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Synthesis and application of chemically reactive proteins by the reversible modification of protein amino groups with exo-cis-3,6-endo-epoxy-4,5-cis-epoxyhexahydrophthalic anhydride.

ABSTRACT: The reversible reaction of exo-cis-3,6-endo-epoxy-4,5-cis-epoxyhexahydrophthalic anhydride (EEHPA) with free protein amino groups is described. The free protein amino groups of lysozyme can be completely blocked through the reaction of the anhydride EEHPA. The chemically less reactive epoxy groups in EEHPA-modified lysozyme remain intact during modification of the protein and can be used for many subsequent chemical reactions. Hydrolysis of the modified inactive lysozyme at pH 2.5 results in deblocking and almost complete recovery of the enzymic activity of the protein. The epoxy groups in EEHPA-modified proteins have a great many potential uses: disaggregation of supramolecular structures, conversion of hydrophobic membrane proteins or tryptic peptides into water-soluble coloured proteins or peptides, inhibition of tryptic cleavage at lysine residues, synthesis of chemically reactive proteins or enzymes for affinity chromatography or immobilized-enzyme technology, two-dimensional separation techniques for complex protein mixtures, detection of specific protein-binding sites for organic substrates or tumour diagnostics, synthesis of defined artificial glycoproteins for biophysical and cytochemical studies and chemical synthesis of radioactively labelled proteins.

SUBMITTER: Schafer R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1158236 | biostudies-other | 1982 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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