Accelerating chemoselective peptide bond formation using bis(2-selenylethyl)amido peptide selenoester surrogates
作者:Laurent Raibaut、Marine Cargoët、Nathalie Ollivier、Yun Min Chang、Hervé Drobecq、Emmanuelle Boll、Rémi Desmet、Jean-Christophe M. Monbaliu、Oleg Melnyk
DOI:10.1039/c5sc03459k
日期:——
SeEA latent selenoester: go fast by switching to selenium.
SeEA 潜在硒酯:通过改用硒来加快速度。
Insight into the SEA amide thioester equilibrium. Application to the synthesis of thioesters at neutral pH
作者:S. L. Pira、O. El Mahdi、L. Raibaut、H. Drobecq、J. Dheur、E. Boll、O. Melnyk
DOI:10.1039/c6ob01079b
日期:——
bis(2-sulfanylethyl)amide (SEA) N,S-acyl shift thioester surrogate has found a variety of useful applications in the field of protein total synthesis. Here we present novel insights into the SEA amide/thioester equilibrium in water which is an essential step in any reaction involving the thioester surrogate properties of the SEA group. We also show that the SEA amide thioester equilibrium can be efficiently displaced
The design of novel methods giving access to peptide alkylthioesters, the key building blocks for protein synthesis using Native Chemical Ligation, is an important area of research. Bis(2-sulfanylethyl)amido peptides (SEA peptides) 1 equilibrate in aqueous solution with S-2-(2-mercaptoethylamino)ethyl thioester peptides 2 through an N,S-acyl shift mechanism. HPLC was used to study the rate of equilibration for different C-terminal amino acids and the position of equilibrium as a function of pH. We show also that thioester form 2 can participate efficiently in a thiol-thioester exchange reaction with 5% aqueous 3-mercaptopropionic acid. The highest reaction rate was obtained at pH 4. These experimental conditions are significantly less acidic than those reported in the past for related systems. The method was validated with the synthesis of a 24-mer peptide thioester. Consequently, SEA peptides 1 constitute a powerful platform for access to native chemical ligation methodologies.
Bis(2-sulfanylethyl)amido Peptides Enable Native Chemical Ligation at Proline and Minimize Deletion Side-Product Formation
作者:Laurent Raibaut、Phillip Seeberger、Oleg Melnyk
DOI:10.1021/ol402678a
日期:2013.11
Native chemical ligation of C-terminal peptidyl prolyl alkylthioesters with N-terminal cysteinyl peptides usually exhibits poor kinetic rates compared to other C-terminal amino acid residues. It is shown here that the reaction is accompanied by the formation of a deletion side product which is minimized by using a bis(2-sulfanylethyl)amido (SEA) thioester surrogate at a mildly acidic pH.
Incorporation of a Highly Reactive Oxalyl Thioester-Based Interacting Handle into Proteins