Protease-Catalyzed Peptide Synthesis for the Site-Specific Incorporation of α-Fluoroalkyl Amino Acids into Peptides
作者:Sven Thust、Beate Koksch
DOI:10.1021/jo020613p
日期:2003.3.1
Substitution of native amino acids by fluoroalkyl analogues represents a new approach for the design of biologically active peptides with increased metabolic stability as well as defined secondary structure and provides a powerful label for spectroscopic investigations. Here, we introduce a methodology for the incorporation of sterically demanding C(alpha)-fluoroalkyl amino acids into the P(1) position
Peptide ligation by chemoselective aminonitrile coupling in water
作者:Pierre Canavelli、Saidul Islam、Matthew W. Powner
DOI:10.1038/s41586-019-1371-4
日期:2019.7
N-to-C peptide ligation. Our model unites prebiotic aminonitrile synthesis and biological α-peptides, suggesting that short N-acyl peptide nitriles were plausible substrates during early evolution.Prebiotic peptide formation is achieved through chemoselective, high-yielding ligation of α-aminonitriles in water, showing selectivity for α-peptide coupling and tolerance of all proteinogenic amino acid residues