khurda PIN - 752050 Bhubaneswar India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex Anushakti Nagar Mumbai 400094 India
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Jena S, Routray C, Dutta J, Biswal HS. Hydrogen‐Bonding Directed Reversal of 13C NMR Chemical Shielding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202207521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Subhrakant Jena
- National Institute of Science Education and Research School of Chemical Sciences INDIA
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research School of Chemical Sciences INDIA
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research School of Chemical Sciences INDIA
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research School of Chemical Sciences Jatani 752050 Bhubaneswar INDIA
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Fiore KE, Patist MJ, Giannakoulias S, Huang CH, Verma H, Khatri B, Cheng RP, Chatterjee J, Petersson EJ. Structural impact of thioamide incorporation into a β-hairpin. RSC Chem Biol 2022; 3:582-591. [PMID: 35656485 PMCID: PMC9092430 DOI: 10.1039/d1cb00229e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The thioamide is a naturally-occurring single atom substitution of the canonical amide bond. The exchange of oxygen to sulfur alters the amide's physical and chemical characteristics, thereby expanding its functionality. Incorporation of thioamides in prevalent secondary structures has demonstrated that they can either have stabilizing, destabilizing, or neutral effects. We performed a systematic investigation of the structural impact of thioamide incorporation in a β-hairpin scaffold with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Thioamides as hydrogen bond donors did not increase the foldedness of the more stable "YKL" variant of this scaffold. In the less stable "HPT" variant of the scaffold, the thioamide could be stabilizing as a hydrogen bond donor and destabilizing as a hydrogen bond acceptor, but the extent of the perturbation depended upon the position of incorporation. To better understand these effects we performed structural modelling of the macrocyclic folded HPT variants. Finally, we compare the thioamide effects that we observe to previous studies of both side-chain and backbone perturbations to this β-hairpin scaffold to provide context for our observations.
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- Kristen E Fiore
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th Street Philadelphia 19104 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th Street Philadelphia 19104 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th Street Philadelphia 19104 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 India
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th Street Philadelphia 19104 USA
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Li G, Xing Y, Zhao H, Zhang J, Hong X, Szostak M. Chemoselective Transamidation of Thioamides by Transition-Metal-Free N-C(S) Transacylation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202200144. [PMID: 35122374 PMCID: PMC8983593 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Thioamides represent highly valuable isosteric in the strictest sense "single-atom substitution" analogues of amides that have found broad applications in chemistry and biology. A long-standing challenge is the direct transamidation of thioamides, a process which would convert one thioamide bond (R-C(S)-NR1 R2 ) into another (R-C(S)-NR3 N4 ). Herein, we report the first general method for the direct transamidation of thioamides by highly chemoselective N-C(S) transacylation. The method relies on site-selective N-tert-butoxycarbonyl activation of 2° and 1° thioamides, resulting in ground-state-destabilization of thioamides, thus enabling to rationally manipulate nucleophilic addition to the thioamide bond. This method showcases a remarkably broad scope including late-stage functionalization (>100 examples). We further present extensive DFT studies that provide insight into the chemoselectivity and provide guidelines for the development of transamidation methods of the thioamide bond.
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- Guangchen Li
- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, 73 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.,Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street NO. 2, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, 73 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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Li G, Xing Y, Zhao H, Zhang J, Hong X, Szostak M. Chemoselective Transamidation of Thioamides by Transition‐Metal‐Free N–C(S) Transacylation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202200144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Guangchen Li
- Rutgers University: Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Chemistry UNITED STATES
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- Shaanxi University of Science and Technology Xi\'an Campus: Shaanxi University of Science and Technology Chemistry CHINA
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- Shaanxi University of Science and Technology Chemistry CHINA
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- Zhejiang University Department of Chemistry CHINA
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- Rutgers University Department of Chemistry 73 Warren St. 07102 Newark UNITED STATES
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Zhang X, Yang J, Zhao J. Ynamide-Mediated Synthetic Approach to Thioamide-Substituted Peptides. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2530:69-80. [PMID: 35761043 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2489-0_6] [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] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
A novel synthetic approach to thioamide-substituted peptides is reported. It provides a practical tool for the chemical biology study of peptides and proteins by replacing a carbonyl oxygen atom of an amide bond by an sp2-hybridized sulfur atom to precisely introduce a thioamide bond Ψ[CS-NH] into a peptide backbone. The α-thioacyloxyenamide intermediates, originating from ynamide coupling reagent and proteinogenic amino monothioacids, are proved to be novel effective thioacylating reagents in both the solution and solid phase peptide syntheses. Herein, we describe the detailed synthesis protocol for site-specifically incorporating a thioamide bond at 19 of 20 proteinogenic amino acid residues (except for His) of a peptide backbone in a racemization/epimerization-free manner.
