Synthesis and biological evaluation of the geometric farnesylated analogues of the a-factor mating peptide of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Synthesis and biological evaluation of the geometric farnesylated analogues of the a-factor mating peptide of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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酿酒酵母α因子交配肽的几何法尼基化类似物的合成和生物学评价。
DOI:
10.1021/jo000942m
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发表时间:
2000
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Gibbs,RA
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作者:
Xie,H;Shao,Y;Becker,JM;Naider,F;Gibbs,RA
Thea-factor ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaeis a dodecapeptide pheromone (YIIKGVFWDPAC(Farnesyl)-OCH3,1), in which post-translational modification with a farnesyl isoprenoid and carboxymethyl group is required for full biological activity. This peptide has been used as a model system to explore the biological function of the farnesylcysteine moiety, which is found on and required for the biological activity of many key mammalian proteins. The objective of this particular study was the determination of the biological effect of double bond isomerization of the naturalE,E-farnesyl moiety on the biological activity of thea-factor. A unified, stereoselective synthetic route to the three geometric isomers ofE,E-farnesol (12,13, and14) has been developed. The key feature of this synthesis is the ability to control the stereochemistry of triflation of the β-ketoester22to give either23or25. The three farnesol isomers were converted to the corresponding isomerica-factors (9,10and11) via a modified version of a previously utilized synthetic route. Biological evaluation of these peptides indicates that, surprisingly, all three possess nearly equivalent activity to the naturala-factor bearing theE,E-farnesyl moiety.