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Ahangarpour M, Brimble MA, Kavianinia I. Late-Stage Desulfurization Enables Rapid and Efficient Solid-Phase Synthesis of Cathepsin-Cleavable Linkers for Antibody-Drug Conjugates. Bioconjug Chem 2024. [PMID: 38874557 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.4c00199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
Abstract
The synthesis of linker-payloads is a critical step in developing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), a rapidly advancing therapeutic approach in oncology. The conventional method for synthesizing cathepsin B-labile dipeptide linkers, which are commonly used in ADC development, involves the solution-phase assembly of cathepsin B-sensitive dipeptides, followed by the installation of self-immolative para-aminobenzyl carbonate to facilitate the attachment of potent cytotoxic payloads. However, this approach is often low yield and laborious, especially when extending the peptide chain with components like glutamic acid to improve mouse serum stability or charged amino acids or poly(ethylene glycol) moieties to enhance linker hydrophilicity. Here, we introduce a novel approach utilizing late-stage desulfurization chemistry, enabling safe, facile, and cost-effective access to the cathepsin B-cleavable linker, Val-Ala-PABC-MMAE, on resin for the first time.
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- Marzieh Ahangarpour
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds St., Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, 3A Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds St., Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, 3A Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 3A Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, 3A Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 3A Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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Liao P, He C. Azole reagents enabled ligation of peptide acyl pyrazoles for chemical protein synthesis. Chem Sci 2024; 15:7965-7974. [PMID: 38817582 PMCID: PMC11134319 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06697e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Native chemical ligation (NCL) has been playing an increasingly important role in chemical protein synthesis (CPS). More efficient ligation methods that circumvent the requirement of a peptidyl thioester and thiol additive-which allow the following desulfurization or refolding in one pot-are urgently needed for the synthesis of more complex protein targets and in large quantities. Herein, we discover that the weak acyl donor peptidyl N-acyl pyrazole can be activated by azole reagents like 3-methylpyrazole or imidazole to facilitate its ligation directly with an N-terminal cysteine peptide. As it requires no thioester or thiol additive, this ligation strategy can be conveniently combined with metal-free desulfurization (MFD) or oxidative protein folding to allow various one-pot protocols. The utility and generality of the strategy are showcased by the total synthesis of ubiquitin via an N-to-C sequential ligation-MFD strategy, the semi-synthesis of the copper protein azurin, and the efficient assembly of a sulfated hirudin variant and the cyclotide kalata B1, all in a one-pot fashion.
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- Peisi Liao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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Choi B, Acuña A, Link AJ. Cyclic Peptides from Graspetide Biosynthesis and Native Chemical Ligation. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:11605-11609. [PMID: 38634647 PMCID: PMC11064158 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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The ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP) superfamily of natural products includes many examples of cyclic peptides with diverse macrocyclization chemistries. The graspetides, one family of macrocyclized RiPPs, harbor side chain-side chain ester or amide linkages. We recently reported the structure and biosynthesis of the graspetide pre-fuscimiditide, a 22-amino-acid (aa) peptide with two ester cross-links forming a stem-loop structure. These cross-links are introduced by a single graspetide synthetase, the ATP-grasp enzyme ThfB. Here we show that ThfB can also catalyze the formation of amide or thioester cross-links in prefuscimiditide, with thioester formation being especially efficient. We further show that upon proteolysis to reveal an N-terminal cysteine residue, the thioester-linked peptide rapidly and quantitatively rearranges via native chemical ligation into an isopeptide-bonded head-to-tail cyclic peptide. The solution structure of this rearranged peptide was determined by using 2D NMR spectroscopy experiments. Our methodology offers a straightforward recombinant route to head-to-tail cyclic peptides.
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- Brian Choi
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544, United States
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544, United States
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Bachelart T, Kumar S, Jouin A, Yousef M, Kieffer B, Torbeev V. Design, Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Protein Containing Thiotyrosine as an Active Site Residue. Chembiochem 2024:e202400148. [PMID: 38629812 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202400148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Native chemical ligation is a key reaction in the toolbox of chemical methods for the synthesis of native and modified proteins. The catalysis of ligation is commonly performed by using small aryl-thiol molecules added at high concentrations. In this work, we incorporated thiotyrosine, a non-canonical amino acid containing an aryl-thiol moiety, into a designed cyclic protein « sans queue ni tête ». Importantly, the protein environment reduced the pKa of the thiol group to 5.8-5.9, which is significantly lower than the previously reported value for thiotyrosine in a short peptide (pKa 6.4). Furthermore, we demonstrated the catalytic activity of this protein both as hydrolase and in native chemical ligation of peptides. These results will be useful for the development of efficient protein catalysts (enzymes) for protein synthesis and modification.
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- Thomas Bachelart
- École Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS), CNRS UMR 7242 Biotechnology and Cellular Signalling, University of Strasbourg, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- École Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS), CNRS UMR 7242 Biotechnology and Cellular Signalling, University of Strasbourg, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- École Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS), CNRS UMR 7242 Biotechnology and Cellular Signalling, University of Strasbourg, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- École Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS), CNRS UMR 7242 Biotechnology and Cellular Signalling, University of Strasbourg, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), CNRS UMR 7104, INSERM U 1258, University of Strasbourg, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- École Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS), CNRS UMR 7242 Biotechnology and Cellular Signalling, University of Strasbourg, 67400, Illkirch, France
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Ochiai H, Elouali S, Yamamoto T, Asai H, Noguchi M, Nishiuchi Y. Chemical and Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Peptide and Protein Therapeutics Conjugated with Human N-Glycans. ChemMedChem 2024:e202300692. [PMID: 38572578 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202300692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Glycosylation is one of the most ubiquitous post-translational modifications. It affects the structure and function of peptides/proteins and consequently has a significant impact on various biological events. However, the structural complexity and heterogeneity of glycopeptides/proteins caused by the diversity of glycan structures and glycosylation sites complicates the detailed elucidation of glycan function and hampers their clinical applications. To address these challenges, chemical and/or enzyme-assisted synthesis methods have been developed to realize glycopeptides/proteins with well-defined glycan morphologies. In particular, N-glycans are expected to be useful for improving the solubility, in vivo half-life and aggregation of bioactive peptides/proteins that have had limited clinical applications so far due to their short duration of action in the blood and unsuitable physicochemical properties. Chemical glycosylation performed in a post-synthetic procedure can be used to facilitate the development of glycopeptide/protein analogues or mimetics that are superior to the original molecules in terms of physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. N-glycans are used to modify targets because they are highly biodegradable and biocompatible and have structures that already exist in the human body. On the practical side, from a quality control perspective, close attention should be paid to their structural homogeneity when they are to be applied to pharmaceuticals.