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- Xue Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Lampkin BJ, VanVeller B. Hydrogen Bond and Geometry Effects of Thioamide Backbone Modifications. J Org Chem 2021; 86:18287-18291. [PMID: 34851645 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Thioamide substitution of backbone peptide bonds can probe interactions along the main chain of proteins. Despite theoretical predictions of the enhanced hydrogen bonding propensities of thioamides, previous studies often do not consider the geometric constraints imposed by folded peptide secondary structure. This work addresses drawbacks in previous studies that ignored the geometry dependence and local dielectric properties of thioamide hydrogen bonding and identifies cases where thioamides may be either stronger or weaker hydrogen-bonding partners than amides.
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- Bryan J Lampkin
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Khatri B, Raghunathan S, Chakraborti S, Rahisuddin R, Kumaran S, Tadala R, Wagh P, Priyakumar UD, Chatterjee J. Desolvation of Peptide Bond by O to S Substitution Impacts Protein Stability. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:24870-24874. [PMID: 34519402 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202110978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Amino acid side chains are key to fine-tuning the microenvironment polarity in proteins composed of polar amide bonds. Here, we report that substituting an oxygen atom of the backbone amide bond with sulfur atom desolvates the thioamide bond, thereby increasing its lipophilicity. The impact of such local desolvation by O to S substitution in proteins was tested by synthesizing thioamidated variants of Pin1 WW domain. We observe that a thioamide acts in synergy with nonpolar amino acid side chains to reduce the microenvironment polarity and increase protein stability by more than 14 °C. Through favorable van der Waals and hydrogen bonding interactions, this single atom substitution significantly stabilizes proteins without altering the amino acid sequence and structure of the native protein.
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- Bhavesh Khatri
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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- Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, 500032, India.,Present Address: École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, 500043, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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- CSIR- Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 1, 60036, India
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- CSIR- Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 1, 60036, India
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- Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, 500032, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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Khatri B, Raghunathan S, Chakraborti S, Rahisuddin R, Kumaran S, Tadala R, Wagh P, Priyakumar UD, Chatterjee J. Desolvation of Peptide Bond by O to S Substitution Impacts Protein Stability. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202110978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Bhavesh Khatri
- Molecular Biophysics Unit Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 India
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- Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad 500032 India
- Present Address: École Centrale School of Engineering Mahindra University Hyderabad 500043 India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 India
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- CSIR- Institute of Microbial Technology Chandigarh 1 60036 India
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- CSIR- Institute of Microbial Technology Chandigarh 1 60036 India
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- Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad 500032 India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 India
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Spekowius J, Pfister R, Helbing J. Folding and Unfolding of the Tryptophan Zipper in the Presence of Two Thioamide Substitutions. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:7662-7670. [PMID: 34232040 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c03327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We studied the stability and folding and unfolding kinetics of the tryptophan zipper, containing different double thioamide subsitutions. Conformation change was triggered by photoisomerization of an integrated AMPP photoswitch in the turn region of the hairpin, and transient spectra were recorded in the deep UV and the mid-IR, covering the time window of the (un)folding transition from picoseconds to tens of microseconds. Thio-substitution of inward-pointing backbone carbonyls was found to strongly destabilize the β-hairpin structures, whereas molecules with two outward pointing thio-carbonyls showed similar or enhanced stability with respect to the unsubstituted sequence, which we attribute to stronger interstrand hydrogen bonding. Thiolation of the two Trp residues closest to the turn can even prevent the opening of the hairpin after cis-trans isomerization of the switch. The circular dichroism due to the two thioamide ππ* transitions is spectrally well-separated from the aromatic tryptophan signal. It changes upon photoswitching, reflecting a local change in coupling and geometry.
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- Jasmin Spekowius
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Khatri B, Raj N, Chatterjee J. Opportunities and challenges in the synthesis of thioamidated peptides. Methods Enzymol 2021; 656:27-57. [PMID: 34325789 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2021.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Chemical modifications of peptides hold great promise for modulating their pharmacological properties. In the last few decades amide to thioamide substitution has been widely explored to modulate the conformation, non-covalent interactions, and proteolytic stability of peptides. Despite widespread utilization, there are some potential limitations including epimerization and degradation under basic and acidic conditions, respectively. In this chapter, we present the synthetic method to build thio-precursors, their site-specific incorporation onto a growing peptide chain, and troubleshooting during the elongation of thioamidated peptides. This highly efficient, rapid, and robust method can be used for positional scanning of the thioamide bond.
