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Asahina, Yuya; Nabeshima, Kei; Hojo, Hironobu
Tetrahedron letters, 03/2015, Volume: 56, Issue: 11Journal Article
Display omitted Peptides having the C-terminal N-alkylcysteine (NAC) with a free carboxy group, which can be easily prepared by the conventional 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS), was directly used for the native chemical ligation (NCL) based on the in situ thioesterification method. The reaction efficiently proceeded under a mild acidic condition (pH ∼5) to give the ligated product. This method was successfully used for the synthesis of the human brain natriuretic peptide, (BNP)-32, showing the usefulness of the peptidyl NAC as a thioester surrogate for the NCL reaction.
