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Synthesis of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor bearing unsaturated lipid chains
Swarts, Benjamin M.,Guo, Zhongwu
, p. 6648 - 6650 (2010)
A GPI anchor bearing unsaturated fatty acid lipid chains (1) was synthesized by a highly convergent strategy employing the para-methoxybenzyl group for permanent hydroxyl protection. The final global deprotection was achieved by an efficient three-step, one-pot procedure to give an 81% isolated yield of the target structure.
Total synthesis of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor of the human lymphocyte CD52 antigen
Burgula, Srinivas,Swarts, Benjamin M.,Guo, Zhongwu
supporting information; experimental part, p. 1194 - 1201 (2012/03/26)
The first total synthesis of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor bearing a polyunsaturated arachidonoyl fatty acid is reported. This lipid is found in mammalian GPIs that do not undergo lipid remodeling, a process that has important implications in the localization and function of GPI-anchored proteins. Incorporation of the oxidation- and reduction-sensitive arachidonoyl lipid in the target GPI was accomplished by using the para-methoxybenzyl (PMB) group for permanent hydroxyl group protection, which featured a selective, rapid, and efficient global deprotection protocol. The flexibility of this synthetic strategy was further highlighted by the inclusion of two additional GPI core structural modifications present in the GPI anchor of the human lymphocyte CD52 antigen. Lipid diversity in GPI synthesis: The convergent synthesis of an arachidonoyl-containing glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor of the human lymphocyte CD52 antigen is reported. Incorporation of the oxidation- and reduction-sensitive polyunsaturated arachidonoyl lipid, as well as two additional GPI core modifications (see structure), was enabled by using a para-methoxybenzyl (PMB)-based global protection strategy. Copyright
