Synthesis and Conformation of Gly-Gly Dipeptides Constrained with Phenylalanine-like Aminocaproic Acid Linkers
摘要:
[GRAPHICS]The constraint of dipeptides with linkers derived from 6-aminocaproic acid (Aca) is a useful means of constructing a beta-turn peptidomimetic, The extension of this concept to the mimicry of a tripeptide entails the incorporation of a side chain moiety on either end of the Aca chain. The synthesis and conformational analysis of two exemplary compounds is discussed.
Effect of Progressive Benzyl Substitution on the Conformations of Aminocaproic Acid-Cyclized Dipeptides
摘要:
The constraint of dipeptides into a beta -turn conformation can be accomplished by linking the two ends of a standard dipeptide with a linker derived from aminocaproic acid (Aca). To elucidate the possibility of using substituted Aca linkers in peptidomimetic design, a series of five macrocycles composed of a monobenzylated Aca linker (containing the benzyl group on each of the five methylene groups of the parent linker) and Gly-Gly were synthesized. The requisite linkers were made by regiochemically controlled ring expansion techniques (for substitution on Aca positions C-3, C-4, or C-5), an Evans alkylation route (for C-2), or by chain extension of L-phenylalanal (for C-6). The solution-phase conformations of the macrocycles were examined by NMR and CD techniques; in addition, crystal structures of the C-4- and C-6-benzyl-substituted linkers were obtained. Four out of the five macrocycles were found to exist with the dipeptide portion taking up either a type II or II ' beta -turn conformation, but the Gly-Gly unit in the compound derived from 4-benzyl-Aca did not correspond to one of the standard beta -turn types.