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Use of lantibiotic synthetases for the preparation of bioactive constrained peptides.

ABSTRACT: Stabilization of biologically active peptides is a major goal in peptide-based drug design. Cyclization is an often-used strategy to enhance resistance of peptides toward protease degradation and simultaneously improve their affinity for targets by restricting their conformational flexibility. Among the various cyclization strategies, the use of thioether crosslinks has been successful for various peptides including enkephalin. The synthesis of these thioethers can be arduous, especially for longer peptides. Described herein is an enzymatic strategy taking advantage of the lantibiotic synthetase LctM that dehydrates Ser and Thr residues to the corresponding dehydroalanine and dehydrobutyrine residues and catalyzes the Michael-type addition of Cys residues to form thioether crosslinks. The use of LctM to prepare thioether containing analogs of enkephalin, contryphan, and inhibitors of human tripeptidyl peptidase II and spider venom epimerase is demonstrated.

SUBMITTER: Levengood MR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2452991 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Use of lantibiotic synthetases for the preparation of bioactive constrained peptides.

Levengood Matthew R MR van der Donk Wilfred A WA

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20080119 10

Stabilization of biologically active peptides is a major goal in peptide-based drug design. Cyclization is an often-used strategy to enhance resistance of peptides toward protease degradation and simultaneously improve their affinity for targets by restricting their conformational flexibility. Among the various cyclization strategies, the use of thioether crosslinks has been successful for various peptides including enkephalin. The synthesis of these thioethers can be arduous, especially for lon ...[more]

PMID: 18294843

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