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- Bhavesh Khatri
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
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Fiore KE, Phan HAT, Robkis DM, Walters CR, Petersson EJ. Incorporating thioamides into proteins by native chemical ligation. Methods Enzymol 2021; 656:295-339. [PMID: 34325791 PMCID: PMC8617429 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2021.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The thioamide is a versatile replacement of the peptide backbone with altered hydrogen bonding and conformational preferences, as well the ability participate in energy and electron transfer processes. Semi-synthetic incorporation of a thioamide into a protein can be used to study protein folding or protein/protein interactions using these properties. Semi-synthesis also provides the opportunity to study the role of thioamides in natural proteins. Here we outline the semi-synthesis of a model protein, the B1 domain of protein G (GB1) with a thioamide at the N-terminus or the C-terminus. The thioamide is synthetically incorporated into a fragment by solid-phase peptide synthesis, whereas the remainder of the protein is recombinantly expressed. Then, the two fragments are joined by native chemical ligation. The explicit protocol for GB1 synthesis is accompanied by examples of applications with GB1 and other proteins in structural biology and protein misfolding studies.
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- Kristen E Fiore
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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Santhouse JR, Rao SR, Horne WS. Analysis of folded structure and folding thermodynamics in heterogeneous-backbone proteomimetics. Methods Enzymol 2021; 656:93-122. [PMID: 34325801 PMCID: PMC8392274 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2021.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Recent years have seen a growing number of examples of designed oligomeric molecules with artificial backbone connectivity that are capable of adopting complex folded tertiary structures analogous to those seen in natural proteins. A range of experimental techniques from structural biology and biophysics have been brought to bear in the study of these proteomimetic agents. Here, we discuss some considerations encountered in the characterization of high-resolution folded structure as well as folding thermodynamics of protein-like artificial backbones. We provide an overview of the use of X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy in such systems and review example applications of these methods in the primary literature. Further, we provide detailed protocols for two experiments that have proved useful in our prior and ongoing efforts to compare folding thermodynamics between natural protein domains and heterogeneous-backbone counterparts.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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Jena S, Tulsiyan KD, Kar RK, Kisan HK, Biswal HS. Doubling Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Efficiency in Proteins with Extrinsic Thioamide Probes: Implications for Thiomodified Nucleobases. Chemistry 2021; 27:4373-4383. [PMID: 33210381 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Designing a potential protein-ligand pair is pivotal, not only to track the protein structure dynamics, but also to assist in an atomistic understanding of drug delivery. Herein, the potential of a small model thioamide probe being used to study albumin proteins is reported. By monitoring the Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) dynamics with the help of fluorescence spectroscopic techniques, a twofold enhancement in the FRET efficiency of 2-thiopyridone (2TPY), relative to that of its amide analogue, is observed. Molecular dynamics simulations depict the relative position of the free energy minimum to be quite stable in the case of 2TPY through noncovalent interactions with sulfur, which help to enhance the FRET efficiency. Finally, its application is shown by pairing thiouracils with protein. It is found that the site-selective sulfur atom substitution approach and noncovalent interactions with sulfur can substantially enhance the FRET efficiency, which could be a potential avenue to explore in the design of FRET probes to study the structure and dynamics of biomolecules.
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- Subhrakant Jena
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur, Jatni, Khurda, Bhubaneswar, 752050, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur, Jatni, Khurda, Bhubaneswar, 752050, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel.,Department of Chemistry, Utkal University, 751004, Bhubaneswar, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur, Jatni, Khurda, Bhubaneswar, 752050, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India
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Robkis DM, Hoang EM, Po P, Deutsch CJ, Petersson EJ. Side-chain thioamides as fluorescence quenching probes. Biopolymers 2021; 112:e23384. [PMID: 32740927 PMCID: PMC7744324 DOI: 10.1002/bip.23384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Thioamides, single atom oxygen-to-sulfur substitutions of canonical amide bonds, can be valuable probes for protein folding and protease studies. Here, we investigate the fluorescence quenching properties of thioamides incorporated into the side-chains of amino acids. We synthesize and incorporate Fmoc-protected, solid-phase peptide synthesis building blocks for introducing Nε -thioacetyl-lysine and γ-thioasparagine. Using rigid model peptides, we demonstrate the distance-dependent fluorescence quenching of these thioamides. Furthermore, we describe attempts to incorporate of Nε -thioacetyl-lysine into proteins expressed in Escherichia coli using amber codon suppression.
