Enabling N-to-C Ser/Thr Ligation for Convergent Protein Synthesis via Combining Chemical Ligation Approaches

J Am Chem Soc. 2016 Aug 24;138(33):10477-84. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b04238. Epub 2016 Aug 15.

Abstract

In this article, Ser/Thr ligation(on/off) has been realized to enable N-to-C successive peptide ligations using a salicylaldehyde semicarbazone (SAL(off)) group by in situ activation with pyruvic acid of the peptide SAL(off) ester into the peptide salicylaldehyde (SAL(on)) ester. In addition, a peptide with a C-terminal thioester and N-terminal Ser or Thr as the middle peptide segment can undergo one-pot Ser/Thr ligation and native chemical ligation in the N-to-C direction. The utility of this combined ligation strategy in the N-to-C direction has been showcased through the convergent assembly of a human cytokine protein sequence, GlcNAcylated interleukin-25.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Carbon / chemistry*
  • Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
  • Cysteine / chemistry*
  • Interleukin-17 / chemical synthesis
  • Interleukin-17 / chemistry
  • Nitrogen / chemistry*
  • Oligopeptides / chemical synthesis
  • Oligopeptides / chemistry
  • Proteins / chemical synthesis*
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Serine / chemistry*

Substances

  • Interleukin-17
  • Oligopeptides
  • Proteins
  • Serine
  • Carbon
  • Cysteine
  • Nitrogen