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Miles SA, Nillama JA, Hunter L. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: The Diverse Roles That Fluorine Can Play within Amino Acid Side Chains. Molecules 2023; 28:6192. [PMID: 37687021 PMCID: PMC10489206 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28176192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Side chain-fluorinated amino acids are useful tools in medicinal chemistry and protein science. In this review, we outline some general strategies for incorporating fluorine atom(s) into amino acid side chains and for elaborating such building blocks into more complex fluorinated peptides and proteins. We then describe the diverse benefits that fluorine can offer when located within amino acid side chains, including enabling 19F NMR and 18F PET imaging applications, enhancing pharmacokinetic properties, controlling molecular conformation, and optimizing target-binding.
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
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Fluorinated Protein and Peptide Materials for Biomedical Applications. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15101201. [PMID: 36297312 PMCID: PMC9609677 DOI: 10.3390/ph15101201] [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: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Fluorination represents one of the most powerful modern design strategies to impart biomacromolecules with unique functionality, empowering them for widespread application in the biomedical realm. However, the properties of fluorinated protein materials remain unpredictable due to the heavy context-dependency of the surrounding atoms influenced by fluorine’s strong electron-withdrawing tendencies. This review aims to discern patterns and elucidate design principles governing the biochemical synthesis and rational installation of fluorine into protein and peptide sequences for diverse biomedical applications. Several case studies are presented to deconvolute the overgeneralized fluorous stabilization effect and critically examine the duplicitous nature of the resultant enhanced chemical and thermostability as it applies to use as biomimetic therapeutics, drug delivery vehicles, and bioimaging modalities.
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Hohmann T, Dyrks M, Chowdhary S, Weber M, Nguyen D, Moschner J, Koksch B. Gram-Scale Asymmetric Synthesis of Fluorinated Amino Acids Using a Chiral Nickel(II) Complex. J Org Chem 2022; 87:10592-10604. [PMID: 35926217 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fluorinated amino acids play an important role in the field of peptide and protein engineering. Although numerous syntheses have been published in recent decades, strategies that allow routine access to fluorinated amino acids on a gram-scale have been poorly described. Furthermore, the described pathways that gain fluorinated amino acids are based on different synthetic strategies, making a uniform approach that uses similar starting materials highly beneficial. Chiral Ni(II) complexes were introduced as powerful tools in the synthesis of noncanonical amino acids. In this work, we present a strategy for the synthesis of a diverse range of fluorinated amino acids based on the corresponding Ni(II) complex from which the products can be obtained in enantiopure form (99% ee) on a gram-scale. In addition, we describe an optimized procedure for the synthesis of alkyl iodide building blocks that are required for the alkylation reactions with the corresponding Ni(II) complex. Finally, we characterized the synthesized fluorinated amino acids with regard to their hydrophobicity and α-helix propensity.
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- Thomas Hohmann
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 20, Berlin, 14195Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 20, Berlin, 14195Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 20, Berlin, 14195Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstraße 34/36, Berlin, 14195Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 20, Berlin, 14195Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 20, Berlin, 14195Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 20, Berlin, 14195Berlin, Germany
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Delamare A, Naulet G, Kauffmann B, Guichard G, Compain G. Hexafluoroisobutylation of Enolates Through a Tandem Elimination/Allylic Shift/Hydrofluorination Reaction. Chem Sci 2022; 13:9507-9514. [PMID: 36091907 PMCID: PMC9400614 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02871a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The isobutyl side chain is a highly prevalent hydrophobic group in drugs, and it notably constitutes the side chain of leucine. Its replacement by a hexafluorinated version containing two CF3...
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- Aline Delamare
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, IECB F-33600 Pessac France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, IECB F-33600 Pessac France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, IECB, UAR 3033 F-33600 Pessac France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, IECB F-33600 Pessac France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, IECB F-33600 Pessac France
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Huhmann S, Nyakatura EK, Rohrhofer A, Moschner J, Schmidt B, Eichler J, Roth C, Koksch B. Systematic Evaluation of Fluorination as Modification for Peptide-Based Fusion Inhibitors against HIV-1 Infection. Chembiochem 2021; 22:3443-3451. [PMID: 34605595 PMCID: PMC9297971 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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With the emergence of novel viruses, the development of new antivirals is more urgent than ever. A key step in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is six-helix bundle formation within the envelope protein subunit gp41. Selective disruption of bundle formation by peptides has been shown to be effective; however, these drugs, exemplified by T20, are prone to rapid clearance from the patient. The incorporation of non-natural amino acids is known to improve these pharmacokinetic properties. Here, we evaluate a peptide inhibitor in which a critical Ile residue is replaced by fluorinated analogues. We characterized the influence of the fluorinated analogues on the biophysical properties of the peptide. Furthermore, we show that the fluorinated peptides can block HIV-1 infection of target cells at nanomolar levels. These findings demonstrate that fluorinated amino acids are appropriate tools for the development of novel peptide therapeutics.