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- D Miklos Robkis
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Zhang J, Liu Z, Yin Z, Yang X, Ma Y, Szostak R, Szostak M. Preference of cis-Thioamide Structure in N-Thioacyl-N-methylanilines. Org Lett 2020; 22:9500-9505. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c03512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jin Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Wroclaw University, F. Joliot-Curie 14, Wroclaw 50-383, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, 73 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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Yang P, Wang X, Ma Y, Sun Y, Zhang L, Yue J, Fu K, Zhou JS, Tang B. Nickel-catalyzed C-alkylation of thioamide, amides and esters by primary alcohols through a hydrogen autotransfer strategy. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:14083-14086. [PMID: 33107876 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc06468h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A simple catalyst of Ni(OAc)2 and P(t-Bu)3 enables selective C-alkylation of thioacetamides and primary acetamides with alcohols for the first time. Monoalkylation of thioamides, amides and t-butyl esters occurs in excellent yields (>95%). Mechanistic studies reveal that the reaction proceeds via a hydrogen autotransfer pathway.
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- Peng Yang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Room F312, 2199 Lishui Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.
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Jena S, Tulsiyan KD, Rana A, Choudhury SS, Biswal HS. Non-conventional Hydrogen Bonding and Aromaticity: A Systematic Study on Model Nucleobases and Their Solvated Clusters. Chemphyschem 2020; 21:1826-1835. [PMID: 32506748 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The conceptual development of aromaticity is essential to rationalize and understand the structure and behavior of aromatic heterocycles. This work addresses for the first time, the interconnection between aromaticity and sulfur/selenium centered hydrogen bonds (S/SeCHBs) involved in representative heterocycle models of canonical nucleobases (2-Pyridone; 2PY) and its sulfur (2-Thiopyridone; 2TPY) and selenium (2-Selenopyridone; 2SePY) analogs. The nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) and gauge induced magnetic current density (GIMIC) values suggested significant reduction of aromaticity upon replacement of exocyclic carbonyl oxygen with sulfur and selenium. However, we observed two-fold (57 %) and three-fold (80 %) enhancement in the aromaticity for 2TPY dimer, and 2SePY dimer, respectively which are connected through S/SeCHBs. Aromaticity enhancement was also noticed in 1 : 1 H-bonded complexes (heterodimers), micro hydrated clusters and for bulk hydration. It is expected that exocyclic S and Se incorporation into heterocycles without compromising aromatic loss would definitely reinforce to design new supramolecular building blocks via S/SeCH-bonded complexes.
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- Subhrakant Jena
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District-Khurda, PIN-752050, Bhubaneswar, INDIA.,Homi Bhaba National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, INDIA
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District-Khurda, PIN-752050, Bhubaneswar, INDIA.,Homi Bhaba National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, INDIA
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District-Khurda, PIN-752050, Bhubaneswar, INDIA.,Homi Bhaba National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, INDIA
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District-Khurda, PIN-752050, Bhubaneswar, INDIA.,Homi Bhaba National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, INDIA
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District-Khurda, PIN-752050, Bhubaneswar, INDIA.,Homi Bhaba National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, INDIA
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Chand A, Sahoo DK, Rana A, Jena S, Biswal HS. The Prodigious Hydrogen Bonds with Sulfur and Selenium in Molecular Assemblies, Structural Biology, and Functional Materials. Acc Chem Res 2020; 53:1580-1592. [PMID: 32677432 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) play important roles in imparting functionality to the basic molecules of life by stabilizing their structures and directing their interactions. Numerous studies have been devoted to understanding H-bonds involving highly electronegative atoms like nitrogen, oxygen, and halogens and consequences of those H-bonds in chemical reactions, catalysis, and structure and function of biomolecules; but the involvement of less electronegative atoms like sulfur and selenium in H-bond formation establishes the concept of noncanonical H-bonds. Initially belittled for the "weak" nature of their interactions, these perceptions have gradually evolved over time through dedicated efforts by several research groups. This