Novel methods of native chemical ligation are provided. The methods involve reacting a thioacid (e.g. a peptide thioacid) with an aziridinyl compound (e.g. an aziridinyl peptide) or glycosylamine under mild conditions without the use of protecting groups, and without requiring that a cysteine residue be present in the ligation product. Initial coupling of the thioacid and the aziridinyl compound yields a ligation product containing an aziridinyl ring. Optional subsequent opening of the aziridinyl ring (e.g. via a nucleophilic attack) produces a linearized and modified ligation product. Coupling of a peptide thioacid and glycosylamine yields a glycosylated peptide.
提供了一种新的天然
化学连接方法。该方法涉及在温和条件下,不使用保护基,也不需要连接产物中存在半胱
氨酸残基的情况下,将
硫酸(例如肽
硫酸)与环氧
丙烷化合物(例如环氧
丙烷肽)或
氨基葡萄糖酰胺反应。
硫酸和环氧
丙烷化合物的初始偶联产生一个含有环氧
丙烷环的连接产物。可选的后续开放环氧
丙烷环(例如通过亲核攻击)产生线性化和修饰的连接产物。肽
硫酸和
氨基葡萄糖酰胺的偶联产生一个糖基化肽。