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- Hirofumi Ochiai
- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
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- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
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- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
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- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
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- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
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- GlyTech, Inc., 134 Chudoji Minamimachi KRP #1-2F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8813, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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Powell WC, Nahum M, Pankratz K, Herlory M, Greenwood J, Poliyenko D, Holland P, Jing R, Biggerstaff L, Stowell MHB, Walczak MA. Post-Translational Modifications Control Phase Transitions of Tau. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.08.583040. [PMID: 38559065 PMCID: PMC10979912 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.08.583040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The self-assembly of Tau(297-391) into filaments, which mirror the structures observed in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains, raises questions about the role of AD-specific post-translational modifications (PTMs) in the formation of paired helical filaments (PHFs). To investigate this, we developed a synthetic approach to produce Tau(291-391) featuring N-acetyllysine, phosphoserine, phosphotyrosine, and N-glycosylation at positions commonly modified in post-mortem AD brains, thus facilitating the study of their roles in Tau pathology. Using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), and a range of optical microscopy techniques, we discovered that these modifications generally hinder the in vitro assembly of Tau into PHFs. Interestingly, while acetylation's effect on Tau assembly displayed variability, either promoting or inhibiting phase transitions in the context of cofactor free aggregation, heparin-induced aggregation, and RNA-mediated liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), phosphorylation uniformly mitigated these processes. Our observations suggest that PTMs, particularly those situated outside the fibril's rigid core are pivotal in the nucleation of PHFs. Moreover, in scenarios involving heparin-induced aggregation leading to the formation of heterogeneous aggregates, most AD-specific PTMs, except for K311, appeared to decelerate the aggregation process. The impact of acetylation on RNA-induced LLPS was notably site-dependent, exhibiting both facilitative and inhibitory effects, whereas phosphorylation consistently reduced LLPS across all proteoforms examined. These insights underscore the complex interplay between site-specific PTMs and environmental factors in modulating Tau aggregation kinetics, enhancing our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of Tau pathology in AD and highlighting the critical role of PTMs located outside the ordered filament core in driving the self-assembly of Tau into PHF structures.
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- Wyatt C. Powell
- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Shi W, Wang T, Yang Z, Ren Y, Han D, Zheng Y, Deng X, Tang S, Zheng JS. L-Glycosidase-Cleavable Natural Glycans Facilitate the Chemical Synthesis of Correctly Folded Disulfide-Bonded D-Proteins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202313640. [PMID: 38193587 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202313640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
Abstract
D-peptide ligands can be screened for therapeutic potency and enzymatic stability using synthetic mirror-image proteins (D-proteins), but efficient acquisition of these D-proteins can be hampered by the need to accomplish their in vitro folding, which often requires the formation of correctly linked disulfide bonds. Here, we report the finding that temporary installation of natural O-linked-β-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (O-GlcNAc) groups onto selected D-serine or D-threonine residues of the synthetic disulfide-bonded D-proteins can facilitate their folding in vitro, and that the natural glycosyl groups can be completely removed from the folded D-proteins to afford the desired chirally inverted D-protein targets using naturally occurring O-GlcNAcase. This approach enabled the efficient chemical syntheses of several important but difficult-to-fold D-proteins incorporating disulfide bonds including the mirror-image tumor necrosis factor alpha (D-TNFα) homotrimer and the mirror-image receptor-binding domain of the Omicron spike protein (D-RBD). Our work establishes the use of O-GlcNAc to facilitate D-protein synthesis and folding and proves that D-proteins bearing O-GlcNAc can be good substrates for naturally occurring O-GlcNAcase.
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- Weiwei Shi
- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, and Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Hefei National Research Center for Interdisciplinary Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, and Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Hefei National Research Center for Interdisciplinary Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, and Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Hefei National Research Center for Interdisciplinary Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, China
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Lander A, Kong Y, Jin Y, Wu C, Luk LYP. Deciphering the Synthetic and Refolding Strategy of a Cysteine-Rich Domain in the Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor (TNF-R) for Racemic Crystallography Analysis and d-Peptide Ligand Discovery. ACS BIO & MED CHEM AU 2024; 4:68-76. [PMID: 38404743 PMCID: PMC10885103 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomedchemau.3c00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
Abstract
Many cell-surface receptors are promising targets for chemical synthesis because of their critical roles in disease development. This synthetic approach enables investigations by racemic protein crystallography and ligand discovery by mirror-image methodologies. However, due to their complex nature, the chemical synthesis of a receptor can be a significant challenge. Here, we describe the chemical synthesis and folding of a central, cysteine-rich domain of the cell-surface receptor tumor necrosis factor 1 which is integral to binding of the cytokine TNF-α, namely, TNFR-1 CRD2. Racemic protein crystallography at 1.4 Å confirmed that the native binding conformation was preserved, and TNFR-1 CRD2 maintained its capacity to bind to TNF-α (KD ≈ 7 nM). Encouraged by this discovery, we carried out mirror-image phage display using the enantiomeric receptor mimic and identified a d-peptide ligand for TNFR-1 CRD2 (KD = 1 μM). This work demonstrated that cysteine-rich domains, including the central domains, can be chemically synthesized and used as mimics for investigations.
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- Alexander
J. Lander
- School
of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Fujian Province 361005, China
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- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, University of
Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Fujian Province 361005, China
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- School
of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, U.K.
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da Hora GCA, Oh M, Mifflin MC, Digal L, Roberts AG, Swanson JMJ. Lasso Peptides: Exploring the Folding Landscape of Nature's Smallest Interlocked Motifs. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:4444-4454. [PMID: 38166378 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
Abstract
Lasso peptides make up a class of natural products characterized by a threaded structure. Given their small size and stability, chemical synthesis would offer tremendous potential for the development of novel therapeutics. However, the accessibility of the pre-folded lasso architecture has limited this advance. To better understand the folding process de novo, simulations are used herein to characterize the folding propensity of microcin J25 (MccJ25), a lasso peptide known for its antimicrobial properties. New algorithms are developed to unambiguously distinguish threaded from nonthreaded precursors and determine handedness, a key feature in natural lasso peptides. We find that MccJ25 indeed forms right-handed pre-lassos, in contrast to past predictions but consistent with all natural lasso peptides. Additionally, the native pre-lasso structure is shown to be metastable prior to ring formation but to readily transition to entropically favored unfolded and nonthreaded structures, suggesting that de novo lasso folding is rare. However, by altering the ring forming residues and appending thiol and thioester functionalities, we are able to increase the stability of pre-lasso conformations. Furthermore, conditions leading to protonation of a histidine imidazole side chain further stabilize the modified pre-lasso ensemble. This work highlights the use of computational methods to characterize lasso folding and demonstrates that de novo access to lasso structures can be facilitated by optimizing sequence, unnatural modifications, and reaction conditions like pH.
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- Gabriel C A da Hora
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Ludwig BA, Forbes CR, Zondlo NJ. N-Terminal Proline Editing for the Synthesis of Peptides with Mercaptoproline and Selenoproline: Mechanistic Insights Lead to Greater Efficiency in Proline Native Chemical Ligation. ACS Chem Biol 2024; 19:536-550. [PMID: 38324914 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.3c00705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
Abstract
Native chemical ligation (NCL) at proline has been limited by cost and synthetic access. In addition, prior examples of NCL using mercaptoproline have exhibited stalling of the reaction after thioester exchange, due to inefficient S → N acyl transfer. Herein, we develop methods, using inexpensive Boc-4R-hydroxyproline, for the solid-phase synthesis of peptides containing N-terminal 4R-mercaptoproline and 4R-selenoproline. The synthesis proceeds via proline editing on the N-terminus of fully synthesized peptides on the solid phase, converting an N-terminal Boc-4R-hydroxyproline to the 4S-bromoproline, followed by an SN2 reaction with potassium thioacetate or selenobenzoic acid. After cleavage from the resin and deprotection, peptides with functionalized N-terminal proline amino acids were obtained. NCL reactions with mercaptoproline proceeded slowly under standard NCL conditions, with the S-acyl transthioesterification intermediate observed as a major species. Computational investigations indicated that the bicyclic intermediates and transition states for S → N acyl transfer are sufficiently low in energy (10-15 kcal mol-1 above starting material) that ring strain cannot explain the slow S → N acyl transfer. Instead, the bicyclic zwitterionic tetrahedral intermediate has a low barrier for reversion to the S-acyl intermediate, causing reversion to the thioester (reverse reaction) to occur preferentially over elimination to generate the amide (forward reaction). We hypothesized that a buffer capable of general acid and/or general base catalysis could promote S → N acyl transfer and thus achieve greater efficiency in proline NCL. In the presence of 2 M imidazole at pH 6.8, NCL with mercaptoproline proceeded efficiently to generate the peptide with a native amide bond. NCL with selenoproline also proceeded efficiently to generate the desired products when a thiophenol thioester was employed as a ligation partner. After desulfurization or deselenization, the products obtained were identical to those synthesized directly, confirming that the solid-phase proline editing reactions proceeded stereospecifically and without epimerization.