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- Susanne Huhmann
- Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and PharmacyInstitute of Chemistry and BiochemistryArnimallee 2014195BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and PharmacyInstitute of Chemistry and BiochemistryArnimallee 2014195BerlinGermany
- Antibody Engineering Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute417 East 68th Street, 19 Floor North, P: 646-888-2003New YorkNY 10021USA
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- Institute of Clinical Microbiology and HygieneRegensburg University HospitalFranz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 1193053RegensburgGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and PharmacyInstitute of Chemistry and BiochemistryArnimallee 2014195BerlinGermany
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- Institute of Clinical Microbiology and HygieneRegensburg University HospitalFranz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 1193053RegensburgGermany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergDepartment Chemie und PharmazieNikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 1091058ErlangenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesBiomolecular SystemsArnimallee 2214195BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and PharmacyInstitute of Chemistry and BiochemistryArnimallee 2014195BerlinGermany
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Li MC, Liu YJ, Hsu KC, Lin TH, Lin CW, Horng JC, Wang SK. Design and synthesis of fluorinated peptides for analysis of fluorous effects on the interconversion of polyproline helices. Bioorg Chem 2021; 119:105491. [PMID: 34838334 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The unique interaction between fluorine atoms has been exploited to alter protein structures and to develop synthetic and analytical applications. To expand such fluorous interaction for novel applications, polyproline peptides represent an excellent molecular nanoscaffold for controlling the presentation of perfluoroalkyl groups on their unique secondary structure. We develop approaches to synthesis fluorinated peptides to systematically investigate how the number, location and types of the fluorous groups on polyproline affect the conformation by monitoring the transition between the two major polyproline structures PPI and PPII. This work provides valuable information on how fluorous interaction affects the peptide structure and also benefits the design of functional fluorous molecules.
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- Meng-Che Li
- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
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Glossop HD, De Zoysa GH, Pilkington LI, Barker D, Sarojini V. Fluorinated O-phenylserine residues enhance the broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity of ultrashort cationic lipopeptides. J Fluor Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2020.109685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Brittain WDG, Lloyd CM, Cobb SL. Synthesis of complex unnatural fluorine-containing amino acids. J Fluor Chem 2020; 239:109630. [PMID: 33144742 PMCID: PMC7583769 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2020.109630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The area of fluorinated amino acid synthesis has seen rapid growth over the past decade. As reports of singly fluorinated natural amino acid derivatives have grown, researchers have turned their attention to develop methodology to access complex proteinogenic examples. A variety of reaction conditions have been employed in this area, exploiting new advances in the wider synthetic community such as photocatalysis and palladium cross-coupling. In addition, novel fluorinated functional groups have also been incorporated into amino acids, with SFX and perfluoro moieties now appearing with more frequency in the literature. This review focuses on synthetic methodology for accessing complex non-proteinogenic amino acids, along with amino acids containing multiple fluorine atoms such as CF3, SF5 and perfluoroaromatic groups.
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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Asymmetric Synthesis of Tailor-Made Amino Acids Using Chiral Ni(II) Complexes of Schiff Bases. An Update of the Recent Literature. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25122739. [PMID: 32545684 PMCID: PMC7356839 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25122739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Tailor-made amino acids are indispensable structural components of modern medicinal chemistry and drug design. Consequently, stereo-controlled preparation of amino acids is the area of high research activity. Over last decade, application of Ni(II) complexes of Schiff bases derived from glycine and chiral tridentate ligands has emerged as a leading methodology for the synthesis of various structural types of amino acids. This review article summarizes examples of asymmetric synthesis of tailor-made α-amino acids via the corresponding Ni(II) complexes, reported in the literature over the last four years. A general overview of this methodology is provided, with the emphasis given to practicality, scalability, cost-structure and recyclability of the chiral tridentate ligands.
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Awad LF, Ayoup MS. Fluorinated phenylalanines: synthesis and pharmaceutical applications. Beilstein J Org Chem 2020; 16:1022-1050. [PMID: 32509033 PMCID: PMC7237815 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.16.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Recent advances in the chemistry of peptides containing fluorinated phenylalanines (Phe) represents a hot topic in drug research over the last few decades. ᴅ- or ʟ-fluorinated phenylalanines have had considerable industrial and pharmaceutical applications and they have been expanded also to play an important role as potential enzyme inhibitors as well as therapeutic agents and topography imaging of tumor ecosystems using PET. Incorporation of fluorinated aromatic amino acids into proteins increases their catabolic stability especially in therapeutic proteins and peptide-based vaccines. This review seeks to summarize the different synthetic approaches in the literature to prepare ᴅ- or ʟ-fluorinated phenylalanines and their pharmaceutical applications with a focus on published synthetic methods that introduce fluorine into the phenyl, the β-carbon or the α-carbon of ᴅ-or ʟ-phenylalanines.
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- Laila Fathy Awad
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, P.O. Box 426, Alexandria, 21321, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, P.O. Box 426, Alexandria, 21321, Egypt
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Mei H, Han J, White S, Butler G, Soloshonok VA. Perfluoro-3-ethyl-2,4-dimethyl-3-pentyl persistent radical: A new reagent for direct, metal-free radical trifluoromethylation and polymer initiation. J Fluor Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2019.109370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tokairin Y, Soloshonok VA, Konno H, Moriwaki H, Röschenthaler GV. Convenient synthesis of racemic 4,4-difluoro glutamic acid derivatives via Michael-type additions of Ni(II)-complex of dehydroalanine Schiff bases. J Fluor Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2019.109376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ikeda A, Capellan A, Welch JT. The secondary structure of a heptapeptide containing trifluoromethyl-λ 6-tetrafluorosulfanyl substituted amino acids. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:8079-8082. [PMID: 31454017 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob01797f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Site specific introduction of the polar hydrophobic trifluoromethyl-λ6-tetrafluorosulfanyl (CF3SF4) group can effectively control the secondary structure of a heptapeptide, the minimum repeat unit of an α-helix. The structural influence of CF3SF4-containing amino acid on the heptapeptide was established using NMR methods.
