Shortcut to Fmoc-Protected Phosphinic Pseudodipeptidic Blocks
摘要:
A three-component condensation reaction of Fmoc-carbamate, aldehydes, and alkylphosphinic acids provides a new, direct, and efficient method for synthesizing Fmoc-protected phosphinic pseudodipeptidic blocks, directly usable for solid-phase peptide synthesis.
A Carbodiimide-Mediated P–C Bond-Forming Reaction: Mild Amidoalkylation of <i>P</i>-Nucleophiles by Boc-Aminals
作者:Paraskevi Kokkala、Thayalan Rajeshkumar、Anastasia Mpakali、Efstratios Stratikos、Konstantinos D. Vogiatzis、Dimitris Georgiadis
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00155
日期:2021.3.5
carbodiimide-mediated P–C bond-forming reaction is described. The reaction involves activation of β-carboxyethylphosphinic acids and subsequent reaction with Boc-aminals using acid-catalysis. Mechanistic experiments using 31P NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations support the contribution of unusually reactive cyclic phosphinic/carboxylic mixed anhydrides in a reaction pathway involving ion-pair “swapping”
Arimotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), a recently identified human homologue of angiotensin-converting enzyme, is a zinc metallocarboxypeptidase which may play a unique role in cardiovascular and renal function. Here we report the discovery of potent and selective inhibitors of ACE2, which have been identified by evaluating a series of phosphinic di- and tripeptides of the general formula: Z-Xaa(PO2-CH2)YaaOH and Ac-Zaa-Xaa(PO2-CH2)YaaOH. The most potent inhibitor in this series is a tripeptide that displays a K-i value of 0.4 nM toward ACE2 and is 3 orders of magnitude less potent toward carboxypeptidase A. Phosphinic tripeptides exhibit high potency exclusively when the Xaa position is occupied by a pseudoproline. A model of interaction between one inhibitor of this series and ACE2 suggests that the critical role played by a proline in inhibitors, but also for substrates hydrolysis, may rely on the presence of Tyr(510) in the ACE2 active site.