Total Chemical Synthesis of Correctly Folded Disulfide-Rich Proteins Using a Removable O-Linked β-N-Acetylglucosamine Strategy

Disulfide-rich proteins are useful as drugs or tool molecules in biomedical studies, but their synthesis is complicated by the difficulties associated with their folding. Here, we describe a removable glycosylation modification (RGM) strategy that expedites the chemical synthesis of correctly folded proteins with multiple or even interchain disulfide bonds. Our strategy comprises the introduction of simple O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) groups at the Ser/Thr sites that effectively improve the folding of disulfide-rich proteins by stabilization of their folding intermediates. After folding, the O-GlcNAc groups can be efficiently removed using O-GlcNAcase (OGA) to afford the correctly folded proteins. Using this strategy, we completed the synthesis of correctly folded hepcidin, an iron-regulating hormone bearing four pairs of disulfide-bonds, and the first total synthesis of correctly folded interleukin-5 (IL-5), a 26 kDa homodimer cytokine responsible for eosinophil growth and differentiation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:144

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Chemical Society - 144(2022), 1 vom: 12. Jan., Seite 349-357

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shi, Wei-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Chaowei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Tong-Yue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yu-Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yong-Kang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xu-Han [VerfasserIn]
Bierer, Donald [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Ji-Shen [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acetylglucosamine
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
V956696549

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Date Completed 03.03.2022

Date Revised 03.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/jacs.1c10091

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33513940X