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A Novel Methodology for the Incorporation of Chiral Linkers in Stapled Peptides

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Serrano, JC 
Sipthorp, J 
Xu, W 
Itzhaki, LS 
Ley, SV 

Abstract

Stapled peptides have arisen as a new class of chemical probe and potential therapeutic agents to modulate protein-protein interactions. Here, we report the first two-component i,i+7 stapling methodology using two orthogonal, on-resin stapling reactions to incorporate linkers bearing a chiral center on a p53-derived stapled peptide. Post-stapling modifications to the staple chain were performed on-resin, enabling rapid access to various peptide derivatives from a single staple. The stapled peptides have increased helicity, protease stability and in vitro binding affinities to MDM2 compared to the unstapled peptide. This approach can be used to generate a diverse library of stapled peptides with differing properties starting from a single stapled peptide, with scope for much greater functional diversity than that provided by existing stapling methodologies.

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Keywords

chiral linkers, protein–protein interactions, solid-phase synthesis, stapled peptides, two-component stapling

Journal Title

Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology

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Journal ISSN

1439-4227
1439-7633

Volume Title

18

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K009494/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M004120/1)
Medical Research Council (G1002329)
Medical Research Council (MC_PC_13059)
MRC (MC_PC_14116 v2)
This work was supported by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grants EP/K009494/1, EP/M004120/1 and EP/K/039520/1. JCS acknowledges a scholarship from the Gates Cambridge Trust. LSI acknowledges the support of a Senior Fellowship from the Medical Research Foundation.