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Changjun Yu1,2, Ruiyao E1, Yingying An1
1Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences & Research Unit of Peptide Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019RU066, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
Abstract:
A method for introducing a range of phosphonates into oligopeptides through a Michael addition reaction between dehydroalanine and phosphite is presented. The method offers a mild, cheap, and straightforward approach to peptide phosphorylation that has potential applications in chemical biology and medicinal chemistry. Moreover, the introduction of a phosphonate group into short antibacterial peptides is described to demonstrate its utility, leading to the discovery of phosphonated antibacterial peptides with potent broad-spectrum antibacterial activity.
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