Traceless native chemical ligation of lipid-modified peptide surfactants by mixed micelle formation

oleh: Shuaijiang Jin, Roberto J. Brea, Andrew K. Rudd, Stuart P. Moon, Matthew R. Pratt, Neal K. Devaraj

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-06-01

Deskripsi

Sequestration of reactants in lipid vesicles is a strategy prevalent in biological systems to raise the rate and specificity of chemical reactions. Here, the authors show that micelle-assisted reactions facilitate native chemical ligation between a peptide-thioester and a Cys-peptide modified by a lipid-like moiety.