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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 132, Issue 42, Pages 15068-15071Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja107425f
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- NSF IGERT [DGE-0654431]
- California NanoSystems Institute
- NSF [DMR 0907453]
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The preparation of new glycosylated-L-lysine-N-carboxyanhydride (glyco-K NCA) monomers is described. These monomers employ C-linked sugars and amide linkages to lysine for improved stability without sacrificing biochemical properties. Three glyco-K NCAs were synthesized, purified, and found to undergo living polymerization using transition metal initiation. These are the first living polymerizations of glycosylated NCAs and were used to prepare well-defined, high molecular weight glycopolypeptides and block and statistical glycocopolypeptides. This methodology solves many long-standing problems in the direct synthesis of glycopolypeptides from N-carboxyanhydrides relating to monomer synthesis, purification, and polymerization and gives polypeptides with 100% glycosylation. These long chain glycopolypeptides have potential to be good mimics of natural high molecular weight glycoproteins.
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