has been facilitated by advancements in experimental methods for their detection through gas-phase laser spectroscopy and solution NMR spectroscopy, as well as through theoretical predictions from high level quantum chemical calculations.In this Account, we present insights into the versatility of the sulfur and selenium centered H-bonds (S/SeCHBs) by highlighting their multifarious applications in various fields from chemical reactions to optoelectronic properties to structural biology. Our group has highlighted the significance and strength of such H-bonds in natural and modified biomolecules. Here, we have reviewed several molecular assemblies, biomolecules, and functional materials, where the role of these H-bonds is pivotal in influencing biological functions. It is worth mentioning here that the precise experimental data obtained from gas-phase laser spectroscopy have contributed considerably to changing the existing perceptions toward S/SeCHBs. Thus, molecular beam experiments, though difficult to perform on smaller model thio- or seleno-substituted Molecules, etc. (amides, nucleobases, drug molecules), are inevitable to gather elementary knowledge and convincing concepts on S/SeCHBs that can be extended from a small four-atom sulfanyl dimer to a large 14 kDa iron-sulfur protein, ferredoxin. These H-bonds can also tailor a fascinating array of molecular frameworks and design supramolecular assemblies by inter- and intralinking of individual "molecular Lego-like" units.The discussion is indeed intriguing when it turns to the usage of S/SeCHBs in facile synthetic strategies like tuning regioselectivity in reactions, as well as invoking phenomena like dual phosphorescence and chemiluminescence. This is in addition to our investigations of the dispersive nature of the hydrogen bond between metal hydrides and sulfur or selenium as acceptor, which we anticipate would lead to progress in the areas of proton and hydride transfer, as well as force-field design. This Account demonstrates how ease of fabrication, enhanced efficiency, and alteration of physicochemical properties of several functional materials is facilitated owing to the presence of S/SeCHBs. Our efforts have been instrumental in the evaluation of various S/SeCHBs in flue gas capture, as well as design of organic energy harvesting materials, where dipole moment and polarizability have important roles to play. We hope this Account invokes newer perspectives with regard to how H-bonds with sulfur and selenium can be adequately adopted for crystal engineering, for more photo- and biophysical studies with different spectroscopic methods, and for developing next-generation field-effect transistors, batteries, superconductors, and organic thin-film transistors, among many other multifunctional materials for the future.
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- Apramita Chand
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District Khurda, 752050 Bhubaneswar, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School
Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District Khurda, 752050 Bhubaneswar, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School
Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District Khurda, 752050 Bhubaneswar, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School
Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District Khurda, 752050 Bhubaneswar, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School
Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District Khurda, 752050 Bhubaneswar, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School
Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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Athiyarath V, Sureshan KM. Designed Synthesis of a 1D Polymer in Twist-Stacked Topology via Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Polymerization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:15580-15585. [PMID: 32779302 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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To synthesize a fully organic 1D polymer in a novel twist-stacked topology, we designed a peptide monomer HC≡CCH2 -NH-Ile-Leu-N3 , which crystallizes with its molecules H-bonded along a six-fold screw axis. These H-bonded columns pack parallelly such that molecules arrange head-to-tail, forming linear non-covalent chains in planes perpendicular to the screw axis. The chains arrange parallelly to form molecular layers which twist-stack along the screw axis. Crystals of this monomer, on heating, undergo single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) topochemical azide-alkyne cycloaddition (TAAC) polymerization to yield an exclusively 1,4-triazole-linked polymer in a twist-stacked layered topology. This topologically defined polymer shows better mechanical strength and thermal stability than its unordered form, as evidenced by nanoindentation studies and thermogravimetric analysis, respectively. This work illustrates the scope of topochemical polymerizations for synthesizing polymers in pre-decided topologies.
