Total synthesis of cytochrome b562 by native chemical ligation using a removable auxiliary.
We have completed the total chemical synthesis of cytochrome b562 and an axial ligand analogue, [SeMet(7)]cyt b562, by thioester-mediated chemical ligation of unprotected peptide segments. A novel auxiliary-mediated native chemical ligation that enables peptide ligation to be applied to protein sequences lacking cysteine was used. A cleavable thiol-containing auxiliary group, 1-phenyl-2-mercaptoethyl, was added to the alpha-amino group of one peptide segment to facilitate amide bond-forming ligation. The amine-linked 1-phenyl-2-mercaptoethyl auxiliary was stable to anhydrous hydrogen fluoride used to cleave and deprotect peptides after solid-phase peptide synthesis. Following native chemical ligation with a thioester-containing segment, the auxiliary group was cleanly removed from the newly formed amide bond by treatment with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, yielding a full-length unmodified polypeptide product. The resulting polypeptide was reconstituted with heme and folded to form the functional protein molecule. Synthetic wild-type cyt b562 exhibited spectroscopic and electrochemical properties identical to the recombinant protein, whereas the engineered [SeMet(7)]cyt b562 analogue protein was spectroscopically and functionally distinct, with a reduction potential shifted by approximately 45 mV. The use of the 1-phenyl-2-mercaptoethyl removable auxiliary reported here will greatly expand the applicability of total protein synthesis by native chemical ligation of unprotected peptide segments.[1]References
- Total synthesis of cytochrome b562 by native chemical ligation using a removable auxiliary. Low, D.W., Hill, M.G., Carrasco, M.R., Kent, S.B., Botti, P. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2001) [Pubmed]
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