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SUBMITTER: Antos JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2722835 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antos John M JM McFarland Jesse M JM Iavarone Anthony T AT Francis Matthew B MB
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20090501 17
Significant improvements have been made to a previously reported tryptophan modification method using rhodium carbenoids in aqueous solution, allowing the reaction to proceed at pH 6-7. This technique is based on the discovery that N-(tert-butyl)hydroxylamine promotes indole modification with rhodium carbenoids over a broad pH range (2-7). This methodology was demonstrated on peptide and protein substrates, generally yielding 40-60% conversion with excellent tryptophan chemoselectivity. The solv ...[more]