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- Vignesh Athiyarath
- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695551, India
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695551, India
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Athiyarath V, Sureshan KM. Designed Synthesis of a 1D Polymer in Twist‐Stacked Topology via Single‐Crystal‐to‐Single‐Crystal Polymerization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Vignesh Athiyarath
- School of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 695551 India
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- School of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 695551 India
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The structure and properties of MFG-E8 and the In vitro assessment of its toxic effects on myoblast cells. Protein Expr Purif 2020; 178:105720. [PMID: 32771447 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2020.105720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Four high-molecular-weight protein fractions of milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) were isolated from bovine milk. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), MALDI-TOF/TOF™ and Liquid chromatography electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) were used to measure the molecular sizes of the MFGM. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and circular dichroism (CD) were performed to determine the conformations of the MFGM. The results showed that the main protein (98.33%) in MFGM protein fraction 2 was Milk fat globule epidermal growth factor-VIII (MFG-E8), with a molecular weight of 47.82 kDa. The secondary structural component measurements showed that the MFG-E8 consisted of 5% helix, 70% sheet and 25% random coil, and the results matched well with the prediction by SSPro 5.1 bioinformatic analysis. The thermograms analysis revealed that Td and△H of MFG-E8 were 60.50°Cand 132.29 kJ/mol. The in vitro digestibility of MFG-E8 showed that it can be enzymatically hydrolyzed in the stomach and relatively stable in the intestinal fluid. The in vitro C2C12 and Caco2 cell activity tests indicated that MFG-E8 promoted the proliferation of C2C12 myoblast cells without cytotoxicity. The biological functional properties of MFG-E8 may be related to the fact that MFG-E8 possesses a high level of β-sheet structure. Our results suggested that MFG-E8 possesses broad prospects not only for use in functional food products but also as a source of natural anti-sarcopenia drugs.
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Khatri B, Majumder P, Nagesh J, Penmatsa A, Chatterjee J. Increasing protein stability by engineering the n → π* interaction at the β-turn. Chem Sci 2020; 11:9480-9487. [PMID: 34094214 PMCID: PMC8161691 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc03060k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Abundant n → π* interactions between adjacent backbone carbonyl groups, identified by statistical analysis of protein structures, are predicted to play an important role in dictating the structure of proteins. However, experimentally testing the prediction in proteins has been challenging due to the weak nature of this interaction. By amplifying the strength of the n → π* interaction via amino acid substitution and thioamide incorporation at a solvent exposed β-turn within the GB1 proteins and Pin 1 WW domain, we demonstrate that an n → π* interaction increases the structural stability of proteins by restricting the ϕ torsion angle. Our results also suggest that amino acid side-chain identity and its rotameric conformation play an important and decisive role in dictating the strength of an n → π* interaction. Amino acid residues adopt a right-handed α-helical conformation with increasing strength of the n → π* interaction. We also demonstrate a direct consequence of n → π* interactions on enhancing the structural stability of proteins.![]()
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- Bhavesh Khatri
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 India
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 India
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Nguyen SS, Prescher JA. Developing bioorthogonal probes to span a spectrum of reactivities. Nat Rev Chem 2020; 4:476-489. [PMID: 34291176 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-020-0205-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Bioorthogonal chemistries enable researchers to interrogate biomolecules in living systems. These reactions are highly selective and biocompatible and can be performed in many complex environments. However, like any organic transformation, there is no perfect bioorthogonal reaction. Choosing the "best fit" for a desired application is critical. Correspondingly, there must be a variety of chemistries-spanning a spectrum of rates and other features-to choose from. Over the past few years, significant strides have been made towards not only expanding the number of bioorthogonal chemistries, but also fine-tuning existing reactions for particular applications. In this Review, we highlight recent advances in bioorthogonal reaction development, focusing on how physical organic chemistry principles have guided probe design. The continued expansion of this toolset will provide more precisely tuned reagents for manipulating bonds in distinct environments.
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- Sean S Nguyen
- Departments of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States.,Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States.,Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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Rogers JM. Peptide Folding and Binding Probed by Systematic Non-canonical Mutagenesis. Front Mol Biosci 2020; 7:100. [PMID: 32671094 PMCID: PMC7326784 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2020.00100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Many proteins and peptides fold upon binding another protein. Mutagenesis has proved an essential tool in the study of these multi-step molecular recognition processes. By comparing the biophysical behavior of carefully selected mutants, the concert of interactions and conformational changes that occur during folding and binding can be separated and assessed. Recently, this mutagenesis approach has been radically expanded by deep mutational scanning methods, which allow for many thousands of mutations to be examined in parallel. Furthermore, these high-throughput mutagenesis methods have been expanded to include mutations to non-canonical amino acids, returning peptide structure-activity relationships with unprecedented depth and detail. These developments are timely, as the insights they provide can guide the optimization of de novo cyclic peptides, a promising new modality for chemical probes and therapeutic agents.