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- Brice A Ludwig
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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Zhao J, Liu X, Liu J, Ye F, Wei B, Deng M, Li T, Huang P, Wang P. Chemical Synthesis Creates Single Glycoforms of the Ectodomain of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Glycoprotein D. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:2615-2623. [PMID: 38117537 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) utilizes multiple viral surface glycoproteins to trigger virus entry and fusion. Among these glycoproteins, glycoprotein D (gD) functions as a receptor-binding protein, which makes it an attractive target for the development of vaccines against HSV-1 infection. Several recombinant gD subunit vaccines have been investigated in both preclinical and clinical phases with varying degrees of success. It is fundamentally critical to explore the functions of gD glycans. In light of this, we report an efficient synthetic platform to construct glycosylated gDs bearing homogeneous glycans at N94 and N121. The oligosaccharides were prepared by enzymatic synthesis and conjugated to peptidyl sectors. The glycoproteins were constructed via a combination of 7-(piperazin-1-yl)-2-(methyl)quinolinyl (PPZQ)-assisted expressed protein ligation and β-mercapto amino acid-assisted-desulfurization strategies. Biological studies showed that synthetic gDs exhibited potent in vivo activity in mice.
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- Jie Zhao
- Center for Chemical Glycobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Center for Chemical Glycobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Center for Chemical Glycobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Center for Chemical Glycobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Center for Chemical Glycobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Center for Chemical Glycobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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Okamoto R, Shibata H, Yatsuzuka T, Hanao T, Maki Y, Kabayama K, Miura A, Fukase K, Kajihara Y. Convergent synthesis of proteins using peptide-aminothiazoline. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:13510-13513. [PMID: 37885305 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04387h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Sequential peptide coupling plays a central role in chemical protein synthesis. This paper describes a new peptide derivative, peptide-aminothiazoline (At), whereof the C-terminus is functionalized with 2-aminothiazoline. Peptide-At streamlined the sequential peptide ligation in a one-pot manner and demonstrated the convergent synthesis of a circular protein and homogeneous glycoproteins.
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- Ryo Okamoto
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Forefront Research Center, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Forefront Research Center, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Forefront Research Center, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Forefront Research Center, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Center for Advanced Modalities and DDS, Osaka University, 1-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Forefront Research Center, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Wołczański G, Gil W, Cichos J, Lisowski M, Stefanowicz P. Alkyl Thiocyanurates as Thioester Mimetics. Transthioesterification and Ligation Reactions with High Potential in Dynamic Covalent Chemistry. J Org Chem 2023. [PMID: 37329497 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Alkyl thiocyanurates, the compounds formed in the SN reaction of thiocyanuric acid and alkyl halides, are susceptible to transthioesterification and ligation with molecules containing cysteamine, analogous to native chemical ligation of thioesters with peptides with an N-terminal cysteine moiety. The ligation is irreversible and results in the formation of mono- and disubstituted products dominantly. Transthioesterification, in contrast, is fully reversible and may be used in constructing dynamic systems. The application of this reactivity in dynamic covalent chemistry has been exemplified by the preparation of a library of mixed thiocyanurates of glutathione and thioglycolic acid with self-assembly abilities and metathesis between thiocyanurates of tris(carboxymethyl) and tris(carboxamidomethyl) catalyzed by MESNa (sodium 2-mercaptoethylsulphonate) or MPAA (4-mercaptophenylacetic acid). Differences in reactivity of thiocyanurates toward cysteamines and thiols has been explained based on conceptual DFT.
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- Grzegorz Wołczański
- Faculty of Chemsitry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Lower Silesia District, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemsitry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Lower Silesia District, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemsitry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Lower Silesia District, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemsitry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Lower Silesia District, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemsitry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Lower Silesia District, Poland
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Mamahit YP, Maki Y, Okamoto R, Kajihara Y. Semisynthesis of homogeneous misfolded glycoprotein interleukin-8. Carbohydr Res 2023; 531:108847. [PMID: 37354703 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2023.108847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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To uncover how cells distinguish between misfolded and correctly-folded glycoproteins, homogeneous misfolded glycoproteins are needed as a probe for analysis of their structure and chemical characteristic nature. In this study, we have synthesized misfolded glycosyl interleukin-8 (IL-8) by combining E. coli expression and chemical synthesis to improve the synthetic efficiency. In order to prepare N-terminal peptide-thioester segment (1-33), we prepared an E. coli expressed peptide and then activated the C-terminal Cys by using an intramolecular N-to-S acyl shift reaction, followed by trans-thioesterification of the Cys-thioester with an external bis(2-sulfanylethyl)amine (SEA). The glycopeptide segment (34-49) was prepared by solid phase peptide synthesis and the C-terminal peptide (50-72) was prepared in E. coli. These peptide and glycopeptide segments were successfully coupled by sequential native chemical ligation. To obtain homogeneous misfolded glycoproteins by shuffling the disulfide bond pattern, folding conditions were optimized to maximize the yield of individual homogeneous misfolded glycoproteins.
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- Yugoviandi P Mamahit
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan; Forefront Research Center, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan; Forefront Research Center, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan; Forefront Research Center, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan.
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Gless BH, Schmied SH, Bejder BS, Olsen CA. Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Assay for Investigating the Reactivity of Thioesters in Biochemistry and Native Chemical Ligation. JACS AU 2023; 3:1443-1451. [PMID: 37234128 PMCID: PMC10207088 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Thioesters are considered to be "energy-rich" functional groups that are susceptible to attack by thiolate and amine nucleophiles while remaining hydrolytically stable at neutral pH, which enables thioester chemistry to take place in an aqueous medium. Thus, the inherent reactivity of thioesters enables their fundamental roles in biology and unique applications in chemical synthesis. Here, we investigate the reactivity of thioesters that mimic acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) species and S-acylcysteine modifications as well as aryl thioesters applied in chemical protein synthesis by native chemical ligation (NCL). We developed a fluorogenic assay format for the direct and continuous investigation of the rate of reaction between thioesters and nucleophiles (hydroxide, thiolate, and amines) under various conditions and were able to recapitulate previously reported reactivity of thioesters. Further, chromatography-based analyses of acetyl- and succinyl-CoA mimics revealed striking differences in their ability to acylate lysine side chains, providing insight into nonenzymatic protein acylation. Finally, we investigated key aspects of native chemical ligation reaction conditions. Our data revealed a profound effect of the tris-(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP) commonly used in systems where thiol-thioester exchange occurs, including a potentially harmful hydrolysis side reaction. These data provide insight into the potential optimization of native chemical ligation chemistry.
