title: Enzyme modification by MPEG with an amino acid or peptide as spacer arms.
abstract: A method for the modification of enzymes by MPEG carrying an amino acid or peptide as a spacer arm is described and tested with aliphatic or aromatic side chains amino acids. The procedure involves MPEG activation by p-nitrophenylchloroformate for the amino acid or peptide coupling that is in turn activated for the protein binding. The advantage of the method resides in the possibility to introduce proper reporter groups between the polymer and the protein as norleucine for a direct evaluation of the bound polymer chains, tryptophan for structural studies of the polymer-protein adduct, and radioactive amino acid for pharmacokinetic investigations. The method was positively tested with arginase, ribonuclease, and superoxide dismutase as enzymes of therapeutic value.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche Centro di Chimica del Farmaco e dei Prodotti Biologicamente Attivi del CNR, Università di Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sartore
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caliceti
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schiavon
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Veronese
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D001119:Arginase / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D010455:Peptides; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; C028210:monomethoxypolyethylene glycol; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic; D001119:Arginase