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Fig. 3. Molecular docking between receptor 4 and Y2p5pS with different initial fitting modes: (a) phosphate on 2-Ser was fitted to ZneDpa before blind docking, (b) phosphate on 5-
Ser was fitted to ZneDpa before blind docking, (c) no fitting was performed before blind docking. The final association between phosphate on Y2p5pS and ZneDpa on receptor 4 are
highlighted, and all the three figures show that the ZneDpa will associate with phosphate on 5-Ser independent of the initial fitting mode.
illustration of the association between receptor 4 and Y2p5pS is
shown in Fig. 4.
Advantage MS. Isothermal titration calorimetry measurement was
conducted using VP-ITC.
4.3. Synthesis of the receptors
The schematic illustration of the synthesis of the receptors was
shown in Fig. 5.
Preparation of receptor 1: Receptor 1 can be easily obtained by
dissolving certain amount of dipicolylamine by Zn(NO3)2 methanol
solution.
Preparation of receptor 2: Receptor 2 was prepared as reported
by Schmuck’s group.5
Preparation of receptor 3: 4-(Bromomethyl)benzoyl chloride
(10.2 g), 4.0 g methyl 1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate and 8.72 g ZnCl2
were dissolved in 100 mL CHCl3, and the reaction was kept at 50 ꢂC
for 72 h under N2 atmosphere. Then the mixture was filtrated, and
the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and a red solid
was obtained. This raw product was further purified by flash
chromatography (silica, CH2Cl2/CH3COOCH2CH3¼30:1), the first
fraction was collected, and compound 3 was obtained as a white
Fig. 4. Schematic illustration of the association between receptor 4 and Y2p5pS.
3. Conclusions
solid (yield: 3.24 g, 31.4%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3):
d
¼3.93 (s,
3H), 4.53 (s, 1.3H), 4.65 (s, 0.7H), 6.83 (d, 1H), 6.93 (d, 1H), 7.52 (d,
2H), 7.90 (t, 2H), 10.04 (br, 1H).
We have synthesized receptor based on guanidiniocarbonyl
pyrrole and Zn2þedipicolylamine groups, and investigated its as-
sociation with CTD peptides with different phosphorylated pat-
terns. The receptor showed much higher affinity towards C-
terminal bis-phosphorylated CTD peptide Y2p5pS in comparison
with other forms of CTD peptides as revealed by isothermal titra-
tion calorimetry. In combination with molecular docking, the as-
sociation between the receptor and peptide was well elucidated,
and the results indicate that the coordination occurs between
ZneDpa and phosphate on 5-Ser, while the C-terminal carboxylate
are synergistically involved in the association via electrostatic
interaction.
To a solution of 3.22 g compound 3, 2.19 g 2, 20-dipicolylamine
and 0.67 g K2CO3 in 50 mL dry DMF, was added dropwise 1.66 g KI
in 10 mL DMF, and the reaction was kept at 40 ꢂC for 10 h under N2
atmosphere. After removal of the solvent, a brown oil-like product
was obtained. The product was dissolved in 100 mL CHCl3 and fil-
trated, and then was washed with 50 mL 1 N HCl, 50 mL 2 N NaOH
and 100 mL H2O, the organic phase was then dried with MgSO4.
After removal of the solvent, a brown solid was obtained, and was
further purified by flash chromatography (silica, CHCl3/
CH3OH¼30:1), the second fraction was collected and compound 4
was obtained as a red solid (yield: 2.25 g, 51%). 1H NMR (400 MHz,
CDCl3):
d
¼3.75 (s, 6H), 3.82 (s, 3H), 6.78 (d, 2H), 6.88 (d, 2H), 7.26 (t,
4. Experimental section
4.1. Materials
2H), 7.69 (m, 4H), 7.80 (m, 4H), 8.50 (d, 2H). EI-MS: m/e calcd for
C26H25N4O3 [M] 277.7, found 277.0.
Compound 4 (0.30 g) was dissolved in 24 mL CH3CN/THF (v/
v¼5:1), then 0.20 g Zn(NO3)2 in 11.96 mL CH3OH was added, after
the solution was further stirred for 0.5 h at room temperature, the
white precipitation was filtrated and washed with CH3CN. Re-
ceptor 3 (compound 5) was obtained, 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO):
Peptides with purity >98% were purchased from GL Biochem
(Shanghai) Ltd. All other reagents were commercially available
analytical grade and used as received.
d
¼3.70 (s, 2H), 3.97 (s, 6H), 4.10 (s, 1H), 4.14 (s, 1H), 4.32 (s, 1H),
4.2. Instrumentation
4.36 (s, 1H), 6.64 (d, 2H), 6.74 (d, 2H), 7.22 (d, 2H), 7.50 (m, 4H),
7.65 (m, 2H), 7.99 (m, 2H), 8.08 (d, 2H), 8.95 (d, 2H), 10.08 (s, 2H)
ppm, MALDI-TOF: m/e calcd for C26H26N5O6 Zn [M]þ 567.91, found
568.2.
NMR characterization was performed on VARIAN UNITY-plus
400, molecular mass were measured on Thermo Finnigan LCQ-