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Suzuki S, Nakajima Y, Kamo N, Osakabe A, Okamoto A, Hayashi G, Murakami H. Thiocholine-Mediated One-Pot Peptide Ligation and Desulfurization. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28093655. [PMID: 37175065 PMCID: PMC10179797 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28093655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Thiol catalysts are essential in native chemical ligation (NCL) to increase the reaction efficiency. In this paper, we report the use of thiocholine in chemical protein synthesis, including NCL-based peptide ligation and metal-free desulfurization. Evaluation of thiocholine peptide thioester in terms of NCL and hydrolysis kinetics revealed its practical utility, which was comparable to that of other alkyl thioesters. Importantly, thiocholine showed better reactivity as a thiol additive in desulfurization, which is often used in chemical protein synthesis to convert Cys residues to more abundant Ala residues. Finally, we achieved chemical synthesis of two differently methylated histone H3 proteins via one-pot NCL and desulfurization with thiocholine.
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- Sae Suzuki
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- Institute of Nano-Life-Systems, Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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Antonenko A, Singh AK, Mosna K, Krężel A. OaAEP1 Ligase-Assisted Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Full Cysteine-Rich Metal-Binding Cyanobacterial Metallothionein SmtA. Bioconjug Chem 2023. [PMID: 36921066 PMCID: PMC10119931 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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Among all approaches used for the semisynthesis of natural or chemically modified products, enzyme-assisted ligation is among the most promising and dynamically developing approaches. Applying an efficient C247A mutant of Oldenlandia affinis plant ligase OaAEP1 and solid-phase peptide synthesis chemistry, we present the chemoenzymatic synthesis of a complete sequence of the cysteine-rich and metal-binding cyanobacterial metallothionein Synechococcus metallothionein A (SmtA). Zn(II) and Cd(II) binding to the newly synthesized SmtA showed identical properties to the protein expressed in Escherichia coli. The presented approach is the first example of the use of OaAEP1 mutant for total protein synthesis of metallothionein, which occurs in mild conditions preventing cysteine thiol oxidation. The recognition motif of the applied enzyme could naturally occur in the protein structure or be synthetically or genetically incorporated in some loops or secondary structure elements. Therefore, we envision that this strategy can be used for efficiently obtaining SmtA and for a wide range of proteins and their derivatives.
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- Anastasiia Antonenko
- Department of Chemical Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14a, Wrocław 50-383, Poland
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14a, Wrocław 50-383, Poland
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14a, Wrocław 50-383, Poland
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14a, Wrocław 50-383, Poland
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Lander AJ, Jin Y, Luk LYP. D-Peptide and D-Protein Technology: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202200537. [PMID: 36278392 PMCID: PMC10805118 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Total chemical protein synthesis provides access to entire D-protein enantiomers enabling unique applications in molecular biology, structural biology, and bioactive compound discovery. Key enzymes involved in the central dogma of molecular biology have been prepared in their D-enantiomeric forms facilitating the development of mirror-image life. Crystallization of a racemic mixture of L- and D-protein enantiomers provides access to high-resolution X-ray structures of polypeptides. Additionally, D-enantiomers of protein drug targets can be used in mirror-image phage display allowing discovery of non-proteolytic D-peptide ligands as lead candidates. This review discusses the unique applications of D-proteins including the synthetic challenges and opportunities.
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- Alexander J. Lander
- School of ChemistryCardiff UniversityMain Building, Park PlaceCardiffCF10 3ATUK
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- Manchester Institute of BiotechnologyThe University of ManchesterManchesterM1 7DNUK
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- School of ChemistryCardiff UniversityMain Building, Park PlaceCardiffCF10 3ATUK
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Liu S, Ye H, Yi L, Xi Z. A unique reaction of diphenylcyclopropenone and 1,2-aminothiol with the release of thiol for multiple bioconjugation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:1497-1500. [PMID: 36655850 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06419g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Selective reaction of diphenylcyclopropenone (DPCP) and 1,2-aminothiol in water at pH 7.4 produces an amide conjugate with the release of thiol. In addition, structural modifications of DPCP enable the coupling rate to be tuned with a reaction constant of +3.68. Based on this chemistry, triple labelling was demonstrated by treating an N-terminal cysteine peptide with DPCP-Cl followed by thiol-maleimide and tyrosine-diazonium couplings in one pot. We anticipate that the DPCP motif will be a useful toolkit for multiple bioconjugation.
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- Shanshan Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Lab of Bioprocess, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Lab of Bioprocess, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Lab of Bioprocess, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Ollivier N, Sénéchal M, Desmet R, Snella B, Agouridas V, Melnyk O. A biomimetic electrostatic assistance for guiding and promoting N-terminal protein chemical modification. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6667. [PMID: 36335111 PMCID: PMC9637170 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34392-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The modification of protein electrostatics by phosphorylation is a mechanism used by cells to promote the association of proteins with other biomolecules. In this work, we show that introducing negatively charged phosphoserines in a reactant is a powerful means for directing and accelerating the chemical modification of proteins equipped with oppositely charged arginines. While the extra charged amino acid residues induce no detectable affinity between the reactants, they bring site-selectivity to a reaction that is otherwise devoid of such a property. They also enable rate accelerations of four orders of magnitude in some cases, thereby permitting chemical processes to proceed at the protein level in the low micromolar range, using reactions that are normally too slow to be useful in such dilute conditions.
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- Nathalie Ollivier
- grid.410463.40000 0004 0471 8845Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 9017; Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- grid.410463.40000 0004 0471 8845Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 9017; Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- grid.410463.40000 0004 0471 8845Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 9017; Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- grid.410463.40000 0004 0471 8845Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 9017; Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- grid.410463.40000 0004 0471 8845Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 9017; Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France ,Centrale Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- grid.410463.40000 0004 0471 8845Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 9017; Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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Proteins through the eyes of an organic chemist. Tetrahedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2022.133022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cam Nam P, Van Bay M, Vo QV, Mechler A, Minh Thong N. Tautomerism and antioxidant power of sulfur-benzo[h]quinoline: DFT and molecular docking studies. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kong Q, Weng Y, Zheng Z, Chen W, Li P, Cai Z, Tian R. Integrated and High-Throughput Approach for Sensitive Analysis of Tyrosine Phosphoproteome. Anal Chem 2022; 94:13728-13736. [PMID: 36179360 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tyrosine phosphorylation (pTyr) regulates various signaling pathways under normal and cancerous states. Due to their low abundance and transient and dynamic natures, systematic profiling of pTyr sites is challenging. Antibody and engineered binding domain-based approaches have been well applied to pTyr peptide enrichment. However, traditional methods have the disadvantage of a long sample preparation process, which makes them unsuitable for processing limited amount of samples, especially in a high-throughput manner. In this study we developed a 96-well microplate-based approach to integrate all the sample preparation steps starting from cell culture to MS-compatible pTyr peptide enrichment in three consecutive 96-well microplates. By assembling an engineered SH2 domain onto a microplate, nonspecific adsorption of phosphopeptides is greatly reduced, which allows us to remove the Ti-IMAC purification and three C18 desalting steps (after digestion, pTyr enrichment, and Ti-IMAC purification) and, therefore, greatly simplifies the entire pTyr peptide enrichment workflow, especially when processing a large number of samples. Starting with 96-well microplate-cultured, pervanadate-stimulated cells, our approach could enrich 21% more pTyr sites than the traditional serial pTyr enrichment approach and showed good sensitivity and reproducibility in the range of 200 ng to 200 μg peptides. Importantly, we applied this approach to profile tyrosine kinase inhibitor-mediated EGFR signaling pathway and could well differentiate the distinct response of different pTyr sites. Collectively, the integrated 96-well microplate-based approach is valuable for profiling pTyr sites from limited biological samples and in a high-throughput manner.
