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Split-and-pool Synthesis and Characterization of Peptide Tertiary Amide Library
Published on: June 20, 2014
[Hydrolysis of primary amide groups in Asn/Gln-containing peptides]
V V Onoprienko1, E A Elin, A I Miroshnikov
1Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. onovv@ibch.siobc.ras.ru
Abstract:
Peptides Boc-Ala-Asn/Gln-OH and Boc-Asn/Gln-Ala-OH were saponified with barium hydroxide to corresponding Asp/Glu-containing peptides. Under the conditions of saponification, Boc-Asn-Ala-OH additionally afforded Boc-Asp-OH, isopeptide Boc-Asp(Ala)-OH, and Boc-NHSuc > Ala-OH, with the third being the key intermediate in these transformations. Boc-Asp(OMe)-Ala-OMe underwent similar transformations under treatment with diazomethane or triethylamine. Saponification with barium hydroxide was accompanied by a high epimerization of N-terminal amino acid residues, whereas the products of the diazomethane treatment of Boc-Asp(OMe)-Ala-OMe had a low degree of epimerization.
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