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The phenyl hydrazide as an enzyme-labile protecting group - Oxidative cleavage with mushroom tyrosinase
Mueller, Gernot H.,Waldmann, Herbert
, p. 3549 - 3552 (1999)
Amino acid and peptide phenyl hydrazides are selectively cleaved by oxidation to acyl diazenes with mushroom tyrosinase and their subsequent hydrolysis.
Tripeptide analogues of MG132 as protease inhibitors
Pehere, Ashok D.,Nguyen, Steven,Garlick, Sarah K.,Wilson, Danny W.,Hudson, Irene,Sykes, Matthew J.,Morton, James D.,Abell, Andrew D.
, p. 436 - 441 (2019)
The 26S proteasome and calpain are linked to a number of important human diseases. Here, we report a series of analogues of the prototypical tripeptide aldehyde inhibitor MG132 that show a unique combination of high activity and selectivity for calpains over proteasome. Tripeptide aldehydes (1–3) with an aromatic P3 substituent show enhanced activity and selectivity against ovine calpain 2 relative to chymotrypsin-like activity of proteasome. Docking studies reveal the key contacts between inhibitors and calpain to confirm the importance of the S3 pocket with respect to selectivity between calpains 1 and 2 and the proteasome.
Phenylhydrazide as an enzyme-labile protecting group in peptide synthesis
Voelkert, Martin,Koul, Surrinder,Mueller, Gernot H.,Lehnig, Manfred,Waldmann, Herbert
, p. 6902 - 6910 (2007/10/03)
The enzymatic cleavage of amino acid phenylhydrazides with the enzyme tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1) offers a new, mild, and selective method for C-terminal deprotection of peptides. The advantages of the described methodology are the very mild oxidative removal of the protecting group at room temperature and pH 7, a high chemo- and regioselectivity, and the availability of the biocatalyst. Even in oxygen-saturated solution, the oxidation of sensitive methionine residues was not observed. These features make the methodology suitable for the synthesis of sensitive peptide conjugates. Mechanistic data suggest that the hydrolysis of the oxidized adducts proceeds by a free-radical mechanism.
