Publication Date:
1994-11-04
Description:
A simple technique has been devised that allows the direct synthesis of native backbone proteins of moderate size. Chemoselective reaction of two unprotected peptide segments gives an initial thioester-linked species. Spontaneous rearrangement of this transient intermediate yields a full-length product with a native peptide bond at the ligation site. The utility of native chemical ligation was demonstrated by the one-step preparation of a cytokine containing multiple disulfides. The polypeptide ligation product was folded and oxidized to form the native disulfide-containing protein molecule. Native chemical ligation is an important step toward the general application of chemistry to proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dawson, P E -- Muir, T W -- Clark-Lewis, I -- Kent, S B -- GM 50969-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM48870-03/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM48897-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 4;266(5186):776-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7973629" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Humans
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Interleukin-8/*chemical synthesis/chemistry
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Oxidation-Reduction
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Protein Conformation
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*Protein Folding
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Proteins/*chemical synthesis/chemistry
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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