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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 124, Issue 17, Pages 4642-4646Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja016731w
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM59380] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [MH62261] Funding Source: Medline
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A chemo- and regioselective auxiliary-mediated peptide ligation has been developed that is effective under nonidealized conditions for the synthesis of proteins. This general amide bond ligation utilizes a removable auxiliary that is analogous to the role of cysteine in native chemical ligation, combining chemoselective thioester exchange with efficient regioselective intramolecular acyl transfer. Acid lability and improved ligation efficiency were introduced into the 2-mercaptobenzyl auxiliary by increasing the electron density of the aromatic ring. The 62 amino acid SH3 domain from a-spectrin was synthesized using the auxiliary-mediated ligation at a Lys-Gly sequence. The auxiliary was removed with TFA and scavengers from the ligated product. This methodology enables unprotected peptides to be coupled at noncysteine ligation sites expanding the scope of protein synthesis and semisynthesis.
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