Selenomethionine As an Expressible Handle for Bioconjugations
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA(2021)
摘要
Site-selective chemical protein ligation reactions are enabling tools for chemical biology. Herein, we employ a physical organic study to refine the selenomethionine (SeM) benzylation as a practical protein bioconjugation strategy. SeM is readily introduced through auxotrophic expression and exhibits unique nucleophilic properties that allow it to be selectively modified even in the presence of cysteine. The resulting benzylselenonium adduct is stable at physiological pH, selectively labile to glutathione and embodies a broadly tuneable reactivity profile. Guided by a mechanistic analysis of the reaction, a 4-bromomethylphenylacetyl linker is identified for efficient conjugations of complex organic molecules to SeM containing proteins. This optimized benzyl linker exhibits a rate constant of 3x10-1 M-1s-1, facilitating efficient conjugation at micromolar concentrations. The selenonium conjugate is further advanced through a linker that can be selectively photo-locked or reductively cleaved on demand. This tool-kit of selenonium forming reagents have broad potential in the development of chemically enhanced proteins.
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bioconjugation,selenomethionine,protein chemistry
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