Synthesis of Tight Binding Inhibitors and Their Action on the Proprotein-Processing Enzyme Furin
摘要:
Furin is a subtilisin-like eukaryotic serine endoprotease which processes proproteins to biologically active proteins and peptides. Also, the envelope proteins of viruses, such as influenza and HIV viruses, need to be processed by furin for infectivity. This enzyme has a consensus substrate specificity for Arg-Xxx-Lys/Arg-Arg at the cleavage site. Two kinds of transition state analog peptides were designed and tested in vitro with furin. The ketomethylene series, Psi(COCH2), have K-i's in the submicromolar range; the aminomethyl ketone series, Psi(COCH2NH), have Ki's in the nanomolar range. The best inhibitor is Dec-Arg-Val-Lys-Arg-CH2-Ala-Val-Gly-NH2(2c) with a K-i of 3.4 nM.
Synthesis of Tight Binding Inhibitors and Their Action on the Proprotein-Processing Enzyme Furin
摘要:
Furin is a subtilisin-like eukaryotic serine endoprotease which processes proproteins to biologically active proteins and peptides. Also, the envelope proteins of viruses, such as influenza and HIV viruses, need to be processed by furin for infectivity. This enzyme has a consensus substrate specificity for Arg-Xxx-Lys/Arg-Arg at the cleavage site. Two kinds of transition state analog peptides were designed and tested in vitro with furin. The ketomethylene series, Psi(COCH2), have K-i's in the submicromolar range; the aminomethyl ketone series, Psi(COCH2NH), have Ki's in the nanomolar range. The best inhibitor is Dec-Arg-Val-Lys-Arg-CH2-Ala-Val-Gly-NH2(2c) with a K-i of 3.4 nM.
Trifluoroacetyl as an Orthogonal Protecting Group for Guanidines
作者:Sandra Bartoli、Kim B. Jensen、Jeremy D. Kilburn
DOI:10.1021/jo0348874
日期:2003.11.1
The trifluoroacetyl moiety has been used as a new protecting group for guanidine functionality. The protecting group is easily cleavedundermild basic conditions and is complementary to the Boc, Cbz, and Ddpe protecting groups. The protecting groupcan be applied to peptide synthesis in solution as well as on a solid phase as it is orthogonal to a Boc and Cbz strategy and semiorthogonal to an Fmoc
Gowda, B.K. Kempe; Rangappa; Gowda, D. Channe, Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section B Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2002, vol. 41, # 5, p. 1039 - 1044