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On-Resin Recognition of Aromatic Oligopeptides and Proteins through Host-Enhanced Heterodimerization

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

McCune, Jade 
Chen, xiaoyi 
Huang, Zehuan 
Sokolowski, kamil 

Abstract

Peptide dimerization is ubiquitous in natural protein conjugates and artificial self-assemblies. A major challenge in artificial systems remains achieving quantitative heterodimerization of peptides, critical for next-generation biomolecular purification and formulation of therapeutics. Here, we employ a synthetic host to simultaneously encapsulate an aromatic peptide and a non-canonical L-perfluorophenylalanine-containing peptide through embedded polar-π interactions, thus constructing an unprecedented series of heteropeptide dimers. To demonstrate the utility, this heteropeptide dimerization strategy was applied to achieve on-resin recognition of N-terminal aromatic residues in peptides as well as insulin, both exhibiting high recycling efficiency (> 95%). This research unveils a generic approach to exploit quantitative heteropeptide dimers for the design of supramolecular (bio)systems.

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Keywords

Dimerization, Oligopeptides, Peptides, Proteins

Journal Title

Journal of the American Chemical Society

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Journal ISSN

0002-7863
1520-5126

Volume Title

144

Publisher

American Chemical Society
Sponsorship
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (845640)
EPSRC (2342310)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L027151/1)
European Research Council (726470)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R512461/1)