1357287-50-3Relevant articles and documents
An fmoc compatible, O to S shift-mediated procedure for the preparation of C-terminal thioester peptides
Liu, Fa,Mayer, John P.
, p. 9848 - 9856 (2013)
We report a practical 2-hydroxy-3-mercapto-propionic acid (Hmp)/2-methylpiperidine (2-MP) based Fmoc chemistry procedure to prepare the C-terminal Hmp peptides, which serve as the precursors of C-terminal thioester peptides. The subsequent O to S acyl shift and thiol-exchange mediated thioester conversion of the crude precursor peptides can be accomplished smoothly under mild conditions to provide the desired thioester peptides with good yield and high quality. This is a highly adaptable approach, and we envision its broad application in the preparation of C-terminal thioester peptides.
Chemical synthesis of membrane proteins: A model study on the influenza virus B proton channel
Baumruck,Tietze,Steinacker,Tietze
, p. 2365 - 2375 (2018)
In the present study we have developed and optimized a robust strategy for the synthesis of highly hydrophobic peptides, especially membrane proteins, exemplarily using the influenza B M2 proton channel (BM2(1-51)). This strategy is based on the native chemical ligation of two fragments, where the thioester fragment is formed from an oxo-ester peptide, which is synthesized using Fmoc-SPPS, and features an in situ cleavable solubilizing tag (ADO, ADO2 or ADO-Lys5). The nearly quantitative production of the ligation product was followed by an optimized work up protocol, resulting in almost quantitative desulfurization and Acm-group cleavage. Circular dichroism analysis in a POPC lipid membrane revealed that the synthetic BM2(1-51) construct adopts a helical structure similar to that of the previously characterized BM2(1-33).