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- Akari Ikeda
- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, SUNY, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, SUNY, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, SUNY, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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Wu PY, Chen CY, Li JH, Lin JK, Chen TH, Huang SJ, Huang SL, Cheng RP. Effects of Arginine Deimination and Citrulline Side-Chain Length on Peptide Secondary Structure Formation. Chembiochem 2019; 20:2118-2124. [PMID: 31071235 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Post-translational modifications expand the chemical functionality of peptides and proteins beyond that originating from the encoded amino acids, but studies on the structural effects of these modifications have been limited. Arginine undergoes deimination to give citrulline (Cit), converting the positively charged guanidinium moiety into a neutral urea group. Herein, we report the effect of Arg deimination on secondary structure formation. To understand the reason for the number of methylene units in Cit, the effect of Cit side-chain length on secondary structure formation was also studied. Ala-based peptides and β-hairpin peptides were used to study α-helix and β-sheet formation, respectively. Peptides containing Cit analogues were prepared by an orthogonal protecting group strategy coupled with solid-phase carbamylation. The CD data for the Ala-based peptides were analyzed by using modified Lifson-Roig theory, showing that the helix propensity of Arg decreased upon deimination and that either shortening or lengthening Cit also decreased the helix propensity. The β-hairpin peptides were analyzed by NMR methods, showing minimal change in strand formation energetics upon Arg deimination. Altering the Cit side-chain length did not affect strand formation energetics either. These results should be useful for the preparation of urea-bearing systems and the design of peptides incorporating urea-bearing residues with varying side-chain length.
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- Po-Yi Wu
- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Instrument Center, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Instrument Center, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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Mei H, Han J, Takeda R, Sakamoto T, Miwa T, Minamitsuji Y, Moriwaki H, Abe H, Soloshonok VA. Practical Method for Preparation of ( S)-2-Amino-5,5,5-trifluoropentanoic Acid via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:11844-11851. [PMID: 31460294 PMCID: PMC6682081 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b01537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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This work reports an operationally convenient ∼20 g scale synthesis of (S)-2-amino-5,5,5-trifluoropentanoic acid and its Fmoc-derivative via dynamic kinetic resolution of the corresponding racemate.
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- Haibo Mei
- College
of Chemical Engineering Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- College
of Chemical Engineering Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Hamari
Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-0024, Japan
- Department
of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel Lardizábal 3, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
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- Hamari
Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-0024, Japan
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- Hamari
Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-0024, Japan
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- Hamari
Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-0024, Japan
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- Hamari
Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-0024, Japan
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- Hamari
Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-0024, Japan
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel Lardizábal 3, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
- IKERBASQUE—Basque
Foundation for Science, María
Díaz de Haro 3, Plaza Bizkaia, Bilbao 48013, Spain
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Zhu L, Xiong J, An J, Chen N, Xue J, Jiang X. Highly efficient regio-selective ring-opening nucleophilic fluorination of aziridines and azetidines: access to β- or γ-fluorinated amino acid derivatives. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:3797-3804. [PMID: 30916695 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00172g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Herein, we have presented a facile and efficient method of ring-opening nucleophilic fluorination of aziridines, affording highly regio-selective β-fluorinated amines. Firstly, the example of ring-opening hydrofluorination of azetidines was reported. Then, the Olah's reagent also provided a promising method for the construction of enantioenriched β-fluoro-α-amino acid derivatives, which could be used for the preparation of peptide-based bioactive molecules.
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- Liping Zhu
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China.
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Mei H, Hiramatsu T, Takeda R, Moriwaki H, Abe H, Han J, Soloshonok VA. Expedient Asymmetric Synthesis of (S)-2-Amino-4,4,4-trifluorobutanoic Acid via Alkylation of Chiral Nucleophilic Glycine Equivalent. Org Process Res Dev 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.8b00404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Haibo Mei
- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China
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- Hamari Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-0024, Japan
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- Hamari Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-0024, Japan
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- Hamari Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-0024, Japan
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- Hamari Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-0024, Japan
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel Lardizábal 3, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, María Díaz de Haro 3, Plaza Bizkaia, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Huhmann S, Koksch B. Fine-Tuning the Proteolytic Stability of Peptides with Fluorinated Amino Acids. European J Org Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201800803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Susanne Huhmann
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Freie Universität Berlin; Takustr. 3 14169 Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Freie Universität Berlin; Takustr. 3 14169 Berlin Germany
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Straightforward synthesis of fluorinated amino acids by Michael addition of ethyl bromodifluoroacetate to α,β-unsaturated α-amino acid derivatives. J Fluor Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2018.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Kondratov IS, Logvinenko IG, Tolmachova NA, Morev RN, Kliachyna MA, Clausen F, Daniliuc CG, Haufe G. Synthesis and physical chemical properties of 2-amino-4-(trifluoromethoxy)butanoic acid - a CF 3O-containing analogue of natural lipophilic amino acids. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 15:672-679. [PMID: 27976770 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob02436j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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2-Amino-2-(trifluoromethoxy)butanoic acid (O-trifluoromethyl homoserine) was synthesized as a racemate and in both enantiomeric forms. The measured pKa and log D values establish the compound as a promising analogue of natural aliphatic amino acids.
