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Rapid one-pot iterative diselenide-selenoester ligation using a novel coumarin-based photolabile protecting group.

Lucas KambanisTimothy S ChisholmSameer S KulkarniRichard J Payne
Published in: Chemical science (2021)
The development of an iterative one-pot peptide ligation strategy is described that capitalises on the rapid and efficient nature of the diselenide-selenoester ligation reaction, together with photodeselenisation chemistry. This ligation strategy hinged on the development of a novel photolabile protecting group for the side chain of selenocysteine, namely the 7-diethylamino-3-methyl coumarin (DEAMC) moiety. Deprotection of this DEAMC group can be effected in a mild, reagent-free manner using visible light (λ = 450 nm) without deleterious deselenisation of selenocysteine residues, thus enabling a subsequent ligation reaction without purification. The use of this DEAMC-protected selenocysteine in iterative DSL chemistry is highlighted through the efficient one-pot syntheses of 60- and 80-residue fragments of mucin-1 as well as apolipoprotein CIII in just 2-4 hours.
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