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- Qian Kong
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China.,Research Center for Chemical Biology and Omics Analysis, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China.,State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China.,Research Center for Chemical Biology and Omics Analysis, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China.,Research Center for Chemical Biology and Omics Analysis, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China.,Research Center for Chemical Biology and Omics Analysis, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China.,Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China.,Research Center for Chemical Biology and Omics Analysis, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China.,Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Crystal Chan SH, Griffin JM, Clemett CA, Brimble MA, O’Carroll SJ, Harris PWR. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Termini-Modified and Cyclic Variants of the Connexin43 Inhibitor Peptide5. Front Chem 2022; 10:877618. [PMID: 36176893 PMCID: PMC9513234 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.877618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Peptide5 is a 12–amino acid mimetic peptide that corresponds to a region of the extracellular loop 2 (EL2) of connexin43. Peptide5 regulates both cellular communication with the cytoplasm (hemichannels) and cell-to-cell communication (gap junctions), and both processes are implicated in neurological pathologies. To address the poor in vivo stability of native peptide5 and to improve its activity, twenty-five novel peptide5 mimetics were designed and synthesized. All the analogues underwent biological evaluation as a hemichannel blocker and as a gap junction disruptor, and several were assessed for stability in human serum. From this study, it was established that several acylations on the N-terminus were tolerated in the hemichannel assay. However, the replacement of the L-Lys with an N-methylated L-Lys to give H-VDCFLSRPTE-N-MeKT-OH showed good hemichannel and gap junction activity and was more stable in human serum. The cyclic peptide variants generally were not tolerated in either the hemichannel and gap junction assay although several possessed outstanding stability in human serum.
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- Centre for Brain Research, Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Brain Research, Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Brain Research, Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- *Correspondence: Simon J. O’Carroll, ; Paul W. R. Harris,
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- *Correspondence: Simon J. O’Carroll, ; Paul W. R. Harris,
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Snella B, Grain B, Vicogne J, Capet F, Wiltschi B, Melnyk O, Agouridas V. Fast Protein Modification in the Nanomolar Concentration Range Using an Oxalyl Amide as Latent Thioester. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202204992. [PMID: 35557487 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202204992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
We show that latent oxalyl thioester surrogates are a powerful means to modify peptides and proteins in highly dilute conditions in purified aqueous media or in mixtures as complex as cell lysates. Designed to be shelf-stable reagents, they can be activated on demand to enable ligation reactions with peptide concentrations as low as a few hundred nM at rates approaching 30 M-1 s-1 .
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- Benoît Snella
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR 9017-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR 9017-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR 9017-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181, UCCS, Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, 59000, Lille, France
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- Institute of Bioprocess Science and Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR 9017-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR 9017-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, 59000, Lille, France.,Centrale Lille, 59000, Lille, France
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Firstova O, Melnyk O, Diemer V. Thiol Catalysis of Selenosulfide Bond Cleavage by a Triarylphosphine. J Org Chem 2022; 87:9426-9430. [PMID: 35763672 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The arylthiol 4-mercaptophenylacetic acid (MPAA) is a powerful catalyst of selenosulfide bond reduction by the triarylphosphine 3,3',3″-phosphanetriyltris(benzenesulfonic acid) trisodium salt (TPPTS). Both reagents are water-soluble at neutral pH and are particularly adapted for working with unprotected peptidic substrates. Contrary to trialkylphosphines such as tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride (TCEP), TPPTS has the advantage of not inducing deselenization reactions. We believe that the work reported here will be of value for those manipulating selenosulfide bonds in peptidic or protein molecules.
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- Olga Firstova
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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Singh J, Whitaker D, Thoma B, Islam S, Foden CS, Aliev AE, Sheppard TD, Powner MW. Prebiotic Catalytic Peptide Ligation Yields Proteinogenic Peptides by Intramolecular Amide Catalyzed Hydrolysis Facilitating Regioselective Lysine Ligation in Neutral Water. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:10151-10155. [PMID: 35640067 PMCID: PMC9204760 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The prebiotic origin
of catalyst-controlled peptide synthesis is
fundamental to understanding the emergence of life. Building on our
recent discovery that thiols catalyze the ligation of amino acids,
amides, and peptides with amidonitriles in neutral water, we demonstrate
the outcome of ligation depends on pH and that high pKa primary thiols are the ideal catalysts. While the most
rapid thiol catalyzed peptide ligation occurs at pH 8.5–9,
the most selective peptide ligation, that tolerates all proteinogenic
side chains, occurs at pH 7. We have also identified the highly selective
mechanism by which the intermediate peptidyl amidines undergo hydrolysis
to α-peptides while demonstrating that the hydrolysis of amidines
with nonproteinogenic structures, such as β- and γ-peptides,
displays poor selectivity. Notably, this discovery enables the highly
α-selective protecting-group-free ligation of lysine peptides
at neutral pH while leaving the functional ε-amine side chain
intact.
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- Jyoti Singh
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom.,Department of Chemistry, King's College London, 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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Snella B, Grain B, Vicogne J, Capet F, Wiltschi B, Melnyk O, Agouridas V. Fast Protein Modification in the Nanomolar Concentration Range Using an Oxalyl Amide as Latent Thioester. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202204992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- University of Lille: Universite de Lille Chemistry FRANCE
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Biology FRANCE
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- CNRS: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 9017 FRANCE
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- Ecole Centrale de Lille ENSCL Av. Mendeleiev 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq FRANCE
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Kishimoto S, Matsubara Y, Watanabe K. Alkaloid Biosynthetic Enzyme Generates Diastereomeric Pair via Two Distinct Mechanisms. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:5485-5493. [PMID: 35302734 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ergopeptines constitute one of the representative classes of ergoline alkaloids and carry a tripeptide extension on the lysergic acid core. In the current study, we discovered and structurally characterized newly isolated ergopeptine-like compounds named lentopeptins from a filamentous fungus Aspergillus lentulus, a close relative of A. fumigatus. Interestingly, in lentopeptins, the common lysergic acid moiety of ergopeptines is replaced by a cinnamic acid moiety at the N-terminus of the peptide segment. Moreover, lentopeptins lack the C-terminal proline residue necessary for the spontaneous cyclization of the peptide extension. Herein, we report the atypical lentopeptin biosynthetic pathway identified through targeted deletion of the len cluster biosynthetic genes predicted from the genome sequence. Further in vitro characterizations of the thiolation-terminal condensation-like (T-CT) didomain of the nonribosomal peptide synthetase LenA and its site-specific mutants revealed the mechanism of peptide release via diketopiperazine formation, an activity previously unreported for CT domains. Most intriguingly, in vitro assays of the cytochrome P450 LenC illuminated the unique mechanisms to generate two diastereomeric products. Lentopeptin A forms via a stereospecific hydroxylation, followed by a spontaneous bicyclic lactam core formation, while lentopeptin B is produced through an initial dehydrogenation, followed by a bicyclic lactam core formation and stereospecific hydration. Our results showcase how nature exploits common biosynthetic enzymes to forge new complex natural products effectively (213/250).
