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Enzymatic C-terminal amidation of amino acids and peptides
Nuijens, Timo,Piva, Elena,Kruijtzer, John A.W.,Rijkers, Dirk T.S.,Liskamp, Rob M.J.,Quaedflieg, Peter J.L.M.
experimental part, p. 3777 - 3779 (2012/09/22)
Herein, we describe two versatile and high yielding enzymatic approaches for the conversion of semi-protected amino acid and peptidyl C-terminal α-carboxylic acids into their corresponding amides. In the first approach, the lipase Candida antarctica lipase-B (Cal-B), and in the second approach, the protease Subtilisin A, are used, respectively. We found that by using the ammonium salt of the α-carboxylic acid instead of separate ammonia sources, the enzymatic amidation reactions proceeded much faster without side reactions and gave near to quantitative yields of products.
Fully enzymatic N→C-directed peptide synthesis using C-terminal peptide α-carboxamide to ester interconversion
Nuijens, Timo,Piva, Elena,Kruijtzer, John A. W.,Rijkers, Dirk T. S.,Liskamp, Rob M. J.,Quaedflieg, Peter J. L. M.
, p. 1039 - 1044 (2011/07/09)
Chemoenzymatic peptide synthesis is potentially the most cost-efficient technology for the synthesis of short and medium-sized peptides with some important advantages. For instance, stoichiometric amounts of expensive coupling reagents are not required and racemisation does not occur rendering purification easier compared to chemical peptide synthesis. In this paper, a novel interconversion reaction of peptide C-terminal α-carboxamides into primary alkyl esters with alcalase was used to develop a fully enzymatic peptide synthesis strategy. For each elongation step a cost-efficient amino acid carboxamide building block was used followed by the interconversion of the elongated peptide carboxamide to the corresponding primary alkyl ester. These peptide esters are the starting materials for the next enzymatic peptide elongation step. Copyright
On the Use of Carboxamidomethyl Esters in the Protease-Catalyzed Peptide Synthesis
Kuhl, Peter,Zacharias, Ute,Burckhardt, Helmut,Jakubke, Hans-Dieter
, p. 1195 - 1204 (2007/10/02)
Carboxyamidomethyl esters (CAM esters) of Z-and Boc-protected alanine and phenylalanine were prepared in order to investigate their usefulness as substrates for α-chymotrypsin- and papain-catalyzed hydrolysis and peptide synthesis reactions.The easy removal of the CAM-C-protecting group under mild conditions and dependent on the enzyme specificity was demonstrated.Examples are given for the protease-catalyzed synthesis of various peptide derivatives using CAM esters as C- and N-components in aqueous-organic media.Comparatively short reaction times were observed. - Key words: Carboxyamidomethyl ester as C-protecting group; Enzymatic deprotection; Peptide synthesis; α-Chymotrypsin- and Papain-catalyzed peptide bond formation