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- Ivan S Kondratov
- Enamine Ltd, Chervonotkatska St 78, Kyiv, 02094, Ukraine. and Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Murmanska Str. 1, Kyiv, 02660, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd, Chervonotkatska St 78, Kyiv, 02094, Ukraine. and Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Murmanska Str. 1, Kyiv, 02660, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd, Chervonotkatska St 78, Kyiv, 02094, Ukraine. and Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Murmanska Str. 1, Kyiv, 02660, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd, Chervonotkatska St 78, Kyiv, 02094, Ukraine.
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, Münster 48149, Germany.
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, Münster 48149, Germany.
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, Münster 48149, Germany. and Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence, Universität Münster, Waldeyerstraße 15, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Berger AA, Völler JS, Budisa N, Koksch B. Deciphering the Fluorine Code-The Many Hats Fluorine Wears in a Protein Environment. Acc Chem Res 2017; 50:2093-2103. [PMID: 28803466 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Deciphering the fluorine code is how we describe not only the focus of this Account, but also the systematic approach to studying the impact of fluorine's incorporation on the properties of peptides and proteins used by our groups and others. The introduction of fluorine has been shown to impart favorable, but seldom predictable, properties to peptides and proteins, but up until about two decades ago the outcomes of fluorine modification of peptides and proteins were largely left to chance. Driven by the motivation to extend the application of the unique properties of the element fluorine from medicinal and agro chemistry to peptide and protein engineering we have established extensive research programs that enable the systematic investigation of effects that accompany the introduction of fluorine into this class of biopolymers. The introduction of fluorine into amino acids offers a universe of options for modifications with regard to number and position of fluorine substituents in the amino acid side chain. Moreover, it is important to emphasize that the consequences of incorporating the C-F bond into a biopolymer can be attributed to two distinct yet related phenomena: (i) the fluorine substituent can directly engage in intermolecular interactions with its environment and/or (ii) the other functional groups present in the molecule can be influenced by the electron withdrawing nature of this element (intramolecular) and in turn interact differently with their immediate environment (intermolecular). Based on our studies, we have shown that a change in number and/or position of as subtle as one single fluorine substituent has the power to considerably modify key properties of amino acids such as hydrophobicity, polarity, and secondary structure propensity. These properties are crucial factors in peptide and protein engineering, and thus, fluorinated amino acids can be applied to fine-tune properties such as protein folding, proteolytic stability, and protein-protein interactions provided we understand and become able to predict the outcome of a fluorine substitution in this context. With this Account, we attempt to analyze information we gained from our recent projects on how the nature of the fluorine atom and C-F bond influence four key properties of peptides and proteins: peptide folding, protein-protein interactions, ribosomal translation, and protease stability. These results impressively show why the introduction of fluorine creates a new class of amino acids with a repertoire of functionalities that is unique to the world of proteins and in some cases orthogonal to the set of canonical and natural amino acids. Our concluding statements aim to offer a few conserved design principles that have emerged from systematic studies over the last two decades; in this way, we hope to advance the field of peptide and protein engineering based on the judicious introduction of fluorinated building blocks.
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- Allison Ann Berger
- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry − Organic Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Müller-Breslau-Str. 10, 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Müller-Breslau-Str. 10, 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry − Organic Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Cieplak AS. Protein folding, misfolding and aggregation: The importance of two-electron stabilizing interactions. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0180905. [PMID: 28922400 PMCID: PMC5603215 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases are highly pleiomorphic and may adopt an all-α-helical fold in one environment, assemble into all-β-sheet or collapse into a coil in another, and rapidly polymerize in yet another one via divergent aggregation pathways that yield broad diversity of aggregates’ morphology. A thorough understanding of this behaviour may be necessary to develop a treatment for Alzheimer’s and related disorders. Unfortunately, our present comprehension of folding and misfolding is limited for want of a physicochemical theory of protein secondary and tertiary structure. Here we demonstrate that electronic configuration and hyperconjugation of the peptide amide bonds ought to be taken into account to advance such a theory. To capture the effect of polarization of peptide linkages on conformational and H-bonding propensity of the polypeptide backbone, we introduce a function of shielding tensors of the Cα atoms. Carrying no information about side chain-side chain interactions, this function nonetheless identifies basic features of the secondary and tertiary structure, establishes sequence correlates of the metamorphic and pH-driven equilibria, relates binding affinities and folding rate constants to secondary structure preferences, and manifests common patterns of backbone density distribution in amyloidogenic regions of Alzheimer’s amyloid β and tau, Parkinson’s α-synuclein and prions. Based on those findings, a split-intein like mechanism of molecular recognition is proposed to underlie dimerization of Aβ, tau, αS and PrPC, and divergent pathways for subsequent association of dimers are outlined; a related mechanism is proposed to underlie formation of PrPSc fibrils. The model does account for: (i) structural features of paranuclei, off-pathway oligomers, non-fibrillar aggregates and fibrils; (ii) effects of incubation conditions, point mutations, isoform lengths, small-molecule assembly modulators and chirality of solid-liquid interface on the rate and morphology of aggregation; (iii) fibril-surface catalysis of secondary nucleation; and (iv) self-propagation of infectious strains of mammalian prions.
