Amides C-terminal

In moths, it was discovered in Helicoverpa zea that a peptide produced in the subesophageal ganglion portion of the brain complex regulates pheromone production in female moths (19). This factor has been purified and characterized in three species, Helicoverpa zea (20), Bombyx mori (21, 22), and Lymantria dispar (23). They are all a 33- or 34-amino acid peptide (named pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide, PBAN) and have in common an amidated C-terminal 5-amino acid sequence (FXPRL-amide), which is the minimum peptide fragment required for pheromon-tropic activity. In the redbanded leafroller moth, it was shown that PBAN from the brain stimulates the release of a different peptide from the bursae copulatrix that is used to stimulate pheromone production in the pheromone gland found at the posterior tip of the abdomen (24). 

Cys-Tyr-Ile-Gln-AsivCys-Pro-Arg-GlyNH2 N terminal Glycine amide, C-terminal... 

Although LPK was the only peptide isolated from the Leucophaea head extracts that contained the amidated C-terminal pentapeptide, Phe-X-Pro-Arg-Leu-NH2 (X - Thr), additional neuropeptides containing that pentapeptide core have subsequently been isolated from other insect species and structurally characterized (Table... 

All presently known allatostatins have strong structural homology in their amidated C-terminal hexapeptide moiety, aside from a neutral Val for Leu substitution in ASB2 and the various neutral hydrophilic variants of the type A allatostatins at position 10... 

Figure 3. Primary amino acid sequence of pro-GnRH/GAP. Gly becomes the amidated C-terminal residue of GnRH (Gln -Gly Gly is the amide nitrogen donor. Asp " is the N-terminal residue of GAP peptide (Asp -Ile ) and the active 14- and 24-residue peptides. The processing recognition sequence for GAP-releasing enzyme (discussed below) is underlined. Other potential processing sites include Arg -Phe, Arg" -Ser, and Lys Lys -Ile . See Wetsel et al.(55).

However, interpretation of, or even obtaining, the mass spectrum of a peptide can be difficult, and many techniques have been introduced to overcome such difficulties. These techniques include modifying the side chains in the peptide and protecting the N- and C-terminals by special groups. Despite many advances made by these approaches, it is not always easy to read the sequence from the mass spectrum because some amide bond cleavages are less easy than others and give little information. To overcome this problem, tandem mass spectrometry has been applied to this dry approach to peptide sequencing with considerable success. Further, electrospray ionization has been used to determine the molecular masses of proteins and peptides with unprecedented accuracy. 

The group of peptides known as tachykinins include substance P, substance K or neurokinin A, and neuromedin K, ie, neurokinin B, as well as a number of nonmammalian peptides. All members of this family contain the conserved carboxy-terrninal sequence Phe-X-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2, where X is an aromatic, ie, Phe or Tyr, or branched aliphatic, eg, Val or lie, amino acid. In general, this C-terminal sequence is cmcial for tachykinin activity (33) in fact, both the methionineamide and the C-terminal amide are cmcial for activity. The nature of the X residue in this sequence determines pharmacological identity (34,35) thus the substance P group contains an aromatic residue in this position, while the substance K group contains an aliphatic residue (33). 

A disulfide bond between cysteine residues in different peptide chains links the otherwise separate chains together, while a disulfide bond between cysteine residues in the same chain forms a loop. Such is the case, for instance, with vasopressin, an antidiuretic hormone found in the pituitary gland. Note that the C-terminal end of vasopressin occurs as the primary amide, -CONHz, rather than as the free acid. 

Galanin is a biologically active neuropeptide containing 30 amino acids and an unamidated C-terminus in human galanin from other species contains 29 amino acids and C-terminal amidation. 

Polymer supported xanthene derivatives have been used in the solid phase synthesis of 1-aminophosphinic acids, RCH(NH2)PH(0)0H, <%TL1647> and of C-terminal peptide amides <96JOC6326>. Xanthene units also feature in crown ethers <96JCS(P2)2091>, calixarenes <96JOC5670> and in a flexible template for a P-sheet nucleator <96JOC7408>. 

The authors expressed PKA consisting of 353 amino acids, of which eight are prolines. Resonances of 274 backbone amide peaks were visible in the spectrum, of which 191 were assigned. It was possible to assign resonances for the N- and C-terminal sequences, the majority of the N-lobe, including the glycine-rich loop, and most of the solvent-exposed residues of the C-lobe. This enabled a determination of the structure for the more flexible parts of the structure. However, many correlations were missing for the... 

A second strategy is to attach a linker (also referred to as a handle or anchor) to the resin followed by assembly of the molecule. A linker is bifunctional spacer that serves to link the initial synthetic unit to the support in two discrete steps (Fig. 3). To attach a linker to a chloromethyl-PS resin, a phenol functionality such as handle 4 is used to form an ether bond (Fig. 4). To attach the same handle to an amino-functionalized support, acetoxy function 5 or a longer methylene spacer of the corresponding phenol is applied to form an amide bond. Both of these resins perform similarly and only differ in their initial starting resin [4], An alternative approach is to prepare a preformed handle in which the first building block is prederivatized to the linker and this moiety is attached to the resin. For peptide synthesis, this practice is common for the preparation of C-terminal peptide acids in order to reduce the amount of racemization of the a-carbon at the anchoring position [5],... 

Functionalized supports with amino groups such as benzhydrylamine (BHA) 26 [32] and 4-methylbenzhydrylamine (MBHA) 3 [3] provided C-terminal amides upon HF cleavage (Fig. 2). Polyalkoxyaminobenzyl and alkoxydiphenylamino resins such as PAL (5-(4-aminomethyl-3,5-dime-... 

Albericio F, Kneib-Cordonier N, Biancalana S, Gera L, Masada RI, Hudson D, Barany G. Preparation and application of the 5-(4-(9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl)aminomethyl-3, 5-dimethoxyphenoxy)-valeric acid (PAL) handle for the solid-phase synthesis of C-terminal peptide amides under mild conditions. J Org Chem 1990 55 3730-3743. 

Seiber P. A new acid-labile anchor groups for the solid phase synthesis of C-terminal peptide amides by the Fmoc method. Tetrahedron Lett 1987 28 2107-2110. 

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