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- Shinji Kishimoto
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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Diemer V, Firstova O, Agouridas V, Melnyk O. Pedal to the Metal: The Homogeneous Catalysis of the Native Chemical Ligation Reaction. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202104229. [PMID: 35048443 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The native chemical ligation reaction of peptide thioesters with cysteinyl peptides is a pivotal chemical process in the production of native or modified peptides and proteins, and well beyond in the preparation of various biomolecule analogs and materials. To benefit from this reaction at its fullest and to access all the possible applications, the experimentalist needs to know the factors affecting its rate and how to control it. This concept article presents the fundamental principles underlying the rate of the native chemical ligation and its homogeneous catalysis by nucleophiles. It has been prepared to serve as a quick guide in the search for an appropriate catalyst.
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- Vincent Diemer
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 -, UMR 9017 -, CIIL -, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 -, UMR 9017 -, CIIL -, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 -, UMR 9017 -, CIIL -, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, 59000, Lille, France.,Centrale Lille, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 -, UMR 9017 -, CIIL -, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, 59000, Lille, France
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Nagano M, Huang Y, Obexer R, Suga H. Chemical peptide macrolactonization via intramolecular
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S
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O
acyl transfer. Pept Sci (Hoboken) 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pep2.24259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Masanobu Nagano
- Graduate School of Science The University of Tokyo Bunkyo‐ku Tokyo Japan
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- Graduate School of Science The University of Tokyo Bunkyo‐ku Tokyo Japan
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- Graduate School of Science The University of Tokyo Bunkyo‐ku Tokyo Japan
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- Graduate School of Science The University of Tokyo Bunkyo‐ku Tokyo Japan
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Wang Z, Ma W, Wei J, Lan K, Yan S, Chen R, Qin G. High-performance olfactory receptor-derived peptide sensor for trimethylamine detection based on Steglich esterification reaction and native chemical ligation connection. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 195:113673. [PMID: 34619485 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Trimethylamine (TMA) commonly exists in daily life and is harmful to human health, therefore the convenient and sensitive monitoring of TMA is highly desired. In this study, we developed a method to fabricate a high-performance TMA sensor by chemically conjugating olfactory receptor-derived peptides (ORPs) to single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) on interdigital electrodes. First, the SWCNTs were modified with thioester by Steglich esterification reaction. Next, the ORPs with a cysteine residue at the N-terminus were connected to the thioester by native chemical ligation and modified to the surface of the SWCNTs. The chemical connection method enabled more effective loading of ORPs to the SWCNTs compared to the previously reported physical connection method. Using this approach, the ORPs-SWCNTs sensor for gaseous TMA was fabricated and enabled detection of TMA with a concentration as low as 0.01 parts per trillion, which was three orders of magnitude lower than the reported lowest detection limit up to date. Furthermore, we tested the performance of the ORP-sensor with vaporized TMA and TMA generated from various spoiled food, and the sensor exhibited excellent sensitivity, selectivity, and stability for TMA detection. The results demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed chemical connection method for the fabrication of ORP-sensor and the great potential of using these sensors for applications in environmental safety, food quality evaluation, and healthcare.
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- Zhi Wang
- School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Imaging and Sensing Microelectronic Technology, Tianjin, 300072, PR China
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- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150040, PR China
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- School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Imaging and Sensing Microelectronic Technology, Tianjin, 300072, PR China
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- School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Imaging and Sensing Microelectronic Technology, Tianjin, 300072, PR China
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- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150040, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China.
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- School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Imaging and Sensing Microelectronic Technology, Tianjin, 300072, PR China.
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Ray N. Design of a novel Fischer carbene complex which can facilitate thiol mediated site-specific protein immobilization. RESULTS IN CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rechem.2022.100419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Butts M, Nam Chu. Utilizing a Baculovirus/Insect Cell Expression System and Expressed Protein Ligation (EPL) for Protein Semisynthesis. Curr Protoc 2022; 2:e348. [PMID: 35044726 PMCID: PMC8855479 DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Protein semisynthesis has been used for the chemoselective linking of synthetic peptides and recombinant protein fragments to generate complete native proteins in good yield. The ability to site-selectively incorporate multiple post-translational chemical modifications (PTMs) into proteins via this approach shows great potential for enhancing understanding of the molecular basis of protein function and regulation. Protein semisynthesis, however, often requires high expression efficiency of the recombinant protein fragments (i.e., high expression yield and ability to preserve protein biological functions), which can be hard to achieve for some human enzymes when using bacterial expression systems. Here, we describe how to use a baculovirus/insect cell expression system and a protein semisynthesis strategy known as expressed protein ligation (EPL) to produce workable levels of proteins of interest containing site-specific chemical modifications. The protocol provides detailed guidance for generating protein C-terminal thioesters for use with the EPL reaction, performing the EPL reaction, and purifying the protein ligation product. We exemplify the protocols by generating protein kinase Akt1 with site-specific phosphorylations installed into its C-terminal tail, for kinetic kinase assays. We hope these methods will help increase the use of protein semisynthesis for elucidating the post-translational regulation of human enzymes involved in cell signaling. © 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC Basic Protocol 1: Generation of the N-terminal protein of interest (POI) fragment containing a C-terminal thioester moiety Basic Protocol 2: Expressed protein ligation (EPL) of the protein thioester with a synthetic peptide and purification of the protein ligation product Basic Protocol 3: Semisynthesis and biochemical analysis of site-specifically phosphorylated Akt1.
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- Marie Butts
- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, the Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, the Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH 43210, USA,Corresponding author:
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Hessefort H, Gross A, Seeleithner S, Hessefort M, Kirsch T, Perkams L, Bundgaard KO, Gottwald K, Rau D, Graf CGF, Rozanski E, Weidler S, Unverzagt C. Chemical and Enzymatic Synthesis of Sialylated Glycoforms of Human Erythropoietin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:25922-25932. [PMID: 34523784 PMCID: PMC9297946 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202110013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) is the main therapeutic glycoprotein for the treatment of anemia in cancer and kidney patients. The in‐vivo activity of EPO is carbohydrate‐dependent with the number of sialic acid residues regulating its circulatory half‐life. EPO carries three N‐glycans and thus obtaining pure glycoforms provides a major challenge. We have developed a robust and reproducible chemoenzymatic approach to glycoforms of EPO with and without sialic acids. EPO was assembled by sequential native chemical ligation of two peptide and three glycopeptide segments. The glycopeptides were obtained by pseudoproline‐assisted Lansbury aspartylation. Enzymatic introduction of the sialic acids was readily accomplished at the level of the glycopeptide segments but even more efficiently on the refolded glycoprotein. Biological recognition of the synthetic EPOs was shown by formation of 1:1 complexes with recombinant EPO receptor.
