Learning the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of the Wittig reaction from genetically-encoded substrates.

ABSTRACT: The Wittig reaction can be used for late stage functionalization of proteins and peptides to ligate glycans, pharmacophores, and many other functionalities. In this manuscript, we modified 160 000 N-terminal glyoxaldehyde peptides displayed on phage with the Wittig reaction by using a biotin labeled ylide under conditions that functionalize only 1% of the library population. Deep-sequencing of the biotinylated and input populations estimated the rate of conversion for each sequence. This "deep conversion" (DC) from deep sequencing correlates with rate constants measured by HPLC. Peptide sequences with fast and slow reactivity highlighted the critical role of primary backbone amides (N-H) in accelerating the rate of the aqueous Wittig reaction. Experimental measurement of reaction rates and

SUBMITTER: Yan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8565473 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature