Abstract
The solvatochromic IR responsivity of small side chain –NCS in two unexplored unnatural amino acids, isothiocyanyl alanine (NCSAla = Ita) and lysine (NCSLys = Itl), without perturbing the conformation is demonstrated in two designed short tripeptide (BocAla-NCSAla-Ala-OMe) and hexapeptide (BocLeu-Val-Phe-Phe-NCSLys-Gly-OMe). Demonstration of site specific fluorescent labeling in both the peptides and ligation type reaction in NCSLys indicates the novelty of these two amino acids as alternative to the available canonical amino acids.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1404-1409 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 May 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018
Funding
The authors thank the Department of Biotechnology (DBT: BT/PR16620/NER/95/223/2015), New Delhi, Govt. of India for generous funding. S.D. thanks the IIT Guwahati for a fellowship. The CIF, IITG is gratefully acknowledged for 600 MHz NMR facility. The authors thank the Department of Biotechnology (DBT: BT/PR16620/NER/95/223/2015), New Delhi, Govt. of India for generous funding. S.D. thanks the IIT Guwahati for a fellowship. The CIF, IITG is gratefully acknowledged for 600 MHz NMR facility.
Funders | Funder number |
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IIT Guwahati | |
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India | BT/PR16620/NER/95/223/2015 |
Keywords
- IR sensitive probe
- Isothiocyanyl alanine
- Isothiocyanyl lysine
- Peptide ligation
- Site specific labeling