Synthesis of thioester peptides for the incorporation of thioamides into proteins by native chemical ligation
作者:Solongo Batjargal、Yun Huang、Yanxin J. Wang、E. James Petersson
DOI:10.1002/psc.2589
日期:2014.2
Thioamides can be used as photoswitches, as reporters of local environment, as inhibitors of enzymes, and as fluorescence quenchers. We have recently demonstrated the incorporation of thioamides into polypeptides and proteinsusing native chemical ligation (NCL). In this protocol, we describe procedures for the synthesis of a thioamide precursor and an NCL‐ready thioamide‐containing peptideusing Dawson's
Designing bioactive peptides containing thioamide functionality to modulate their pharmacological properties has been thwarted so far because of various synthetic challenges. The fast, efficient, and inexpensive synthesis and incorporation of a wide range of thionated amino acids into a growing peptide chain on a solid support is reported using standard Fmoc-based chemistry. The commonly employed methodology is comprehensively investigated and optimized with significant improvements regarding the quantity of reagents and reaction conditions. The utility of the protocol is further demonstrated in the synthesis of dithionated linear and monothionated cyclic peptides, which has been a daunting task.