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Redox-based reagents for chemoselective methionine bioconjugation
Lin, Shixian,Yang, Xiaoyu,Jia, Shang,Weeks, Amy M.,Hornsby, Michael,Lee, Peter S.,Nichiporuk, Rita V.,Iavarone, Anthony T.,Wells, James A.,Toste, F. Dean,Chang, Christopher J.
, p. 597 - 602 (2017)
Cysteine can be specifically functionalized by a myriad of acid-base conjugation strategies for applications ranging from probing protein function to antibody-drug conjugates and proteomics. In contrast, selective ligation to the other sulfur-containing amino acid, methionine, has been precluded by its intrinsically weaker nucleophilicity. Here, we report a strategy for chemoselective methionine bioconjugation through redox reactivity, using oxaziridine-based reagents to achieve highly selective, rapid, and robust methionine labeling under a range of biocompatible reaction conditions. We highlight the broad utility of this conjugation method to enable precise addition of payloads to proteins, synthesis of antibody-drug conjugates, and identification of hyperreactive methionine residues in whole proteomes.
A Physical Organic Approach to Tuning Reagents for Selective and Stable Methionine Bioconjugation
Christian, Alec H.,Jia, Shang,Cao, Wendy,Zhang, Patricia,Meza, Arismel Tena,Sigman, Matthew S.,Chang, Christopher J.,Toste, F. Dean
supporting information, p. 12657 - 12662 (2019/09/04)
We report a data-driven, physical organic approach to the development of new methionine-selective bioconjugation reagents with tunable adduct stabilities. Statistical modeling of structural features described by intrinsic physical organic parameters was applied to the development of a predictive model and to gain insight into features driving the stability of adducts formed from the chemoselective coupling of oxaziridine and methionine thioether partners through Redox Activated Chemical Tagging (ReACT). From these analyses, a correlation between sulfimide stabilities and sulfimide ν (C=O) stretching frequencies was revealed. We exploited the rational gains in adduct stability exposed by this analysis to achieve the design and synthesis of a bis-oxaziridine reagent for peptide stapling. Indeed, we observed that a macrocyclic peptide formed by ReACT stapling at methionine exhibited improved uptake into live cells compared to an unstapled congener, highlighting the potential utility of this unique chemical tool for thioether modification. This work provides a template for the broader use of data-driven approaches to bioconjugation chemistry and other chemical biology applications.
