Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan.
J Am Chem Soc. 2022 Jun 15;144(23):10145-10150. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c02993. Epub 2022 Jun 6.
Peptides and proteins attract enormous attention in many fields of academia and industry. The introduction of unusual amino acids such as α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids or -alkyl α-amino acids into normal peptide backbones is a well-utilized and useful tool for the modification of properties such as conformation, biological activity, and pharmacological profile. Despite the significant interest in sterically hindered peptides, research on peptides bearing an amide bond between an α,α-disubstituted α-amino acid and an -alkyl α-amino acid remains underexplored because of the lack of an efficient synthetic approach. Herein, we describe a high-yielding synthetic method to access such extremely sterically hindered peptide bonds between amino acids. The reaction takes place between a peptide with an α,α-disubstituted α-amidonitrile and a second peptide bearing an -alkyl cysteine, without a coupling reagent.
肽和蛋白质在学术界和工业界的许多领域都引起了极大的关注。在正常的肽骨架中引入非天然氨基酸,如α,α-二取代的α-氨基酸或β-取代的α-氨基酸,是一种用于修饰构象、生物活性和药理学特征等性质的常用且有效的工具。尽管人们对位阻肽非常感兴趣,但由于缺乏有效的合成方法,对于在α,α-二取代的α-氨基酸和β-取代的α-氨基酸之间形成酰胺键的肽的研究仍不够充分。在此,我们描述了一种高产率的合成方法,可用于获得这种氨基酸之间具有极强位阻的肽键。该反应在具有α,α-二取代的α-氨腈的肽和带有β-取代的半胱氨酸的第二肽之间进行,无需偶联试剂。