modified α-CT (α-CT-PEG) must be lower than 14.455 Å because the synthesis of peptides is not observed using 2-aminoethanol octanoate as nucleophile. α-CT-PEG is chemoselective towards the aromatic esters because unnatural aliphatic esters are not hydrolyzed in the presence of N-benzoyl-L-Tyrosine ethyl ester. Unnatural aliphatic acyl-donors with a distance smaller than 8.8 Å are recognized by the chemically
Peptide synthesis catalyzed by modified .alpha.-chymotrypsin in low-water organic media
作者:H. Gaertner、T. Watanabe、J. V. Sinisterra、A. Puigserver
DOI:10.1021/jo00009a041
日期:1991.4
Enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of peptide bonds in organic solvents has been investigated by using alpha-chymotrypsin either modified with poly(ethylene glycol) or immobilized on different supports, in order to find out the importance of water content in the reaction. High yields of peptide synthesis were obtained whatever the type of enzyme derivative used. By varying the type of support, a modification in the enzyme environment was observed and resulted in a significant increase in the reaction yield when nucleophiles with poor affinity for the enzyme were used. Since organic solvents also affected substrate specificity with respect to the donor ester, a general methodology was proposed for the enzymatic synthesis of peptides in low-water organic media.
Paradkar, Vikram M.; Dordick, Jonathan S., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1994, vol. 116, # 11, p. 5009 - 5010
作者:Paradkar, Vikram M.、Dordick, Jonathan S.
DOI:——
日期:——
RICCA, J. M.;CROUT, D. H. G., J. CHEM. SOC. PERKIN TRANS. PT 1,(1989) N1, C. 2126-2127
作者:RICCA, J. M.、CROUT, D. H. G.
DOI:——
日期:——
Highly concentrated water-in-oil emulsions as novel reaction media for protease-catalysed kinetically controlled peptide synthesis
High-internal-phase-ratio-emulsions (HIPREs) or gel emulsions, formulated with a large amount of water (80.0–99.5% w/w), were investigated as reaction media for α-chymotrypsin-catalysed peptide synthesis under kinetic control using Ac-L-Phe-OEt and H-L-Leu-NH2 as model substrates. Both the initial reaction rate and dipeptide yield were examined as a function of the structure of the non-ionic polyoxyethylene alkyl ether type surfactant, alkyl chain length of the oil component, temperature and aqueous buffer content. Dipeptide yields of 70% were achieved in gel emulsions formulated with 90% w/w aqueous buffer. In these systems, the reaction performance was found to be independent of the gel emulsion system (i.e. surfactant and oil) and therefore of the water–oil interfacial tension. Interestingly, α-chymotrypsin showed superactivity at surfactant concentrations ranging between 0.2 and 0.8% w/w, that is, at 99.5
and 98.0% w/w water content, respectively. Furthermore, high dipeptide yields (90–94%) were achieved in the gel emulsions studied at very high substrate concentrations and thus with undissolved reactants. Under these conditions, examples of α-chymotrypsin-catalysed dipeptide synthesis on an analytical and preparative scale were conducted.