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- Joseph M Rogers
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Khatri B, Bhat P, Chatterjee J. Convenient synthesis of thioamidated peptides and proteins. J Pept Sci 2020; 26:e3248. [PMID: 32202029 DOI: 10.1002/psc.3248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The unique physicochemical properties of a thioamide bond, which is an ideal isostere of an amide bond, have not been fully exploited because of the tedious synthesis of thionated amino acid building blocks. Here, we report a purification-free and highly efficient synthesis of thiobenzotriazolides of Fmoc-protected and orthogonally protected 20 naturally occurring amino acids including asparagine, glutamine, and histidine. The near-quantitative conversion to the respective thioamidated peptides on solid support demonstrates the robustness of the synthetic route. Furthermore, the unaltered incorporation efficiency of thiobenzotriazolides from their stock solution till 48 h suggests their compatibility toward automated peptide synthesis. Finally, utilizing an optimized cocktail of 2% DBU + 5% piperazine for fast Fmoc-deprotection, we report the synthesis of a thioamidated Pin1 WW domain and thioamidated GB1 directly on solid support.
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- Bhavesh Khatri
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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Barrett TM, Chen XS, Liu C, Giannakoulias S, Phan HAT, Wang J, Keenan EK, Karpowicz RJ, Petersson EJ. Studies of Thioamide Effects on Serine Protease Activity Enable Two-Site Stabilization of Cancer Imaging Peptides. ACS Chem Biol 2020; 15:774-779. [PMID: 32141733 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b01036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Thioamide substitutions in peptides can be used as fluorescence quenchers in protease sensors and as stabilizing modifications of hormone analogs. To guide these applications in the context of serine proteases, we here examine the cleavage of several model substrates, scanning a thioamide between the P3 and P3' positions, and identify perturbing positions for thioamide substitution. While all serine proteases tested were affected by P1 thioamidation, certain proteases were also significantly affected by other thioamide positions. We demonstrate how these findings can be applied by harnessing the combined P3/P1 effect of a single thioamide on kallikrein proteolysis to protect two key positions in a neuropeptide Y-based imaging probe, increasing its serum half-life to >24 h while maintaining potency for binding to Y1 receptor expressing cells. Such stabilized peptide probes could find application in imaging cell populations in animal models or even in clinical applications such as fluorescence-guided surgery.
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- Taylor M. Barrett
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Maini R, Kimura H, Takatsuji R, Katoh T, Goto Y, Suga H. Ribosomal Formation of Thioamide Bonds in Polypeptide Synthesis. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:20004-20008. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Yang J, Wang C, Yao C, Chen C, Hu Y, He G, Zhao J. Site-Specific Incorporation of Multiple Thioamide Substitutions into a Peptide Backbone via Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis. J Org Chem 2019; 85:1484-1494. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Jinhua Yang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, P. R. China
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Berrocal JA, Mabesoone MFJ, García Iglesias M, Huizinga A, Meijer EW, Palmans ARA. Selenoamides modulate dipole-dipole interactions in hydrogen bonded supramolecular polymers of 1,3,5-substituted benzenes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:14906-14909. [PMID: 31769447 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc08423a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We report the synthesis and self-assembly behavior of a chiral C3-symmetrical benzene-tricarboselenoamide. The introduction of the selenoamide moiety enhances the dipolar character of the supramolecular interaction and confers a remarkable thermal stability to the supramolecular polymers obtained.
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- José Augusto Berrocal
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. and Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Calle Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 7, 28049 Madrid, Spain and IMDEA Nanociencia, c/Faraday 9, Cantoblanco, Spain
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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Camacho LA, Nguyen YH, Turner J, VanVeller B. Deprotection Strategies for Thioimidates during Fmoc Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis: A Safe Route to Thioamides. J Org Chem 2019; 84:15309-15314. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Luis A. Camacho
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Mondal P, Solel E, Fridman N, Keinan E, Reany O. Intramolecular van der Waals Interactions Challenge Anion Binding in perthio-Bambusurils. Chemistry 2019; 25:13336-13343. [PMID: 31269313 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2019] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bambusurils (BUs) are known to be rigid cavitands that feature an extended, jigger-like conformation, and the BU[6]s strongly bind anions within their hydrophobic cavity. These features are not necessarily shared by the family of perthio-BUs. This study reveals that perthio-BUs assume a compact conformation and perthio-BU[6]s are poor anion binders, crystallizing as anion-free species from solutions containing halide salts. Computational studies show that the equatorial sulfur atoms compete against guest anions for binding with the glycoluril methine groups via strong van der Waals (vdW) attractive interactions. These competitive contacts not only account for the diminished anion-binding of perthio-BUs, but also explain their compact conformation. The semithio- and perthio-BU[4]s form linear coordination polymers with HgII in the solid-state regardless of their intrinsic molecular conformation. The strong involvement of sulfur atoms in intramolecular interactions differentiates the equatorial from the axial (peripheral) heteroatoms, thus offering chemoselective and regioselective transformations.