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- Andrzej Stanisław Cieplak
- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Zhao L, Zhou S, Tong J, Wang J, Liu H. Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Trifluoromethyl Containing Heterocyclic Amino Acids. CHINESE J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201700257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Liang Zhao
- Nano Science and Technology Institute; University of Science and Technology of China; Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201203 China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201203 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201203 China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201203 China
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- Nano Science and Technology Institute; University of Science and Technology of China; Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201203 China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201203 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201203 China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201203 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201203 China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201203 China
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Tressler CM, Zondlo NJ. Perfluoro-tert-butyl Homoserine Is a Helix-Promoting, Highly Fluorinated, NMR-Sensitive Aliphatic Amino Acid: Detection of the Estrogen Receptor·Coactivator Protein-Protein Interaction by 19F NMR. Biochemistry 2017; 56:1062-1074. [PMID: 28165218 PMCID: PMC5894335 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Highly fluorinated amino acids can stabilize proteins and complexes with proteins, via enhanced hydrophobicity, and provide novel methods for identification of specific molecular events in complex solutions, via selective detection by 19F NMR and the absence of native 19F signals in biological contexts. However, the potential applications of 19F NMR in probing biological processes are limited both by the strong propensities of most highly fluorinated amino acids for the extended conformation and by the relatively modest sensitivity of NMR spectroscopy, which typically constrains measurements to mid-micromolar concentrations. Herein, we demonstrate that perfluoro-tert-butyl homoserine exhibits a propensity for compact conformations, including α-helix and polyproline helix (PPII), that is similar to that of methionine. Perfluoro-tert-butyl homoserine has nine equivalent fluorines that do not couple to any other nuclei, resulting in a sharp singlet that can be sensitively detected rapidly at low micromolar concentrations. Perfluoro-tert-butyl homoserine was incorporated at sites of leucine residues within the α-helical LXXLL short linear motif of estrogen receptor (ER) coactivator peptides. A peptide containing perfluoro-tert-butyl homoserine at position i + 3 of the ER coactivator LXXLL motif exhibited a Kd of 2.2 μM for the estradiol-bound estrogen receptor, similar to that of the native ligand. 19F NMR spectroscopy demonstrated the sensitive detection (5 μM concentration, 128 scans) of binding of the peptide to the ER and of inhibition of protein-protein interaction by the native ligand or by the ER antagonist tamoxifen. These results suggest diverse potential applications of perfluoro-tert-butyl homoserine in probing protein function and protein-protein interfaces in complex solutions.
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- Caitlin M. Tressler
- 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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Chernykh AV, Feskov IO, Chernykh AV, Kondratov IS, Tolmachova N, Radchenko DS, Daniliuc CG, Haufe G. Synthesis and Physical-Chemical Properties ofcis- andtrans-1-Amino-3-fluoro-3-methylcyclobutanecarboxylic Acids. European J Org Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201600953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Anton V. Chernykh
- Enamine Ltd; Chervonotkatska St 78 02094 Kyiv Ukraine
- Institute of Organic Chemistry; National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Murmanska Str. 5 02660 Kyiv Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd; Chervonotkatska St 78 02094 Kyiv Ukraine
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry; National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Murmanska Str. 1 02660 Kyiv Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd; Chervonotkatska St 78 02094 Kyiv Ukraine
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry; National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Murmanska Str. 1 02660 Kyiv Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd; Chervonotkatska St 78 02094 Kyiv Ukraine
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry; National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Murmanska Str. 1 02660 Kyiv Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd; Chervonotkatska St 78 02094 Kyiv Ukraine
- Institute of High Technologies; Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Volodymyrska 60 01601 Kyiv Ukraine
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut; Universität Münster; Corrensstraße 40 48149 Münster Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut; Universität Münster; Corrensstraße 40 48149 Münster Germany
- Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence; Universität Münster; Waldeyerstraße 15 48149 Münster Germany
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As methods to incorporate noncanonical amino acid residues into proteins have become more powerful, interest in their use to modify the physical and biological properties of proteins and enzymes has increased. This chapter discusses the use of highly fluorinated analogs of hydrophobic amino acids, for example, hexafluoroleucine, in protein design. In particular, fluorinated residues have proven to be generally effective in increasing the thermodynamic stability of proteins. The chapter provides an overview of the different fluorinated amino acids that have been used in protein design and the various methods available for producing fluorinated proteins. It discusses model proteins systems into which highly fluorinated amino acids have been introduced and the reasons why fluorinated residues are generally stabilizing, with particular reference to thermodynamic and structural studies from our laboratory. Lastly, details of the methodology we have developed to measure the thermodynamic stability of oligomeric fluorinated proteins are presented, as this may be generally applicable to many proteins.
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- E N G Marsh
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
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Unprecedented 3- O -methyl-3- C -trifluoromethyl- d -ribono- (and l -lyxono)-γ-lactones synthesized by nucleophilic trifluoromethylation of d -hexose-derived cyclic ketones. J Fluor Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zhao Z, Fan W, Zhang Y, Li Y. Crystal structure of methyl (2 R,3 S)-3-[( tert-butylsulfinyl)amino]-2-fluoro-3-phenylpropanoate. Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun 2015; 71:o1055-6. [PMID: 26870495 PMCID: PMC4719976 DOI: 10.1107/s2056989015023580] [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: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
The title compound, C14H20FNO3S, contains two chiral carbon centres and the absolute configuration has been confirmed as (2R,3S). In the crystal, adjacent molecules are linked by weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, generating zigzag chains along the a-axis direction.
