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