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M Mutter

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Topological templates as tool in molecular recognition and peptide mimicry: synthesis of a TASK library.

Topological templates disposing orthogonally protected reactive sites in defined spatial positions of a variable degree of flexibility can serve as a pool for the selective functionalization by groups thought to interact with an acceptor molecule. This strategy is exemplified by the chemo-selective ligation of amino-acid residues to a cyclic peptide as a structural motif (template-assembled side chains; TASK) applying the concept of combinatorial libraries. Binding assays to a monoclonal antibody allow for the delineation of a lead compound mimicking the structural features of a discontinuous epitope. The conceptually novel approach may serve as a tool in molecular recognition studies and in drug development.

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Protein design as a challenge for peptide chemists.

All efforts to turn the ultimate goal in protein de novo design into reality-the construction of new macromolecules with predetermined three-dimensional structure and well-defined functionality-failed because the mechanism of folding has still to be unravelled. In the present review, various attempts to apply synthetic tools for inducing native-like structural features in peptides in order to bypass the folding problem are described. Besides well-established methods for the nucleation and stabilization of secondary structures, e.g. alpha-helices, beta-sheets and beta-turns, topological templates as 'built-in' folding devices have more recently become the key elements for the induction of protein-like folding units (template-assembled synthetic proteins, TASP). Progress in the synthetic strategy and structural characterization of this new type of macromolecules opens the way for the design of functional TASP molecules.

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Analysis of synthetic peptides using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry.

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectroscopy (LDI MS), a novel method for analysis of large molecules, has been used for characterization of synthetic peptides and their by-products. The potential of LDI MS is demonstrated by analyzing crude synthetic peptides representing typical members of newly designed peptides and proteins. In the first case, a fragment condensation reaction yielding a highly hydrophobic six-helic bundle template-assembled synthetic protein (TASP) is monitored. Then, a crude 19-mer peptide designed to adopt an amphiphilic alpha-helical structure and its by-products from SPPS are identified. Finally, analysis of crude hirulog-1, a 20-mer peptide designed as a thrombin inhibitor, using C18 reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP HPLC), capillary electrophoresis (CE) and LDI MS, manifests the potential of the latter method.

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Pseudo-prolines (psi Pro) for accessing "inaccessible" peptides.

Pseudo-prolines (psi Pro) are introduced as a temporary protection technique for serine, threonine and cysteine side chains in standard Fmoc/tBu solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). The incorporation of these novel building blocks into a growing peptide chain proceeds by means of the coupling of preformed, suitably protected psi Pro dipeptides. For the example of representative model peptides used in protein de novo design, the potential of psi Pro to solubilize otherwise sparingly or completely insoluble peptides is demonstrated. Because of their intrinsic propensity for preventing peptide aggregation and beta-sheet formation, pseudo-prolines offer new possibilities for accessing large peptides by convergent strategies and chemoselective ligation techniques.

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