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Preparation of Chain-End Clickable Recombinant Protein and its Bio-Orthogonal Modification

    • Cleveland State University
    • China Medical University
    • Shenyang Pharmaceutical University

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    Abstract

    Introducing unique functional group into protein is an attractive approach for site-selective protein modification applications. In this report, we systemically investigated four site-selective strategies to introduce azide functionality into recombinant thrombomodulin (TM 456 ), via direct recombinant expression with unnatural amino acid, chemical, and enzymatic modification for its bio-orthogonal modification application. First, a straightforward recombinant method to express TM 456 with azide functionality near C-terminus by replacing methionine with azidohomoanlanine from methionine auxotroph Escherichia coli cell was investigated. Next, a sortase-mediated ligation (SML) method to incorporate azide functionality into the C-terminus of recombinant TM 456 was demonstrated. The third is to add azide functionality to the N-terminal amine of recombinant TM 456 via amidation chemistry, and the fourth is tyrosine selective three-component Mannich reaction to introduce azide functionality to recombinant TM 456 . Overall, SML of recombinant protein affords the highest overall yield for incorporating azide functionality into the C-terminus recombinant TM 456 since the key protein expression step uses natural amino acids. Also, single site modification facilitates the highest TM 456 activity.

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalBioorganic Chemistry
    Volume65
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Apr 1 2016

    Keywords

    • Azide
    • Bio-orthogonal modification
    • Copper-free click chemistry
    • Sortase A
    • Thrombomodulin

    Disciplines

    • Chemistry
    • Medicinal-Pharmaceutical Chemistry

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