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Engineered Substrate for Cyclooxygenase-2: A Pentapeptide Isoconformational to Arachidonic Acid for Managing Inflammation
Kaur, Baljit,Kaur, Manpreet,Kaur, Navjot,Garg, Saweta,Bhatti, Rajbir,Singh, Palwinder
, p. 6363 - 6376 (2019/07/08)
Beyond the conventional mode of working of anti-inflammatory agents through enzyme inhibition, herein, COX-2 was provided with an alternate substrate. A proline-centered pentapeptide isoconformational to arachidonic acid, which exhibited appreciable selectivity for COX-2, overcoming acetic acid- and formalin-induced pain in rats to almost 80%, was treated as a substrate by the enzyme. Remarkably, COX-2 metabolized the pentapeptide into small fragments consisting mainly of di- and tripeptides that ensured the safe breakdown of the peptide under in vivo conditions. The kinetic parameter Kcat/Km for COX-2-mediated metabolism of the peptide (6.3 × 105 M-1 s-1) was quite similar to 9.5 × 105 M-1 s-1 for arachidonic acid. Evidenced by the molecular dynamic studies and the use of Y385F COX-2, it was observed that the breakage of the pentapeptide has probably been taken place through H-bond activation of the peptide bond by the side chains of Y385 and S530.
Chemical ligation of S-scylated cysteine peptides to form native peptides via 5-, 11-, and 14-membered cyclic transition states
Katritzky, Alan R.,Tala, Srinivasa R.,Abo-Dya, Nader E.,Ibrahim, Tarek S.,El-Feky, Said A.,Gyanda, Kapil,Pandya, Keyur M.
scheme or table, p. 85 - 96 (2011/04/12)
Cysteine-containing dipeptides 3a-l, (3b+3b′) (compound numbers in parentheses are used to indicate racemic mixtures; thus (3b+3b′) is the racemate of 3b and 3b′), and tripeptide 13 were synthesized in 68-96% yields by acylation of cysteine with N-(Pg-α-aminoacyl)- and N-(Pg-α-dipeptidoyl)benzotriazoles (where Pg stands for protecting group in the nomenclature for peptides throughout the paper) in the presence of Et3N. Cysteine-containing peptides 3a-l and 13 were S-acylated to give S-(Pg-α-aminoacyl)dipeptides 5a-l and S-(Pg-α-aminoacyl) tripeptide 14 without racemization in 47-90% yields using N-(Pg-α- aminoacyl)benzotriazoles 2 in CH3CN-H2O (7:3) in the presence of KHCO3. (In our peptide nomenclature, the prefixes di-, tri-, etc. refer to the number of amino acid residues in the main peptide chain; amino acid residues attached to sulfur are designated as S-acyl peptides. Thus we avoid use of the prefix "iso".) Selective S-acylations of serine peptide 3k and threonine peptide 3l containing free OH groups were thus achieved in 58% and 72% yield, respectively. S-(Pg-α-aminoacyl)cysteines 4a,b underwent native chemical ligations to form native dipeptides 3f,i via 5-membered cyclic transition states. Microwave irradiation of S-(Pg-α-aminoacyl)tripeptide 15 and S-(Pg-α-aminoacyl)tetrapeptide 17 in the presence of NaH2PO4/Na2HPO 4 buffer solution at pH 7.8 achieved chemical ligations, involving intramolecular migrations of acyl groups, via 11- and 14-membered cyclic transition states from the S-atom of a cysteine residue to a peptide terminal amino group to form native peptides 19 and 20 in isolated yields of 26% and 23%, respectively.
DIASTEREOSELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF MONODEHYDRO ENKEPHALINS CONTROLLED BY CHIRAL RHODIUM CATALYSTS
Hammadi, A.,Nuzillard, J. M.,Poulin, J. C.,Kagan, H. B.
, p. 1247 - 1262 (2007/10/02)
Protected (Z)dehydrophenylalanyl-Leu-enkephalin, (Z)dehydrotyrosyl-Leu-enkephalin and (Z)dehydrotyrosyl-(R)Ala2-Leu-enkephalin, have been synthesized.These compounds have been hydrogenated to give protected Leu-enkephalins in the presence of various chiral rhodium complexes.Deprotection of the product gave Leu-enkephalins or epimers, ytterbium in liquid ammonia allows smooth deprotection of NHCBz or OTs groups on small amounts of peptides.Strong stereocontrol could be achieved by suitable choice of the chiral catalyst.This method has good potential for stereospecific labelling of enkephalins and other small peptides.