The Prebiotic C-Terminal Elongation of Peptides Can Be Initiated by N-Carbamoyl Amino Acids

Autor: Grégoire Danger, Fabrice Duvernay, Jean-Christophe Rossi, Ghinwa Ajram, Laurent Boiteau, Robert Pascal, Ninette Abou Mrad
Přispěvatelé: Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron [Pôle Chimie Balard] (IBMM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires (PIIM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Chemistry-A European Journal
Chemistry-A European Journal, Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2017, 23 (31), pp.7418-7421. ⟨10.1002/chem.201700702⟩
Chemistry-A European Journal, 2017, 23 (31), pp.7418-7421. ⟨10.1002/chem.201700702⟩
ISSN: 1521-3765
0947-6539
Popis: International audience; The formation of peptides upon 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC)-promoted activation of N-carbamoylamino acids (CAA), was considered in the scope of our recent works on carbodiimide promoted C-terminus elongation of peptides in a prebiotic context. Thus EDC promoted activation of CAA derivatives of Tyr(Me) or Ala in dilute aqueous medium pH 5.5-6.5 in the presence of excess of AA, resulted in peptide formation by C-terminus activation/elongation. Kinetic results similar to those of EDC-mediated activation of N-acyl-AA lead us to postulate the formation of a 2-amino-5(4H)-oxazolone intermediate by cyclization of the activated CAA, in spite of the absence of epimerization occurred at CAA residues. Thus, in a prebiotic context, CAA may have played a similar role as N-acyl-AA in the initiation of C-terminus peptide elongation.
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