Butelase-Mediated Macrocyclization ofd-Amino-Acid-Containing Peptides

Autor: Giang K. T. Nguyen, Xinya Hemu, James P. Tam, Jun-Ping Quek
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55:12802-12806
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607188
Popis: Macrocyclic compounds have received increasing attention in recent years. With their large surface area, they hold promise for inhibiting protein-protein interactions, a chemical space that was thought to be undruggable. Although many chemical methods have been developed for peptide macrocyclization, enzymatic methods have emerged as a promising new economical approach. Thus far, most enzymes have been shown to act on l-peptides; their ability to cyclize d-amino-acid-containing peptides has rarely been documented. Herein we show that macrocycles consisting of d-amino acids, except for the Asn residue at the ligating site, were efficiently synthesized by butelase 1, an Asn/Asp-specific ligase. Furthermore, by using a peptide-library approach, we show that butelase 1 tolerates most of the d-amino acid residues at the P1'' and P2'' positions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE