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Simplified beta-glycosylation of peptides
Zhang, Yonglian,Knapp, Spencer
, p. 2891 - 2903 (2018/05/08)
A simple and effective activating system for S-phenyl thioglycosides, namely N-iodosuccinimide and catalytic copper(I) triflate, promotes beta-O-glycosylation at the serine and threonine hydroxyls of “mono-,” di-, and tripeptides. The same activator combination promotes carboxamide beta-N-glycosylation of asparagine-containing mono-, di, and tri-peptides, as well as a nucleoside carboxamide and a sulfonamide. An important feature of the copper(I) triflate method is that undesired amide O-glycosylation is largely circumvented. For both sets of biologically important acceptor sites (HO– and –CONH2), a beta-GlcNAc-equivalent donor is demonstrated to provide the linkages efficiently. Streamlined deprotection sequences have been developed based on global hydrogenolysis that lead smoothly to the parent glycopeptides. The core glycopeptide region for biological protein N-glycosylation, represented by N4-(β-N-acetyl-D-2-glucosaminyl)-Asp-Gly-Thr-OH, has been prepared in solution, purified, and characterized as the fully deprotected (mono)glycosylated tripeptide.
