Synthesis, properties and crystal structure of the tripeptide boc-L-prolyl-L-propargylglycyl-glycine methylester

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)86435-8

Propargylglycine, as a powerful inhibitor of microbial growth, was built into a protected tripeptide with the sequence Pro-Pra-Gly. The peptide was employed to study its effects on the activity of prolyl 4-hydroxylase and the collagen biosynthesis. The Boc-protected tripeptide methylester was identified by mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy and its crystal structure was established by X-ray diffraction analysis.