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- Pravat Mondal
- Department of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Israel, 1 University road, P.O. Box 808, Ra'anana, 4353701, Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion: Israel Institute of Technology, Technion city, Haifa, 3200001, Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion: Israel Institute of Technology, Technion city, Haifa, 3200001, Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion: Israel Institute of Technology, Technion city, Haifa, 3200001, Israel
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- Department of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Israel, 1 University road, P.O. Box 808, Ra'anana, 4353701, Israel
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Harris T, Chenoweth DM. Sterics and Stereoelectronics in Aza-Glycine: Impact of Aza-Glycine Preorganization in Triple Helical Collagen. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:18021-18029. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Trevor Harris
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Camacho LA, Lampkin BJ, VanVeller B. A Bottom-Up Approach To Preserve Thioamide Residue Stereochemistry during Fmoc Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis. Org Lett 2019; 21:7015-7018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Luis A. Camacho
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Saito M, Kobayashi Y, Takemoto Y. Divergent and Chemoselective Transformations of Thioamides with Designed Carbene Equivalents. Chemistry 2019; 25:10314-10318. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Masato Saito
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical SciencesKyoto University 46-29 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical SciencesKyoto University 46-29 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical SciencesKyoto University 46-29 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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Oppermann M, Spekowius J, Bauer B, Pfister R, Chergui M, Helbing J. Broad-Band Ultraviolet CD Spectroscopy of Ultrafast Peptide Backbone Conformational Dynamics. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:2700-2705. [PMID: 31059267 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The far-UV spectral window widely used for the conformational analysis of biomolecules is not easily covered with broad-band lasers. This has made it difficult to use circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy to directly follow fast structure changes. By combining transient CD spectroscopy in the deep-UV with thioamide substitution, we demonstrate a method to overcome this difficulty. We investigated a dipeptide whose two carbonyl oxygen atoms were replaced by sulfur, red-shifting the strong lowest-lying ππ* transitions into the more accessible 250-370 nm spectral window. Coupling of the two thioamide units cannot be resolved by achiral 2D-UV spectroscopy, but it gives rise to a pronounced bisignate CD spectrum. The transient CD spectra reveal weakening of this coupling in the electronically excited state, where conformational constraints are released. Our results show that direct local probing of fast backbone conformational change via CD spectroscopy is possible in combination with site-selective thio substitution in peptides and proteins.
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- Malte Oppermann
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190 , CH-8057 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190 , CH-8057 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190 , CH-8057 Zürich , Switzerland
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Mahanta N, Szantai-Kis DM, Petersson EJ, Mitchell DA. Biosynthesis and Chemical Applications of Thioamides. ACS Chem Biol 2019; 14:142-163. [PMID: 30698414 PMCID: PMC6404778 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b01022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Thioamidation as a posttranslational modification is exceptionally rare, with only a few reported natural products and exactly one known protein example (methyl-coenzyme M reductase from methane-metabolizing archaea). Recently, there has been significant progress in elucidating the biosynthesis and function of several thioamide-containing natural compounds. Separate developments in the chemical installation of thioamides into peptides and proteins have enabled cell biology and biophysical studies to advance the current understanding of natural thioamides. This review highlights the various strategies used by Nature to install thioamides in peptidic scaffolds and the potential functions of this rare but important modification. We also discuss synthetic methods used for the site-selective incorporation of thioamides into polypeptides with a brief discussion of the physicochemical implications. This account will serve as a foundation for the further study of thioamides in natural products and their various applications.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine , University of Pennsylvania , 3700 Hamilton Walk , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine , University of Pennsylvania , 3700 Hamilton Walk , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- Jinhua Yang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangxi Normal University; Nanchang 330022 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangxi Normal University; Nanchang 330022 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangxi Normal University; Nanchang 330022 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangxi Normal University; Nanchang 330022 China
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology; China
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Yang J, Wang C, Xu S, Zhao J. Ynamide-Mediated Thiopeptide Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:1382-1386. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201811586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Jinhua Yang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangxi Normal University; Nanchang 330022 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangxi Normal University; Nanchang 330022 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangxi Normal University; Nanchang 330022 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangxi Normal University; Nanchang 330022 China
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology; China
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