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Shang H, Li Y, Li X, Ren X. Diastereoselective Addition of Metal α-Fluoroenolates of Carboxylate Esters to N-tert-Butylsulfinyl Imines: Synthesis of α-Fluoro-β-amino Acids. J Org Chem 2015; 80:8739-47. [PMID: 26270259 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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We report a diastereoselective addition reaction of fluoroacetate and α-alkylated fluoroacetate to N-tert-butylsulfinyl imines. This method provides a concise route to α-fluoro-β-amino acids containing fluorinated quaternary stereogenic carbon centers with very good yields and high diastereoselectivities. This protocol has the benefit of using abundant and readily accessible starting materials and is operationally simple. Additionally, the stereochemical outcome of the present reaction was different from that of the previously known addition of comparable nonfluorinated, brominated, and chlorinated enolates to N-sulfinyl imines, suggesting that an open transition state (rather than a closed one) is involved in the current fluoroalkylation reaction.
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- Huaqi Shang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science , 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science , 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science , 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science , 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China
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Huhmann S, Nyakatura EK, Erdbrink H, Gerling UI, Czekelius C, Koksch B. Effects of single substitutions with hexafluoroleucine and trifluorovaline on the hydrophobic core formation of a heterodimeric coiled coil. J Fluor Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2015.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kawamura S, Egami H, Sodeoka M. Aminotrifluoromethylation of Olefins via Cyclic Amine Formation: Mechanistic Study and Application to Synthesis of Trifluoromethylated Pyrrolidines. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:4865-73. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b02046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Shintaro Kawamura
- Synthetic
Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Sodeoka
Live Cell Chemistry Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic
Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Sodeoka
Live Cell Chemistry Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic
Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Sodeoka
Live Cell Chemistry Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Alonso C, Martínez de Marigorta E, Rubiales G, Palacios F. Carbon trifluoromethylation reactions of hydrocarbon derivatives and heteroarenes. Chem Rev 2015; 115:1847-935. [PMID: 25635524 DOI: 10.1021/cr500368h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 779] [Impact Index Per Article: 86.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Concepción Alonso
- Departamento de Química Orgánica I - Centro de Investigación Lascaray, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad del País Vasco , Paseo de la Universidad 7, 01006 Vitoria, Spain
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Appel R, Tacke S, Klingauf J, Besenius P. Tuning the pH-triggered self-assembly of dendritic peptide amphiphiles using fluorinated side chains. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:1030-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ob02185a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We report the synthesis of a series of anionic dendritic peptide amphiphiles of increasing hydrophobic character and describe their self-assembly into supramolecular nanorods using pH and ionic strength dependent state diagrams.
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- Ralph Appel
- Organic Chemistry Institute
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 48149 Münster
- Germany
- Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech)
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- Department of Cellular Biophysics
- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 48149 Münster
- Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biophysics
- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 48149 Münster
- Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Institute
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 48149 Münster
- Germany
- Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech)
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Marsh ENG. Fluorinated proteins: from design and synthesis to structure and stability. Acc Chem Res 2014; 47:2878-86. [PMID: 24883933 DOI: 10.1021/ar500125m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Fluorine is all but absent from biology; however, it has proved to be a remarkably useful element with which to modulate the activity of biological molecules and to study their mechanism of action. Our laboratory's interest in incorporating fluorine into proteins was stimulated by the unusual physicochemical properties exhibited by perfluorinated small molecules. These include extreme chemical inertness and thermal stability, properties that have made them valuable as nonstick coatings and fire retardants. Fluorocarbons also exhibit an unusual propensity to phase segregation. This phenomenon, which has been termed the "fluorous effect", has been effectively exploited in organic synthesis to purify compounds from reaction mixtures by extracting fluorocarbon-tagged molecules into fluorocarbon solvents. As biochemists, we were curious to explore whether the unusual physicochemical properties of perfluorocarbons could be engineered into proteins. To do this, we developed a synthesis of a highly fluorinated amino acid, hexafluoroleucine, and designed a model 4-helix bundle protein, α4H, in which the hydrophobic core was packed exclusively with leucine. We then investigated the effects of repacking the hydrophobic core of α4H with various combinations of leucine and hexafluoroleucine. These initial studies demonstrated that fluorination is a general and effective strategy for enhancing the stability of proteins against chemical and thermal denaturation and proteolytic degradation. We had originally envisaged that the "fluorous interactions", postulated from the self-segregating properties of fluorous solvents, might be used to mediate specific protein-protein interactions orthogonal to those of natural proteins. However, various lines of evidence indicate that no special, favorable fluorine-fluorine interactions occur in the core of the fluorinated α4 protein. This makes it unlikely that fluorinated amino acids can be used to direct protein-protein interactions. More recent detailed thermodynamic and structural studies in our laboratory have uncovered the basis for the remarkably general ability of fluorinated side chains to stabilize protein structure. Crystal structures of α4H and its fluorinated analogues show that the fluorinated residues fit into the hydrophobic core with remarkably little perturbation to the structure. This is explained by the fact that fluorinated side chains, although larger, very closely preserve the shape of the hydrophobic amino acids they replace. Thus, an increase in buried hydrophobic surface area in the folded state is responsible for the additional thermodynamic stability of the fluorinated protein. Measurements of ΔG°, ΔH°, ΔS°, and ΔCp° for unfolding demonstrate that the "fluorous" stabilization of these protein arises from the hydrophobic effect in the same way that hydrophobic partitioning stabilizes natural proteins.
