Re: Peptides

From: Luisa Rusconi (Luisa.Rusconi@eu.pnu.com)
Date: Wed Feb 23 2000 - 06:39:32 EST


Jennifer Woodman <Jennifer_Woodman@dfci.harvard.edu>
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     Jen,
     
     one possibility is on-resin disulfide cyclization, provided you use an
     initial substitution level definitely lower than 0.1mmmol/g in order
     to minimize intersite reactions leading to oligomeric material. Here
     follow references (not exactly recent, but should still be useful) on
     protecting groups/cyclization methods:
     
     Albericio F. et al., Int J Peptide Protein Res 37, 402 (1991);
     Munson M.C. et al., Peptide Research 6, 155 (1993);
     Ploux O. et al., Int J Peptide Protein Res 29, 162 (1987);
     De Rosa S. et al., Proceedings of the 23rd EPS, 285 (1995).
     
     I hope this can be of some help.
     
     Luisa
     
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     Luisa Rusconi
     Pharmacia & Upjohn
     Biology Dept.
     Biochemistry/Protein Chemistry Core Unit
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Subject: Peptides
Author: Jennifer Woodman <Jennifer_Woodman@dfci.harvard.edu> at Internet-europe
Date: 22/02/2000 3:45 PM

Hello,
I was wondering if anyone out there could offer some advice on cyclic peptides.
We are currently working on a project that involves making a cyclic peptide in
which either the C or N terminus would be biotinylated. My concerns are:

I believe I will need the free amine group to cyclize the peptide and therefore
will not have a free amine group to biotinlate.

In addition, both the C and N terminus have a Cysteine. We were thinking that
we might be able to cyclize the peptide by forming a disulfide bond between the
two ends. That way, we might be able to use the free amine to biotinylate. If
this is a possibility, how do we selectively have the single peptide form a
disulfide bond between its two ends rather than having a chain formation.

I thank you for any advice,

Jen



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