Cysteine and C-terminal cysteine peptides are selectively S-acylated at 0-20 degrees C by N-(Pg-alpha-aminoacyl)benzotriazoles to give N-Pg-S-acyl-isodi-, -isotri-, and -isotetra-peptides isolated in good yields. N-Fmoc-S-acyl-isopeptides are Fmoc deprotected to afford free S-acyl-isopeptides isolated in high yields. S-Acyl-isodi-, S-acyl-isotetra-, and S-acyl-isopentapeptides undergo chemical ...

The highly α-selective and scalable synthesis of the Fmoc-protected GalNAc-threonine amino acid and TN antigen in gram scale (0.5-1 g) is described. The challenging 1,2-cis-2-amino glycosidic bond is addressed through a coupling of threonine residues with C(2)-N-ortho-(trifluoromethyl)benzylidenamino trihaloacetimidate donors mediated by Ni(4-F-PhCN)4(OTf)2. The desired 1,2-cis-2-amino glycosid...

Fmoc-protected amine derivatives of Protoporphyrin IX were synthesized by two original methods using solid-phase chemistry. The new compounds represent unsymmetrical scaffolds suitable for the generation of a large range of peptidic porphyrin derivatives through SPPS strategy.

Originally developed by Whitesides and co-workers, microcontact printing (μCP) has become the method of choice for microand nanoscale fabrication of surfaces and nanoparticles.1 Despite its many advantages, several limitations remain, specifically (i) relatively high level of defects due to distortion and deformation of the elastomeric stamp,2 (ii) a limited number of substrates and molecular i...

The ability to speed up conventional Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) has many advantages including increased productivity. One way to speed up conventional Fmoc SPPS is the choice of activator. Recently, several new activators have been introduced into the market, and they were evaluated along with some older activators for their ability to synthesize a range of peptides with shorter ...

Glycopeptides from the mucin family decorated with tumour-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACA) have proven to be important target structures for the development of molecularly defined anti-cancer vaccines. The strategic incorporation of β-amino acid building blocks into such mucin-type sequences offers the potential to create pseudo-glycopeptide antigens with improved bioavailability for tum...

Peptide synthesis: peptides were assembled on an automatic microwave peptide synthesizer, Liberty1 (CEM Corp.), using Fmoc-Gln(Trt)-Wang resin and standard solid phase Fmoc/tBu protocols and HBTU/DIPEA as coupling reagents. Following synthesis completion the peptides were cleaved from the resin by TFA:TIS:H2O – 95:2.5:2.5%. Peptides were purified by semi-preparative RP-HPLC on a JASCO HPLC syst...

Ferulic acid was used as a common drug for cardia-cerebrovascular disease and leukopenia, but the application of ferulic acid was inhibited by the poor absorption and stability. The improvement of these defects can be realized by modifying ferulic acid by amino acids, because the amido bond can increase the bioavailability and therapeutic effect of some drugs based on the peptide transporter sy...

The rise of CuI-catalyzed click chemistry has initiated an increased demand for azido and alkyne derivatives of amino acid as precursors for the synthesis of clicked peptides. However, the use of azido and alkyne amino acids in peptide chemistry is complicated by their high cost. For this reason, we investigated the possibility of the in-house preparation of a set of five Fmoc azido amino acids...

The hitherto inconsistency in clinical performance for engineered skin drives the current development of novel cell-scaffolding materials; one challenge is to only extract essential characteristics from the complex native ECM (extracellular matrix) and incorporate them into a scaffold with minimal complexity to support normal cell functions. This study involved small-molecule-based bioactive hy...