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- E. Neil G. Marsh
- Departments
of Chemistry
and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Egami H, Sodeoka M. Trifluormethylierung von Alkenen unter gleichzeitiger Einführung weiterer funktioneller Gruppen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201309260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Egami H, Sodeoka M. Trifluoromethylation of alkenes with concomitant introduction of additional functional groups. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:8294-308. [PMID: 24961669 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201309260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 555] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The trifluoromethyl group is found in many synthetic bioactive compounds, and the difunctionalization of a C=C bond, as a powerful strategy for the construction of compounds with various functional groups, has been intensively investigated. Therefore, the difunctionalizing trifluoromethylation of alkenes has attracted growing interest because of the potential of the products as building blocks for bioactive molecules. In this review, we focus on recent advances in the trifluoromethylation of alkenes with concomitant introduction of additional functional groups.
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- Hiromichi Egami
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan); Sodeoka Live Cell Chemistry Project, ERATO, JST, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan)
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Tressler C, Zondlo NJ. (2S,4R)- and (2S,4S)-perfluoro-tert-butyl 4-hydroxyproline: two conformationally distinct proline amino acids for sensitive application in 19F NMR. J Org Chem 2014; 79:5880-6. [PMID: 24870929 PMCID: PMC4076032 DOI: 10.1021/jo5008674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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(2S,4R)- and (2S,4S)-perfluoro-tert-butyl 4-hydroxyproline were synthesized (as Fmoc-, Boc-, and free amino acids) in 2-5 steps. The key step of each synthesis was a Mitsunobu reaction with perfluoro-tert-butanol, which incorporated a perfluoro-tert-butyl group, with nine chemically equivalent fluorines. Both amino acids were incorporated in model α-helical and polyproline helix peptides. Each amino acid exhibited distinct conformational preferences, with (2S,4R)-perfluoro-tert-butyl 4-hydroxyproline promoting polyproline helix. Peptides containing these amino acids were sensitively detected by (19)F NMR, suggesting their use in probes and medicinal chemistry.
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- Caitlin
M. Tressler
- 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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Elbaum MB, Zondlo NJ. OGlcNAcylation and phosphorylation have similar structural effects in α-helices: post-translational modifications as inducible start and stop signals in α-helices, with greater structural effects on threonine modification. Biochemistry 2014; 53:2242-60. [PMID: 24641765 PMCID: PMC4004263 DOI: 10.1021/bi500117c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OGlcNAcylation
and phosphorylation are the major competing intracellular
post-translational modifications of serine and threonine residues.
The structural effects of both post-translational modifications on
serine and threonine were examined within Baldwin model α-helical
peptides (Ac-AKAAAAKAAAAKAAGY-NH2 or Ac-YGAKAAAAKAAAAKAA-NH2). At the N-terminus of an α-helix, both phosphorylation
and OGlcNAcylation stabilized the α-helix relative to the free
hydroxyls, with a larger induced structure for phosphorylation than
for OGlcNAcylation, for the dianionic phosphate than for the monoanionic
phosphate, and for modifications on threonine than for modifications
on serine. Both phosphoserine and phosphothreonine resulted in peptides
more α-helical than alanine at the N-terminus, with dianionic
phosphothreonine the most α-helix-stabilizing residue here.
In contrast, in the interior of the α-helix, both post-translational
modifications were destabilizing with respect to the α-helix,
with the greatest destabilization seen for threonine OGlcNAcylation
at residue 5 and threonine phosphorylation at residue 10, with peptides
containing either post-translational modification existing as random
coils. At the C-terminus, both OGlcNAcylation and phosphorylation
were destabilizing with respect to the α-helix, though the induced
structural changes were less than in the interior of the α-helix.
In general, the structural effects of modifications on threonine were
greater than the effects on serine, because of both the lower α-helical
propensity of Thr and the more defined induced structures upon modification
of threonine than serine, suggesting threonine residues are particularly
important loci for structural effects of post-translational modifications.
The effects of serine and threonine post-translational modifications
are analogous to the effects of proline on α-helices, with the
effects of phosphothreonine being greater than those of proline throughout
the α-helix. These results provide a basis for understanding
the context-dependent structural effects of these competing protein
post-translational modifications.
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- Michael B Elbaum
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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Highly fluorinated analogs of hydrophobic amino acids have proven to be generally effective in increasing the thermodynamic stability of proteins. These non-proteogenic amino acids can be incorporated into both α-helix and β-sheet structural motifs and generally enhance protein stability towards unfolding by heat and chemical denaturants, and retard their degradation by proteases. Recent detailed structural and thermodynamic studies have demonstrated that the increase in buried hydrophobic surface area that accompanies fluorination is primarily responsible for the stabilizing properties of fluorinated side chains. Fluorination appears to be a particularly useful strategy for increasing protein stability because fluorinated amino acids closely retain the shape of the side chain, and are thus minimally perturbing to protein structure and function. The first part of this chapter discusses some examples of highly fluorinated model proteins designed by our laboratory and protocols for their synthesis. In the second part, methods for determining their thermodynamic stability, along with conditions that have proven to be useful for crystallizing these proteins, are presented.
