The solid-phase synthesis of side-chain-phosphorylated peptide-4-nitroanilides

J Pept Res. 1997 Aug;50(2):143-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1997.tb01179.x.

Abstract

Peptide-4-nitroanilides can be quickly synthesised using an Fmoc-based approach on 2-chlorotritylchloride resin. Preformed building blocks Fmoc-Xaa-NH-Np (Xaa = Cit, Cys, Gln, His, Lys, Orn, Ser, Thr, Tyr, Trp) can be attached via side chain to the 2-chlorotritylchloride linker of the resin. N-terminal elongation yields the respective peptide-4-nitroanilides after detachment from the solid support. We synthesised a set of tetrapeptide-4-nitroanilides with the general structure Suc-Ala-Phe-Pro-Xaa-NH-Np (Xaa = Asp, Cit, Cys, Glu, Gln, His, Lys, Orn, Ser, Thr, Tyr, Trp). Even peptidyl-arginine-4-nitroanilides are available by a slightly modified procedure. First, the appropriate ornithine-containing peptide was synthesised. After detachment of the peptide from the resin the side-chain primary amino group was transformed to the guanidino function of arginine using 1-guanyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazole. A further application of this method is the convenient synthesis of phosphorylated peptide-4-nitroanilides. Five phosphopeptides with the general structure Ac-Ala-Xaa(PO3H2)-Pro-Yaa-NH-Np (Xaa = Ser, Thr, Tyr; Yaa = Tyr, Lys) and their nonphosphorylated analogues were prepared. Global phosphorylation was carried out on the resin-bound peptides using dibenzyl-N, N-diisopropyl-phosphoramidite/tetrazole followed by oxidation with tert-butyl hydroperoxide.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amidines / chemistry
  • Amino Acids / chemistry
  • Anilides / chemical synthesis*
  • Arginine / analogs & derivatives
  • Fluorenes / chemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phosphopeptides / chemical synthesis*
  • Phosphorylation

Substances

  • Amidines
  • Amino Acids
  • Anilides
  • Fluorenes
  • N(alpha)-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonylamino acids
  • Phosphopeptides
  • 3,5-dimethylpyrazole-1-carboxamidine
  • Arginine