title: Convergent solution-phase synthesis of a nucleopeptide using a protected oligonucleotide.
abstract: A nucleopeptide was prepared in a convergent manner via segmental coupling of the protected biopolymers in solution. The resulting nucleopeptide (4b, 72%) containing the binding site of lambda repressor and a peptide containing the consensus sequence of the DNA binding helix of the helix turn-helix-proteins was obtained using only five equivalents of the peptide relative to the oligonucleotide. This demonstrates that the recently developed method for the solution phase coupling of protected oligonucleotides is amenable to the convergent synthesis of larger nucleopeptides that are potentially capable of adopting secondary structure.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University Fort Collins 80523, USA.
authors: D L
authors: DL
authors: McMinn
authors: M M
authors: MM
authors: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D019077:Helix-Turn-Helix Motifs; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014764:Viral Proteins; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D010455:Peptides; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins; C016649:phage repressor proteins