Water-soluble phosphinothiols for traceless staudinger ligation and integration with expressed protein ligation.
The traceless Staudinger ligation is an effective means to synthesize an amide bond between two groups of otherwise orthogonal reactivity: a phosphinothioester and an azide. An important application of the Staudinger ligation is in the ligation of peptides at a variety of residues. Here, we demonstrate that the traceless Staudinger ligation can be achieved in water with a water-soluble reagent. Those reagents that provide a high yield of amide product discourage protonation of the nitrogen in the key iminophosphorane intermediate. The most efficacious reagent, bis(p-dimethylaminoethyl)phosphinomethanethiol, mediates the rapid ligation of equimolar substrates in water. This reagent is also able to perform a transthioesterification reaction with the thioester intermediate formed during intein-mediated protein splicing. Hence, the traceless Staudinger ligation can be integrated with expressed protein ligation, extending the reach of modern protein chemistry.
Tam
Annie
A
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Soellner
Matthew B
MB
Raines
Ronald T
RT
D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry*; D001880:Boranes / Q000737:chemistry; D004952:Esters; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011506:Proteins / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water
D001386:Azides; D001880:Boranes; D004952:Esters; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008024:Ligands; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds; D010455:Peptides; D011506:Proteins; D014867:Water
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