Solid-phase synthesis of glycopeptides: synthesis of Nα-Flourenylmethoxycarbonyl L-asparagine Nβ-glycosides
摘要:
It was found that crude 1-glycosylamines, prepared with saturated aqueous NH4HCO3 from reducing sugars, can be coupled with Fmoc-Asp(OPfp)-O(t)Bu in N,N-dimethylformamide-water mixtures. Purification and removal of the (t)Bu group results in N-beta-glycosides of Fmoc-Asn-OH which can be used for the solid phase synthesis of glycopeptides.
Synthesis and conformational analysis of N-glycopeptides that contain extended sugar chains
摘要:
Maltooligosaccharides with 2-7 sugar moieties were converted into beta-1-amino-1-deoxy derivatives and were coupled to N-alpha-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-L-aspartic acid alpha-tert-butyl beta-pentafluorophenyl ester. After trifluoroacetic acid deprotection, the resulting glycosylated asparagines were used as building blocks for the solid-phase synthesis of T-cell epitopic glycopeptide analogues. The coupling efficiencies of the glycoamino acid synthons and the acid and base stability of the resulting glycopeptides indicate the applicability of this solid-phase synthetic protocol for the incorporation of sugars that are comparable in size with that of the natural carbohydrate antennae of N-glycoproteins. The sugars placed into N-terminal position did not affect the strong alpha-helical structure of the peptides, but inhibited the disulfide-bridge formation of proximal cysteine residues in a carbohydrate length-dependent manner.