ons reagent to prepare SP-bound vinylogous amino acids. Subsequent SP-based peptide synthesis, global deprotection, and chemical modifications yielded 14 lipodipeptides carrying vinylogous amino acids, including the natural product barnesin A (1). Biological evaluation revealed that several synthesized derivatives show micromolar to nanomolar inhibitory activity against papain-like cysteine proteases
Rational Design and Synthesis of Right-Handed <scp>d</scp>-Sulfono-γ-AApeptide Helical Foldamers as Potent Inhibitors of Protein–Protein Interactions
作者:Peng Sang、Yan Shi、Pirada Higbee、Minghui Wang、Sami Abdulkadir、Junhao Lu、Gary Daughdrill、Jiandong Chen、Jianfeng Cai
DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.0c00996
日期:2020.8.21
right-handed d-sulfono-γ-AApeptides reveal much-enhanced binding affinity compared to the p53 peptide. The design of d-sulfono-γ-AApeptides may provide a new and alternative strategy to modulate protein–proteininteractions.
已经有效地设计和合成了前所未有的新型螺旋折叠器。均质右旋d-磺基-γ-AApeptides代表了新一代非天然螺旋肽模拟物,其具有与α-肽相似的折叠构象,使其成为设计α-螺旋模拟物的理想分子支架。正如 p53-MDM2 PPI 作为模型应用所证明的那样,与 p53 肽相比,右手d-磺基-γ-AApeptides 显示出大大增强的结合亲和力。d-磺基-γ-AApeptides的设计可能为调节蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用提供一种新的替代策略。
DNA-Templated Polymerization of Side-Chain-Functionalized Peptide Nucleic Acid Aldehydes
作者:Ralph E. Kleiner、Yevgeny Brudno、Michael E. Birnbaum、David R. Liu
DOI:10.1021/ja0753997
日期:2008.4.1
The DNA-templated polymerization of synthetic building blocks provides a potential route to the laboratory evolution of sequence-defined polymers with structures and properties not necessarily limited to those of natural biopolymers. We previously reported the efficient and sequence-specific DNA-templated polymerization of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) aldehydes. Here, we report the enzyme-free, DNA-templated polymerization of side-chain-functionalized PNA tetramer and pentamer aldehydes. We observed that polymerization of tetramer and pentamer PNA building blocks with a single lysine-based side chain at various positions in the building block could proceed efficiently and sequence specifically. In addition, DNA-templated polymerization also proceeded efficiently and in a sequence-specific manner with pentamer PNA aldehydes containing two or three lysine side chains in a single building block to generate more densely functionalized polymers. To further our understanding of side-chain compatibility and expand the capabilities of this system, we also examined the polymerization efficiencies of 20 pentamer building blocks each containing one of five different side-chain groups and four different side-chain regio- and stereochemistries. Polymerization reactions were efficient for all five different side-chain groups and for three of the four combinations of side-chain regio- and stereochemistries. Differences in the efficiency and initial rate of polymerization correlate with the apparent melting temperature of each building block, which is dependent on side-chain regio- and stereochemistry but relatively insensitive to side-chain structure among the substrates tested. Our findings represent a significant step toward the evolution of sequence-defined synthetic polymers and also demonstrate that enzyme-free nucleic acid-templated polymerization can occur efficiently using substrates with a wide range of side-chain structures, functionalization positions within each building block, and functionalization densities.
A Solid-Phase Approach to Mouse Melanocortin Receptor Agonists Derived from a Novel Thioether Cyclized Peptidomimetic Scaffold
作者:Jon Bondebjerg、Zhimin Xiang、Rayna M. Bauzo、Carrie Haskell-Luevano、Morten Meldal
DOI:10.1021/ja0123913
日期:2002.9.1
The solid-phase synthesis of a novel thioether cyclized peptidomimetic scaffold, displaying functionality at the i to i+3 positions, is reported. The thioether bridge is formed on-bead by an intramolecular reaction between a chloroacetylated reduced peptide bond and the free thiol from a cysteine. The crude products were obtained in moderate to very high purity. A series of 19 compounds were prepared and tested for agonist activity at the mouse melanocortin receptors 1, 3, 4, and 5 (mMC1-5R). From these results, several compounds were identified as having low micromolar agonist activity at the mMC1R and mMC4R. The former is involved in skin pigmentation and animal coat coloration. The latter is involved in the regulation of appetite and food intake and is currently a drug target for potential treatment of obesity. The most potent compound 1n with the pharmacophore motif "His-DPhe-Arg-Trp" was identified as having an EC50 value of 165 nM at mMC1R, 7600 nM at mMC3R, 650 nM at mMC4R, and 335 nM at mMC5R. In addition, some of the compounds showed moderate selectivity for the mMC1R.