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- Benjamin C Buer
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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Gerling UIM, Salwiczek M, Cadicamo CD, Erdbrink H, Czekelius C, Grage SL, Wadhwani P, Ulrich AS, Behrends M, Haufe G, Koksch B. Fluorinated amino acids in amyloid formation: a symphony of size, hydrophobicity and α-helix propensity. Chem Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc52932k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Erdbrink H, Nyakatura EK, Huhmann S, Gerling UIM, Lentz D, Koksch B, Czekelius C. Synthesis of enantiomerically pure (2S,3S)-5,5,5-trifluoroisoleucine and (2R,3S)-5,5,5-trifluoro-allo-isoleucine. Beilstein J Org Chem 2013; 9:2009-2014. [PMID: 24204411 PMCID: PMC3817528 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.9.236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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A practical route for the stereoselective synthesis of (2S,3S)-5,5,5-trifluoroisoleucine (L-5-F3Ile) and (2R,3S)-5,5,5-trifluoro-allo-isoleucine (D-5-F3-allo-Ile) was developed. The hydrophobicity of L-5-F3Ile was examined and it was incorporated into a model peptide via solid phase peptide synthesis to determine its α-helix propensity. The α-helix propensity of 5-F3Ile is significantly lower than Ile, but surprisingly high when compared with 4’-F3Ile.
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- Holger Erdbrink
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Biava H, Budisa N. Biocatalytic synthesis of (2S)-5,5,5-trifluoroleucine and improved resolution into (2S,4S) and (2S,4R) diastereoisomers. Tetrahedron Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.04.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Egami H, Kawamura S, Miyazaki A, Sodeoka M. Trifluoromethylation Reactions for the Synthesis of β-Trifluoromethylamines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:7841-4. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Egami H, Kawamura S, Miyazaki A, Sodeoka M. Trifluoromethylation Reactions for the Synthesis of β-Trifluoromethylamines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201303350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Yajima T, Yamaguchi K, Hirokane R, Nogami E. Photoinduced radical hydroperfluoroalkylation and the synthesis of fluorinated amino acids and peptides. J Fluor Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2013.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pace CJ, Gao J. Exploring and exploiting polar-π interactions with fluorinated aromatic amino acids. Acc Chem Res 2013; 46:907-15. [PMID: 23095018 DOI: 10.1021/ar300086n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Fluorination has become an increasingly attractive strategy in protein engineering for both basic research and biomedical applications. Thus researchers would like to understand the consequences of fluorination to the structure, stability, and function of target proteins. Although a substantial amount of work has focused on understanding the properties of fluorinated aliphatic amino acids, much less is known about fluorinated aromatic residues. In addition, polar-π interactions, often referred to as aromatic interactions, may play a significant role in protein folding and protein-protein interactions. Fluorination of aromatic residues presents an ideal strategy for probing polar-π interactions in proteins. This Account summarizes the recent studies of the incorporation of fluorinated aromatic amino acids into proteins. Herein we discuss the effects of fluorinating aromatic residues and rationalize them in the context of polar-π interactions. The results strongly support the proposal that polar-π interactions are energetically significant to protein folding and function. For example, an edge-face interaction of a pair of phenylalanines contributes as much as -1 kcal/mol to protein stability, while cation-π interactions can be much stronger. Furthermore, this new knowledge provides guidelines for protein engineering with fluorination. Importantly, incorporating perfluorinated aromatic residues into proteins enables novel mechanisms of molecular recognition that do not exist in native proteins, such as arene-perfluoroarene stacking. Such novel mechanisms can be used for programming protein folding specificity and engineering peptide-based materials.
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- Christopher J. Pace
- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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Buer BC, Levin BJ, Marsh ENG. Perfluoro-tert
-butyl-homoserine as a sensitive 19
F NMR reporter for peptide-membrane interactions in solution. J Pept Sci 2013; 19:308-14. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Revised: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Benjamin C. Buer
- Department of Chemistry; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA
- Department of Biological Chemistry; University of Michigan Medical School; Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA
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Yajima T. Development of Photoinduced Perfluoroalkylation and the Synthesis of Fluorinated Amino Acids. J SYN ORG CHEM JPN 2013. [DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.71.683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Buer BC, Meagher JL, Stuckey JA, Marsh ENG. Comparison of the structures and stabilities of coiled-coil proteins containing hexafluoroleucine and t-butylalanine provides insight into the stabilizing effects of highly fluorinated amino acid side-chains. Protein Sci 2012; 21:1705-15. [PMID: 22930450 PMCID: PMC3527707 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Highly fluorinated analogs of hydrophobic amino acids are well known to increase the stability of proteins toward thermal unfolding and chemical denaturation, but there is very little data on the structural consequences of fluorination. We have determined the structures and folding energies of three variants of a de novo designed 4-helix bundle protein whose hydrophobic cores contain either hexafluoroleucine (hFLeu) or t-butylalanine (tBAla). Although the buried hydrophobic surface area is the same for all three proteins, the incorporation of tBAla causes a rearrangement of the core packing, resulting in the formation of a destabilizing hydrophobic cavity at the center of the protein. In contrast, incorporation of hFLeu, causes no changes in core packing with respect to the structure of the nonfluorinated parent protein which contains only leucine in the core. These results support the idea that fluorinated residues are especially effective at stabilizing proteins because they closely mimic the shape of the natural residues they replace while increasing buried hydrophobic surface area.
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- Benjamin C Buer
- Department of Chemistry, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan 48109
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Chemistry, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan 48109
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Cheng RP, Wang WR, Girinath P, Yang PA, Ahmad R, Li JH, Hart P, Kokona B, Fairman R, Kilpatrick C, Argiros A. Effect of Glutamate Side Chain Length on Intrahelical Glutamate–Lysine Ion Pairing Interactions. Biochemistry 2012; 51:7157-72. [DOI: 10.1021/bi300655z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Richard P. Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, University
at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, University
at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041, United
States
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- Department of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041, United
States
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- Department of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041, United
States
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- Department of Chemistry, University
at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University
at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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