Synthesis and binding properties of a macrobicyclic receptor for N-protected peptides with a carboxylic acid terminus
Henley, P. D., Waymark, C. P., Gillies, I. and Kilburn, J. D. (2000) Synthesis and binding properties of a macrobicyclic receptor for N-protected peptides with a carboxylic acid terminus. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1, (6), 1021-1031. (doi: 10.1039/a908090b).
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A novel macrobicyclic receptor, 3, has been synthesised by linking together a diaminopyridine with suitable amino acids, followed by a double intramolecular cyclisation of a suitably activated precursor. Macrobicycle 3 features a diamidopyridine unit, designed to serve as a specific binding site for carboxylic acid functionality, at the base of an open, bowl-shaped cavity. Incorporation of additional amide functionality around the rim of the bowl-shaped structure provides further hydrogen bonding sites to interact with peptidic guests. The binding properties of 3 with N-protected amino acid and peptide derivatives have been investigated by NMR titration experiments, which reveal that 3 is a strong and selective receptor for peptides with a carboxylic acid terminus in CDCl3 solution, the strongest binding being observed with Cbz-beta-alanyl-D-alanine (-Delta G(ass)=22.8 kJ mol(-1)). The macrobicycle is reasonably enantioselective (Cbz-beta-alanyl-L-alanine, -Delta G(ass)=19.1 kJ mol(-1)) and notably the binding of Cbz-beta-alanyl lactic acids is considerably weaker than the binding of the corresponding Cbz-beta-alanyl alanines (Delta Delta G(ass)similar to 8-9 kJ mol(-1)). Molecular modelling and 2D NMR studies have been carried out on the free macrobicycle and the 1:1 complex formed with the most strongly bound substrate (Cbz-beta-alanyl-D-alanine). These studies provide a consistent picture of the macrobicycle as a flexible receptor, which is able to bind the Cbz-beta-alanyl-D-alanine substrate in the macrobicyclic cavity with a series of well defined hydrogen bonds to the alanylalanine amide, and less well defined hydrogen bonds to the benzylcarbamate functionality.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | c-2 symmetrical macrobicycle, nucleic-acids, force-field, artificial receptors, molecular mechanics, methyl-esters, recognition, proteins, bond, simulation |
| Subjects: | Q Science Q Science > QD Chemistry |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Chemistry |
| Item ID: | 18891 |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 31 May 2011 23:27 |
| Contributors: | Henley, P. D. (Author) Waymark, C. P. (Author) Gillies, I. (Author) Kilburn, J. D. (Author) |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/18891 |
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