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硫黄-トリアゾール交換化学を用いたタンパク質の機能的なチロシン部位の結合
Jeffrey W Brulet1, Adam L Borne2, Kun Yuan1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 25, 2020
まとめ
硫黄とトリアゾール交換 (SuTEx) の化学反応により,調節可能なタンパク質の改変が可能である. この多用途の共性化学は,標的タンパク質の機能障害のための多数のチロシンサイトを特定することによって,断片ベースのリガンド発見と化学プロテオミクスを前進させる.
科学分野:
- 化学生物学
- 有機化学
- プロテオミクス
背景:
- 硫黄の電ophilesの反応性チューニングは,クリック化学と化学探査機の開発に不可欠です.
- 以前の方法は,主にタンパク質改変における硫黄電極を活性化するためにフッ素脱出グループ (LG) に依存していた.
- 硫黄-トリアゾール交換 (SuTEx) 化学は,タンパク質チロシン部位における核愛置換のためにトリアゾールLGを使用する.
研究 の 目的:
- 断片ベースのリガンド発見のためのSuTEx化学の調節性を調査する.
- 電子性質が異なるアダクト群 (AG) とLGの改変を探求する.
- これらの変更が溶液とタンパク質活動に与える影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- SuTEx アドクト群と脱出群の体系的な改変
- 電子ドナーと電子引き取りの性質に基づく電ophilic 反応性の評価
- 化学プロテオミクスのための改変されたSuTExの適用は,結合されたチロシンサイトを定量化します.
- 細胞溶解体と生細胞におけるSuTEx断片の活性に関する調査
主要な成果:
- SuTExの反応性は,改変位置 (AG対LG) に非常に敏感である.
- 調整可能な反応性は,活動における粗い調整と細かい調整の両方を許容した.
- タンパク質の44%で約30%のチロシン部位が1500以上の部位で結合可能であることが確認された.
- 非触媒性チロシンとフォスフォチロシン部位のサイト固有の結合が達成された.
結論:
- SuTExは,断片ベースのリガンド発見のための多用途の共性化学プラットフォームです.
- 化学は化学プロテオミクスとタンパク質の機能の破壊に幅広い応用を可能にします.
- SuTExは,標的タンパク質の改変に対する反応性を正確に制御します.
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