A new synthesis of peptidyl epoxysuccinates for probing cysteine protease-inhibitor P3/S3 binding interactions

William R. Roush, Alejandro Alvarez Hernandez, Gerardo Zepeda

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Abstract

A new synthesis of peptidyl epoxysuccinates has been developed involving the N-acylation of amino acid benzyl esters (12) with the tartrate ester derived epoxy acid 13 followed by deprotection of the benzyl esters and acylation with amines 21-28. This synthesis is ideally suited for the rapid synthesis of peptidyl epoxysuccinate inhibitors of cysteine proteases, in order to probe selectivity issues concerning inhibitor/enzyme P3/S3 binding interactions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1500-1504
Number of pages5
JournalSynthesis (Germany)
Issue numberSPEC. ISS.
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cysteine protease inhibitors
  • E-64 analogs
  • Peptide synthesis
  • Peptidyl epoxysuccinates

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