Peptides with an N-alkoxy or N-aryloxy amino acid at their N-terminus were synthesized and successfully ligated with a peptidethioester by silver ion activation under a slightly acidic condition without requiring protection of the side chain amino groups. The N-methoxy group was easily cleaved by the SmI2 reduction in CH3OH aq. to obtain the desired peptide with a native peptide bond. This method
The synthesis of Fmoc-aminoacyl-N-ethyl-S-triphenylmethylcysteine, an N- to S-acyl migratory device for the preparation of peptide thioesters by Fmoc-SPPS (solid-phase peptide synthesis) is described. Condensation of Fmoc-aminoacyl pentafluorophenyl ester and N-ethyl-S-triphenylmethylcysteine was efficiently performed in the presence of HOOBt (3-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-1,2,3-benzotriazine) in DMF. A small amount of diastereomer yielded during the reaction was easily separated by HPLC purification and the highly pure devices were obtained for most of the proteinogenic amino acids.
The phenacyl group as an efficient thiol protecting group in a peptide condensation reaction by the thioester method
作者:Hidekazu Katayama、Hironobu Hojo
DOI:10.1039/c3ob40644j
日期:——
preparation of long-chain peptides, the so-called thioester method requires protecting groups for amino and thiol groups for regioselective ligation. In this study, we demonstrated that the phenacyl (Pac) group acts as an efficient protecting group of cysteine side chains. We synthesized a cysteine derivative carrying the Pac group at the side chain sulfur atom, and Pac-containing peptides and peptide thioesters
The synthesis of a peptide selenoester was efficiently carried out by the 9‐fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) method using N‐alkylcysteine, at the C‐terminus of the peptide, as the N‐to‐S acyl shift device. The selenoester selectively reacted with the terminal amino group of the peptide aryl thioester in the presence of N,N‐diisopropylethylamine and dipyridyldisulfide, thus leaving the aryl thioester
Peptidyl N-alkylcysteine as a peptide thioester surrogate in the native chemical ligation
作者:Yuya Asahina、Kei Nabeshima、Hironobu Hojo
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.01.095
日期:2015.3
Peptides having the C-terminal N-alkylcysteine (NAC) with a free carboxy group, which can be easily prepared by the conventional 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS), was directly used for the native chemical ligation (NCL) based on the in situ thioesterification method. The reaction efficiently proceeded under a mild acidic condition (pH similar to 5) to give the ligated product. This method was successfully used for the synthesis of the human brain natriuretic peptide, (BNP)-32, showing the usefulness of the peptidyl NAC as a thioester surrogate for the NCL reaction. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.