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An Efficient Method for the Synthesis of Peptoids with Mixed Lysine-type/Arginine-type Monomers and Evaluation of Their Anti-leishmanial Activity
Published on: November 2, 2016
Application of several types of substrates to ficin-catalyzed peptide synthesis
H Sekizaki1, E Toyota, T Fuchise
1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan. sekizaki@hoku-iryo-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
The capability of ficin, a cystine protease, to form peptide bonds was investigated using several types of N-Boc-amino acid phenyl and naphthyl esters as acyl donor components. Enzyme-catalyzed peptide synthesis was carried out under optimized reaction conditions of pH, acyl acceptor concentration and selection of the best yield organic solvent. It used a condensation of N-Boc-Ala-OpGu and Ala-pNA as a model reaction. The products were obtained in 72-96% yield using 10 different substrates, within a few minutes of reaction time.
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