인문학
사회과학
자연과학
공학
의약학
농수해양학
예술체육학
복합학
지원사업
학술연구/단체지원/교육 등 연구자 활동을 지속하도록 DBpia가 지원하고 있어요.
커뮤니티
연구자들이 자신의 연구와 전문성을 널리 알리고, 새로운 협력의 기회를 만들 수 있는 네트워킹 공간이에요.
초록·키워드
Peptide display technologies are a powerful method for discovery of new bioactive sequences, but linear sequences are often very unstable in a biological setting. Macrocyclisation of such peptides is beneficial for target affinity, selectivity, stability, and cell permeability. However, macrocyclisation of a linear hit is unreliable and requires extensive structural knowledge. Genetically encoding macrocyclisation during the discovery process is a better approach, and so there is a need for diverse cyclisation options that can be deployed in the context of peptide display techniques such as mRNA display. In this work we show that <i>meta</i>-cyanopyridylalanine (<i>m</i>CNP) can be ribosomally incorporated into peptides, forming a macrocycle in a spontaneous and selective reaction with an N-terminal cysteine generated from bypassing the initiation codon in translation. This reactive amino acid can also be easily incorporated into peptides during standard Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis, which can otherwise be a bottleneck in transferring from peptide discovery to peptide testing and application. We demonstrate the potential of this new method by discovery of macrocyclic peptides targeting influenza haemagglutinin, and molecular dynamics simulation indicates the <i>m</i>CNP cross-link stabilises a beta sheet structure in a representative of the most abundant cluster of active hits. Cyclisation by <i>m</i>CNP is also shown to be compatible with thioether macrocyclisation at a second cysteine to form bicycles of different architectures, provided that cysteine placement reinforces selectivity, with this bicyclisation happening spontaneously and in a controlled manner during peptide translation. Our new approach generates macrocycles with a more rigid cross-link and with better control of regiochemistry when additional cysteines are present, opening these up for further exploitation in chemical modification of <i>in vitro</i> translated peptides, and so is a valuable addition to the peptide discovery toolbox.
인공지능 문자 인식 모델을 통해 추출된 텍스트로, 일부 오타나 오류가 포함될 수 있으나 지속적으로 개선 중입니다.
오류를 발견하셨다면 해당 부분을 드래그한 후 ' 를 통해 신고해주세요.
오류를 발견하셨다면 해당 부분을 드래그한 후 ' 를 통해 신고해주세요.