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Use of the Npys thiol protection in solid phase peptide synthesis Application to direct peptide‐protein conjugation through cysteine residues

1989; Wiley; Volume: 34; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1399-3011.1989.tb01500.x

0367-8377

Fernando Alberício, David Andreu, Ernest Giralt, CARLES NAVALPOTRO, Enrique Pedroso, Berta Ponsati, MARIANO RUE‐GAYO,

Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

The protection of the thiol function of cysteine with the 3-nitro-2-pyridylsulfenyl (Npys) group has been successfully applied in the solid phase synthesis of nine peptides. A reexamination of the chemical stability of the protecting group has shown that, while Npys is essentially suitable for standard Boc/benzyl synthesis conditions, it is inadequate for the Fmoc strategy. Its proven stability to "high" HF acidolysis can not be extended to "low-high" conditions without significant thiol deprotection. On the other hand, the Npys group is quite compatible with standard photolytical cleavage conditions. The stability of Npys to HF and its thiol-activating character allow its application in peptide-carrier protein conjugation reactions by specific coupling through cysteine residues in the peptide.