3235-14-1Relevant articles and documents
Generation of Oxyphosphonium Ions by Photoredox/Cobaloxime Catalysis for Scalable Amide and Peptide Synthesis in Batch and Continuous-Flow
Chen, Xiangyang,Houk, Kendall N.,Mo, Jia-Nan,Su, Junqi,Umanzor, Alexander,Zhang, Zheng,Zhao, Jiannan
supporting information, (2022/01/06)
Phosphine-mediated deoxygenative nucleophilic substitutions, such as the Mitsunobu reaction, are of great importance in organic synthesis. However, the conventional protocols require stoichiometric oxidants to trigger the formation of the oxyphosphonium i
Engineered Substrate for Cyclooxygenase-2: A Pentapeptide Isoconformational to Arachidonic Acid for Managing Inflammation
Kaur, Baljit,Kaur, Manpreet,Kaur, Navjot,Garg, Saweta,Bhatti, Rajbir,Singh, Palwinder
, p. 6363 - 6376 (2019/07/08)
Beyond the conventional mode of working of anti-inflammatory agents through enzyme inhibition, herein, COX-2 was provided with an alternate substrate. A proline-centered pentapeptide isoconformational to arachidonic acid, which exhibited appreciable selectivity for COX-2, overcoming acetic acid- and formalin-induced pain in rats to almost 80%, was treated as a substrate by the enzyme. Remarkably, COX-2 metabolized the pentapeptide into small fragments consisting mainly of di- and tripeptides that ensured the safe breakdown of the peptide under in vivo conditions. The kinetic parameter Kcat/Km for COX-2-mediated metabolism of the peptide (6.3 × 105 M-1 s-1) was quite similar to 9.5 × 105 M-1 s-1 for arachidonic acid. Evidenced by the molecular dynamic studies and the use of Y385F COX-2, it was observed that the breakage of the pentapeptide has probably been taken place through H-bond activation of the peptide bond by the side chains of Y385 and S530.
Tandem deprotection/coupling for peptide synthesis in water at room temperature
Cortes-Clerget, Margery,Berthon, Jean-Yves,Krolikiewicz-Renimel, Isabelle,Chaisemartin, Laurent,Lipshutz, Bruce H.
supporting information, p. 4263 - 4267 (2017/09/28)
A tandem deprotection/coupling sequence is reported for solution-phase peptide synthesis in water under micellar catalysis conditions using the designer surfactant TPGS-750-M. Cbz deprotection followed by peptide coupling in the presence of COMU and 2,6-lutidine afforded polypeptides containing up to 10 amino acid residues. A broad scope characterizes this new technology. No epimerization has been detected. The associated E Factors, as a measure of "greenness" and known to be extremely high for peptide couplings, have been reduced to less than 10 due to the step-economy and minimal amounts of organic solvent needed for product extraction.