Neighbor-directed histidine N (τ)-alkylation: A route to imidazolium-containing phosphopeptide macrocycles.

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Source:

Biopolymers, Volume 104, Issue 6, p.663-73 (2015)

Keywords:

Alkylation, Crystallography, X-Ray, Histidine, Imidazoles, Macrocyclic Compounds, Phosphopeptides

Abstract:

<p>Our recently discovered, selective, on-resin route to N(τ)-alkylated imidazolium-containing histidine residues affords new strategies for peptide mimetic design. In this, we demonstrate the use of this chemistry to prepare a series of macrocyclic phosphopeptides, in which imidazolium groups serve as ring-forming junctions. Interestingly, these cationic moieties subsequently serve to charge-mask the phosphoamino acid group that directed their formation. Neighbor-directed histidine N(τ)-alkylation opens the door to new families of phosphopeptidomimetics for use in a range of chemical biology contexts.</p>

PDB: 
4X9R 4X9V 4X9W
Detector: 
PILATUS
Beamline: 
24-ID-C