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- Hendrik Hessefort
- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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Hessefort H, Gross A, Seeleithner S, Hessefort M, Kirsch T, Perkams L, Bundgaard KO, Gottwald K, Rau D, Graf CGF, Rozanski E, Weidler S, Unverzagt C. Chemical and Enzymatic Synthesis of Sialylated Glycoforms of Human Erythropoietin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202110013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Hendrik Hessefort
- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- University of Bayreuth Bioorganic Chemistry Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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Cong M, Tavakolpour S, Berland L, Glöckner H, Andreiuk B, Rakhshandehroo T, Uslu S, Mishra S, Clark L, Rashidian M. Direct N- or C-Terminal Protein Labeling Via a Sortase-Mediated Swapping Approach. Bioconjug Chem 2021; 32:2397-2406. [PMID: 34748323 PMCID: PMC9595177 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Site-specific protein labeling is important in biomedical research and biotechnology. While many methods allow site-specific protein modification, a straightforward approach for efficient N-terminal protein labeling is not available. We introduce a novel sortase-mediated swapping approach for a one-step site-specific N-terminal labeling with a near-quantitative yield. We show that this method allows rapid and efficient cleavage and simultaneous labeling of the N or C termini of fusion proteins. The method does not require any prior modification beyond the genetic incorporation of the sortase recognition motif. This new approach provides flexibility for protein engineering and site-specific protein modifications.
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- Min Cong
- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, IRCAN, 06100 Nice, France
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, 06230, Turkey
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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Houska R, Stutz MB, Seitz O. Expanding the scope of native chemical ligation - templated small molecule drug synthesis via benzanilide formation. Chem Sci 2021; 12:13450-13457. [PMID: 34777764 PMCID: PMC8528049 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00513h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We describe a reaction system that enables the synthesis of Bcr–Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) via benzanilide formation in water. The reaction is based on native chemical ligation (NCL). In contrast to previous applications, we used the NCL chemistry to establish aromatic rather than aliphatic amide bonds in coupling reactions between benzoyl and o-mercaptoaniline fragments. The method was applied for the synthesis of thiolated ponatinib and GZD824 derivatives. Acid treatment provided benzothiazole structures, which opens opportunities for diversification. Thiolation affected the affinity for Abl1 kinase only moderately. Of note, a ponatinib-derived benzothiazole also showed nanomolar affinity. NCL-enabled benzanilide formation may prove useful for fragment-based drug discovery. To show that benzanilide synthesis can be put under the control of a template, we connected the benzoyl and o-mercaptoaniline fragments to DNA and peptide nucleic acid (PNA) oligomers. Complementary RNA templates enabled adjacent binding of reactive conjugates triggering a rapid benzoyl transfer from a thioester-linked DNA conjugate to an o-mercaptoaniline-DNA or -PNA conjugate. We evaluated the influence of linker length and unpaired spacer nucleotides within the RNA template on the product yield. The data suggest that nucleic acid-templated benzanilide formation could find application in the establishment of DNA-encoded combinatorial libraries (DEL). The templated native chemical ligation between benzoyl thioesters and o-mercaptoaniline fragments proceeds in water and provides benzanilides that have nanomolar affinity for Abl1 kinase.![]()
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- Richard Houska
- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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Erickson PW, Fulcher JM, Spaltenstein P, Kay MS. Traceless Click-Assisted Native Chemical Ligation Enabled by Protecting Dibenzocyclooctyne from Acid-Mediated Rearrangement with Copper(I). Bioconjug Chem 2021; 32:2233-2244. [PMID: 34619957 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The scope of proteins accessible to total chemical synthesis via native chemical ligation (NCL) is often limited by slow ligation kinetics. Here we describe Click-Assisted NCL (CAN), in which peptides are incorporated with traceless "helping hand" lysine linkers that enable addition of dibenzocyclooctyne (DBCO) and azide handles. The resulting strain-promoted alkyne-azide cycloaddition (SPAAC) increases their effective concentration to greatly accelerate ligations. We demonstrate that copper(I) protects DBCO from acid-mediated rearrangement during acidic peptide cleavage, enabling direct production of DBCO synthetic peptides. Excitingly, triazole-linked model peptides ligated rapidly and accumulated little side product due to the fast reaction time. Using the E. coli ribosomal subunit L32 as a model protein, we further demonstrate that SPAAC, ligation, desulfurization, and linker cleavage steps can be performed in one pot. CAN is a useful method for overcoming challenging ligations involving sterically hindered junctions. Additionally, CAN is anticipated to be an important stepping stone toward a multisegment, one-pot, templated ligation system.
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- Patrick W Erickson
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, 15 North Medical Drive East, Room 4100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.,Institute for Protein Design, Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, 15 North Medical Drive East, Room 4100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.,Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, 15 North Medical Drive East, Room 4100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, 15 North Medical Drive East, Room 4100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Murakami S, Nanjo T, Takemoto Y. Photocatalytic Activation of Elemental Sulfur Enables a Chemoselective Three-Component Thioesterification. Org Lett 2021; 23:7650-7655. [PMID: 34528809 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A mild and chemoselective three-component thioesterification using olefins, α-ketoacids, and elemental sulfur has been developed. The photocatalytic activation of elemental sulfur, a cheap and abundant sulfur source, enables the rapid installation of a sulfur atom into molecules, reactions that ordinarily would require the use of reactive and malodorous sulfur-containing compounds such as thiols and thioacids. This novel reaction is characterized by high yields and a broad substrate scope, which enables the introduction of thioester moieties into complex molecules including a steroid, a peptide, and a nonprotected glycoside. Mechanistic studies indicated that the success of this transformation depends on the multiple roles played by the elemental sulfur, including those of a sulfurizing agent, a terminal oxidant, and a HAT mediator.
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- Sho Murakami
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Miao X, Paikar A, Lerner B, Diskin‐Posner Y, Shmul G, Semenov SN. Kinetic Selection in the Out‐of‐Equilibrium Autocatalytic Reaction Networks that Produce Macrocyclic Peptides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202105790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Xiaoming Miao
- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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Vinogradov AA, Nagano M, Goto Y, Suga H. Site-Specific Nonenzymatic Peptide S/O-Glutamylation Reveals the Extent of Substrate Promiscuity in Glutamate Elimination Domains. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:13358-13369. [PMID: 34392675 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Formation of dehydroalanine and dehydrobutyrine residues via tRNA-dependent dehydration of serine and threonine is a key post-translational modification in the biosynthesis of lanthipeptide and thiopeptide RiPPs. The dehydration process involves two reactions, wherein the O-glutamyl Ser/Thr intermediate, accessed by a dedicated enzyme utilizing Glu-tRNAGlu as the acyl donor, is recognized by the second enzyme, referred to as the glutamate elimination domain (ED), which catalyzes the eponymous reaction yielding a dehydroamino acid. Many details of ED catalysis remain unexplored because the scope of available substrates for testing is limited to those that the upstream enzymes can furnish. Here, we report two complementary strategies for direct, nonenzymatic access to diverse ED substrates. We establish that a thiol-thioester exchange reaction between a Cys-containing peptide and an α thioester of glutamic acid leads an S-glutamylated intermediate which can act as a substrate for EDs. Furthermore, we show that the native O-glutamylated substrates can be accessible from S-glutamylated peptides upon a site-specific S-to-O acyl transfer reaction. Combined with flexible in vitro translation utilized for rapid peptide production, these chemistries enabled us to dissect the substrate recognition requirements of three known EDs. Our results establish that EDs are uniquely promiscuous enzymes capable of acting on substrates with arbitrary amino acid sequences and performing retro-Michael reaction beyond the canonical glutamate elimination. To facilitate substrate recruitment, EDs apparently engage in nonspecific hydrophobic interactions with their substrates. Altogether, our results establish the substrate scope of EDs and provide clues to their catalysis.
