title: Peptide and protein synthesis by segment synthesis-condensation.
abstract: The chemical synthesis of biologically active peptides and polypeptides can be achieved by using a convergent strategy of condensing protected peptide segments to form the desired molecule. An oxime support increases the ease with which intermediate protected peptides can be synthesized and makes this approach useful for the synthesis of peptides in which secondary structural elements have been redesigned. The extension of these methods to large peptides and proteins, for which folding of secondary structures into functional tertiary structures is critical, is discussed. Models of apolipoproteins, the homeo domain from the developmental protein encoded by the Antennapedia gene of Drosophila, a part of the Cro repressor, and the enzyme ribonuclease T1 and a structural analog have been synthesized with this method.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mihara
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Laforet
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Findeis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D010455:Peptides; D011506:Proteins