Chemoselective Peptide Cyclization and Bicyclization Directly on Unprotected Peptides. 2019

Yue Zhang, and Qing Zhang, and Clarence T T Wong, and Xuechen Li
Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry , The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , P. R. China , SAR.

Cyclic peptides are drawing wide attention as potential medium-sized modulators of biomolecular interactions with large binding surfaces. Simple but effective peptide cyclization methods are needed to construct cyclic peptide libraries by both peptide and nonpeptide chemists. Herein, we report a highly chemoselective and operation-simple method directly cyclizing unprotected peptides, in which ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA) is found to react with the lysine/N-terminus and cysteine within one unprotected peptide sequence effectively to form the isoindole-bridged cyclic peptides. This reaction is carried out in the aqueous buffer and features tolerance of diverse functionalities, rapid and clean transformation, and operational simplicity. In addition, OPA peptide cyclization can also be combined with native chemical ligation-mediated cyclization to generate bicyclic peptides. Furthermore, the OPA peptide cyclization product can further react with the N-maleimide moiety in a one-pot manner to introduce additional functional motifs, like a fluorophore probe, biomolecules (e.g., glycan, peptide, or DNA). This OPA-cyclization method extends the toolbox for integrating postcyclization modification and bioconjugation into peptide cyclization with an all-in-one manner strategy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009764 o-Phthalaldehyde A reagent that forms fluorescent conjugation products with primary amines. It is used for the detection of many biogenic amines, peptides, and proteins in nanogram quantities in body fluids. ortho-Phthalaldehyde,Orthophthaldialdehyde,o-Phthaldialdehyde,ortho-Phthalic Aldehyde,Aldehyde, ortho-Phthalic,o Phthalaldehyde,o Phthaldialdehyde,ortho Phthalaldehyde,ortho Phthalic Aldehyde
D010455 Peptides Members of the class of compounds composed of AMINO ACIDS joined together by peptide bonds between adjacent amino acids into linear, branched or cyclical structures. OLIGOPEPTIDES are composed of approximately 2-12 amino acids. Polypeptides are composed of approximately 13 or more amino acids. PROTEINS are considered to be larger versions of peptides that can form into complex structures such as ENZYMES and RECEPTORS. Peptide,Polypeptide,Polypeptides
D003500 Cyclization Changing an open-chain hydrocarbon to a closed ring. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed) Cyclizations
D000595 Amino Acid Sequence The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION. Protein Structure, Primary,Amino Acid Sequences,Sequence, Amino Acid,Sequences, Amino Acid,Primary Protein Structure,Primary Protein Structures,Protein Structures, Primary,Structure, Primary Protein,Structures, Primary Protein

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