- Optimization and anti-cancer properties of fluoromethylketones as covalent inhibitors for ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1
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The deubiquitinating enzyme (DUB) UCHL1 is implicated in various disease states including neurodegenerative disease and cancer. However, there is a lack of quality probe molecules to gain a better understanding on UCHL1 biology. To this end a study was carried out to fully characterize and optimize the irreversible covalent UCHL1 inhibitor VAEFMK. Structure-activity relationship studies identified modifications to improve activity versus the target and a full cellular characterization was carried out for the first time with this scaffold. The studies produced a new inhibitor, 34, with an IC50 value of 7.7 μM against UCHL1 and no observable activity versus the closest related DUB UCHL3. The molecule was also capable of selectively inhibiting UCHL1 in cells and did not demonstrate any discernible off-target toxicity. Finally, the molecule was used for initial probe studies to assess the role of UCHL1 role in proliferation of myeloma cells and migration behavior in small cell lung cancer cells making 34 a new tool to be used in the biological evaluation of UCHL1.
- Chen, Hao,Das, Chittaranjan,Flaherty, Daniel P.,Galardy, Paul J.,Hewitt, Chad S.,Hussain, Sajjad,Imhoff, Ryan D.,Krabill, Aaron D.,Muli, Christine S.,Wendt, Michael K.
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- Practical Peptide Synthesis Mediated by a Recyclable Hypervalent Iodine Reagent and Tris(4-methoxyphenyl)phosphine
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6-(3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H,4H-2aλ3-ioda-2,3-dioxacyclopenta[hi]indene-1,4-dione (p-BTFP-iodosodilactone, 1a) was synthesized and demonstrated to be an efficient hypervalent iodine(III) reagent for the synthesis of dipeptides from various standard amino acids, including sterically hindered amino acids, in good to high yields within 30 min in the presence of tris(4-methoxyphenyl)phosphine. In addition, the combined system of 1a/(4-MeOC6H4)3P was used to synthesize the pentapeptide leu-enkephalin in protected form. It is worth noting that 1a can be regenerated readily after reaction.
- Zhang, Chi,Liu, Shan-Shan,Sun, Bo,Tian, Jun
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supporting information
p. 4106 - 4109
(2015/09/01)
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- Thioacetic acid/NaSH-mediated synthesis of N -protected amino thioacids and their utility in peptide synthesis
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Thioacids are recently gaining momentum due to their versatile reactivity. The reactivity of thioacids has been widely explored in the selective amide/peptide bond formation. Thioacids are generally synthesized from the reaction between activated carboxylic acids such as acid chlorides, active esters, etc., and Na2S, H2S, or NaSH. We sought to investigate whether the versatile reactivity of the thioacids can be tuned for the conversion of carboxylic acids into corresponding thioacids in the presence of NaSH. Herein, we report that thioacetic acid- and NaSH-mediated synthesis of N-protected amino thioacids from the corresponding N-protected amino acids, oxidative dimerization of thioacids, crystal conformations of thioacid oxidative dimers, and the utility of thioacids and oxidative dimers in peptide synthesis. Our results suggest that peptides can be synthesized without using standard coupling agents.
- Mali, Sachitanand M.,Gopi, Hosahudya N.
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p. 2377 - 2383
(2014/04/17)
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- Recyclable hypervalent iodine(III) reagent iodosodilactone as an efficient coupling reagent for direct esterification, amidation, and peptide coupling
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A hypervalent iodine(III) reagent plays a novel role as an efficient coupling reagent to promote the direct condensation between carboxylic acids and alcohols or amines to provide esters, macrocyclic lactones, amides, as well as peptides without racemization. The regeneration of iodosodilactone (1) can also be readily achieved. The intermediate acyloxyphosphonium ion C from the activation of a carboxylic acid is thought to be involved in the present esterification reaction.
- Tian, Jun,Gao, Wen-Chao,Zhou, Dong-Mei,Zhang, Chi
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 3020 - 3023
(2012/08/07)
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- Synthesis and antitumor activity of cyclodepsipeptide zygosporamide and its analogues
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The synthesis and structure-activity relationships of zygosporamide, a known potent and selective cytotoxic natural product against SF-268 and RXF 393 cell lines, are described. The potencies of the synthetic zygosporamide are similar to those reported fo
- Wang, You,Zhang, Feiran,Zhang, Yihua,Liu, Jun O.,Ma, Dawei
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p. 4385 - 4387
(2009/04/06)
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- Peptidyl allyl sulfones: A new class of inhibitors for clan CA cysteine proteases
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A new series of peptidyl allyl sulfone inhibitors was discovered while trying to synthesize epoxy sulfone inhibitors from vinyl sulfones using basic oxidizing conditions. The various dipeptidyl allyl sulfones were evaluated with calpain I, papain, cathepsins B and L, cruzain and rhodesain and found to be potent inhibitors. In comparison to the previously developed class of vinyl sulfone inhibitors, the novel dipeptidyl allyl sulfones were more potent inhibitors than the corresponding dipeptidyl vinyl sulfones. It was observed that the stereochemistry of the vinyl sulfone precursor played a role in the potency of the dipeptidyl allyl sulfone inhibitor.
- G?tz, Marion G.,Caffrey, Conor R.,Hansell, Elizabeth,McKerrow, James H.,Powers, James C.
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p. 5203 - 5211
(2007/10/03)
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- Rapid, one-pot synthesis of urethane-protected tripeptides
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Urethane-protected tripeptides are synthesized in solution, without isolation of purification of intermediates, using urethane-protected N-carboxyanhydrides as coupling reagents and hydrogenation for removal of N-protection.
- Zhu, Yun-Fei,Fuller, William D.
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p. 807 - 810
(2007/10/02)
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- KINETICS OF THE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS OF SEVERAL N-BENZYLOXYCARBONYLDIPEPTIDE METHYL AND ETHYL ESTERS
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The reaction rates of the alkaline hydrolysis of synthesized N-protected dipeptide methyl and ethyl esters were studied systematically.From the kinetic data the energies of activation, the pre-exponential factors and the reference values at 40 deg C were calculated.The rate of hydrolysis shows to be strongly dependent on the C-terminal amino acid in the sequence Gly >> Ala/Met/Phe > Leu >> Val/Pro.Surprisingly the N-terminal amino acid also exerts an effect, but in a different sequence.N-Terminal Phe in particular shows a relative accelerating effect.Remarkable is the significantly faster ester hydrolysis of glycine containing dipeptide ethyl esters in ethanol/water compared to the corresponding methyl esters in methanol/water.
- Hoogwater, D. A.,Peereboom, M.
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p. 5325 - 5332
(2007/10/02)
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