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Synthetic approaches to peptides containing the l-Gln-l-Val-D(S)-Dmt motif
Suaifan, Ghadeer A.R.Y.,Arafat, Tawfiq,Threadgill, Michael D.
, p. 3474 - 3488 (2008/02/05)
The pseudoprolines S-Dmo (5,5-dimethyl-4-oxaproline) and R-Dmt (5,5-dimethyl-4-thiaproline) have been used to study the effects of forcing a fully cis conformation in peptides. Synthesis of peptides containing these (which have the same configuration as l-Pro) is straightforward. However, synthesis of peptides containing S-Dmt is difficult, owing to the rapid cyclisation of l-Aaa-S-Dmt amides and esters to form the corresponding diketopiperazines (DKP); thus the intermediacy of l-Aaa-S-Dmt amides and esters must be avoided in the synthetic sequence. Peptides containing the l-Gln-l-Val-D(S)-Dmt motif are particularly difficult, owing to the insolubility of coupling partners containing Gln. Introduction of Gln as N-Boc-pyroglutamate overcame the latter difficulty and the dipeptide active ester BocPygValOC6F5 coupled in good yield with S-DmtOH. BocPygVal-S- DmtNH(CH2)2C6H4NO2 was converted quantitatively to BocGlnVal-S-DmtNH(CH2)2C6H4NO2 with ammonia, demonstrating the utility of this approach. Two peptide derivatives (CbzSerLysLeuGlnVal-S-DmtNH(CH2)2C6H4NO2 and CbzSerSerLysLeuGlnVal-S- DmtNH(CH2)2C6H4NO2) were assembled, using these new methods of coupling a dipeptide acid active ester with S-DmtOH and introduction of Gln as Pyg, followed by conventional peptide couplings. The presence of the Val caused these peptides to be cleaved very slowly by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) at Leu ↓ Gln, rather than the expected Gln ↓ Val.
Stereospecific synthesis of (2S,4R)-[5,5,5-2H3]leucine
August, Ryan A.,Khan, Jeffrey A.,Moody, Claire M.,Young, Douglas W.
, p. 507 - 514 (2007/10/03)
The first stereospecific chemical synthesis of a sample of the amino acid (2S)-leucine labelled in one of the diastereotopic methyl groups has been achieved using (2S)-pyroglutamic acid as a chiral template. This has been used to develop a method for assigning resonances to the diastereotopic methyl groups of the leucine residues in the 1H NMR spectra of proteins.
Total synthesis of (-)-domoic acid. A revision of the original structure
Ohfune,Tomita
, p. 3511 - 3513 (2007/10/02)
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