[Folding@home] Unprotected peptide macrocyclization and stapling via a fluorine-thiol displacement reaction

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[Folding@home] Unprotected peptide macrocyclization and stapling via a fluorine-thiol displacement reaction

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Nat Commun. 2022 Jan 17;13(1):350. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-27995-5. ABSTRACT We report the discovery of a facile peptide macrocyclization and stapling strategy based on a fluorine thiol displacement reaction (FTDR), which renders a class of peptide analogues with enhanced stability, affinity, cellular uptake, and inhibition of cancer cells. This approach enabled selective modification of the orthogonal fluoroacetamide side chains in unprotected peptides in the presence of intrinsic cysteines. The identified benzenedimethanethiol linker greatly promoted the alpha helicity of a variety of peptide substrates, as corroborated by molecular dynamics simulations. The cellular uptake of benzenedimethanethiol stapled peptides appeared to be universally enhanced compared to the classic ring-closing metathesis (RCM) stapled peptides. Pilot mechanism studies suggested that the uptake of FTDR-stapled peptides may involve multiple endocytosis...

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