Bioorganic synthesis of a recombinant HIV-1 fusion inhibitor, SC35EK, with an N-terminal pyroglutamate capping group

Autor: Hiroaki Ohno, Shinya Oishi, Tomoko Kurose, Nobutaka Fujii, Hiroko Tsutsumi, Kazuki Izumi, Kazumi Kajiwara, Kentaro Watanabe, Eiichi Kodama, Masao Matsuoka, Yoji Hata, Rei Tokiwa
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 17:7964-7970
ISSN: 0968-0896
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.10.017
Popis: The bioorganic synthesis of an end-capped anti-HIV peptide from a recombinant protein was investigated. Cyanogen bromide-mediated cleavage of two Met-Gln sites across the target anti-HIV sequence generated an HIV-1 fusion inhibitor (SC35EK) analog bearing an N-terminal pyroglutamate (pGlu) residue and a C-terminal homoserine lactone (Hsl) residue. The end-capped peptide, pGlu-SC35EK-Hsl, had similar bioactivity and biophysical properties to the parent peptide, and an improved resistance to peptidase-mediated degradation was observed compared with the non-end-capped peptide obtained using standard recombinant technology.
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