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- Alexander A Vinogradov
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Fuchs O, Trunschke S, Hanebrink H, Reimann M, Seitz O. Enabling Cysteine-Free Native Chemical Ligation at Challenging Junctions with a Ligation Auxiliary Capable of Base Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:19483-19490. [PMID: 34165893 PMCID: PMC8457107 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202107158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ligation auxiliaries are used in chemical protein synthesis to extend the scope of native chemical ligation (NCL) beyond cysteine. However, auxiliary-mediated ligations at sterically demanding junctions have been difficult. Often the thioester intermediate formed in the thiol exchange step of NCL accumulates because the subsequent S→N acyl transfer is extremely slow. Here we introduce the 2-mercapto-2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl (MPyE) group as the first auxiliary designed to aid the ligation reaction by catalysis. Notably, the MPyE auxiliary provides useful rates even for junctions containing proline or a β-branched amino acid. Quantum chemical calculations suggest that the pyridine nitrogen acts as an intramolecular base in a rate-determining proton transfer step. The auxiliary is prepared in two steps and conveniently introduced by reductive alkylation. Auxiliary cleavage is induced upon treatment with TCEP/morpholine in presence of a MnII complex as radical starter. The synthesis of a de novo designed 99mer peptide and an 80 aa long MUC1 peptide demonstrates the usefulness of the MPyE auxiliary.
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- Olaf Fuchs
- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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Ein zur Basenkatalyse befähigtes Ligationsauxiliar ermöglicht die cysteinfreie native chemische Ligation an anspruchsvollen Verknüpfungsstellen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202107158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Dao Y, Wang B, Dong W, Zhang J, Zhong C, Zhang Z, Dong S. Facile Generation of Strained Peptidyl Thiolactones from Hydrazides and Its Application in Assembling
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†. CHINESE J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202100326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Yuankun Dao
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, and Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Beijing 100191 China
- Institute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences Peking University Health Science Center Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, and Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, and Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, and Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Beijing 100191 China
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- Institute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences Peking University Health Science Center Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, and Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, and Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Beijing 100191 China
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Miao X, Paikar A, Lerner B, Diskin-Posner Y, Shmul G, Semenov SN. Kinetic Selection in the Out-of-Equilibrium Autocatalytic Reaction Networks that Produce Macrocyclic Peptides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:20366-20375. [PMID: 34144635 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202105790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Autocatalytic reaction networks are instrumental for validating scenarios for the emergence of life on Earth and for synthesizing life de novo. Here, we demonstrate that dimeric thioesters of tripeptides with the general structure (Cys-Xxx-Gly-SEt)2 form strongly interconnected autocatalytic reaction networks that predominantly generate macrocyclic peptides up to 69 amino acids long. Some macrocycles of 6-12 amino acids were isolated from the product pool and were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray analysis. We studied the autocatalytic formation of macrocycles in a flow reactor in the presence of acrylamide, whose conjugate addition to thiols served as a model "removal" reaction. These results indicate that even not template-assisted autocatalytic production combined with competing removal of molecular species in an open compartment could be a feasible route for selecting functional molecules during the pre-Darwinian stages of molecular evolution.
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- Xiaoming Miao
- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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Peyrot C, Didak B, Guillotin L, Landemarre L, Lafite P, Lemiègre L, Daniellou R. Enzymatic Synthesis of a Series of Thioglycosides: Analogs of Arbutin with Efficient Antipigmentation Properties. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Cédric Peyrot
- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA) – UMR CNRS 7311 University of Orléans Rue de Chartres, BP6759 45067 Orléans cedex 2 France
- Univ Rennes Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, ISCR – UMR6226 35000 Rennes France
- Present address: URD Agro-Biotechnologies Industrielles CEBB AgroParisTech 51110 Pomacle France
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- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA) – UMR CNRS 7311 University of Orléans Rue de Chartres, BP6759 45067 Orléans cedex 2 France
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- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA) – UMR CNRS 7311 University of Orléans Rue de Chartres, BP6759 45067 Orléans cedex 2 France
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- Univ Rennes Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, ISCR – UMR6226 35000 Rennes France
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- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA) – UMR CNRS 7311 University of Orléans Rue de Chartres, BP6759 45067 Orléans cedex 2 France
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Kambanis L, Chisholm TS, Kulkarni SS, Payne RJ. Rapid one-pot iterative diselenide-selenoester ligation using a novel coumarin-based photolabile protecting group. Chem Sci 2021; 12:10014-10021. [PMID: 34349969 PMCID: PMC8317654 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc02781f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The development of an iterative one-pot peptide ligation strategy is described that capitalises on the rapid and efficient nature of the diselenide–selenoester ligation reaction, together with photodeselenisation chemistry. This ligation strategy hinged on the development of a novel photolabile protecting group for the side chain of selenocysteine, namely the 7-diethylamino-3-methyl coumarin (DEAMC) moiety. Deprotection of this DEAMC group can be effected in a mild, reagent-free manner using visible light (λ = 450 nm) without deleterious deselenisation of selenocysteine residues, thus enabling a subsequent ligation reaction without purification. The use of this DEAMC-protected selenocysteine in iterative DSL chemistry is highlighted through the efficient one-pot syntheses of 60- and 80-residue fragments of mucin-1 as well as apolipoprotein CIII in just 2–4 hours. A method for the rapid one-pot iterative assembly of proteins via diselenide–selenoester ligation (DSL) chemistry is described that capitalises on a novel coumarin-based photolabile protecting group for selenocysteine.![]()
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- Lucas Kambanis
- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia.,Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia.,Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia.,Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia.,Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
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Ruiz J, Mateo MA. Access to Gold(I) Protic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes from Trinuclear Gold(I) Imidazolate Clusters. Organometallics 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Javier Ruiz
- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Oviedo, E-33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Oviedo, E-33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Autocatalytic and oscillatory reaction networks that form guanidines and products of their cyclization. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2994. [PMID: 34016981 PMCID: PMC8138026 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23206-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Autocatalytic and oscillatory networks of organic reactions are important for designing life-inspired materials and for better understanding the emergence of life on Earth; however, the diversity of the chemistries of these reactions is limited. In this work, we present the thiol-assisted formation of guanidines, which has a mechanism analogous to that of native chemical ligation. Using this reaction, we designed autocatalytic and oscillatory reaction networks that form substituted guanidines from thiouronium salts. The thiouronium salt-based oscillator show good stability of oscillations within a broad range of experimental conditions. By using nitrile-containing starting materials, we constructed an oscillator where the concentration of a bicyclic derivative of dihydropyrimidine oscillates. Moreover, the mixed thioester and thiouronium salt-based oscillator show unique responsiveness to chemical cues. The reactions developed in this work expand our toolbox for designing out-of-equilibrium chemical systems and link autocatalytic and oscillatory chemistry to the synthesis of guanidinium derivatives and the products of their transformations including analogs of nucleobases. So far, only a few chemical oscillators based on organic reactions have been developed. Here, the authors report both autocatalytic and oscillatory reaction networks that form substituted guanidines from thiouronium salts; when coupled to cascade cyclization, this reaction network produces oscillations in the production of pyrimidine-based heterocycles.
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