A generic building block for C- and N-terminal protein-labeling and protein-immobilization

Bioorg Med Chem. 2006 Sep 15;14(18):6288-306. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2006.05.006. Epub 2006 May 24.

Abstract

Expressed protein ligation (EPL) and bioconjugation based on the maleimide group (MIC-conjugation) provide powerful tools for protein modification. In the light of the importance of site-selectively modified proteins for the study of protein function, a flexible method for the introduction of tags and reporter groups into the C-terminus of proteins employing EPL and MIC-conjugation was developed. We describe the solid-phase synthesis of a generic building block, equipped with fluorescence markers or different functional groups. This generic building block allows for a flexible incorporation of different tags into proteins and was used for the introduction of fluorescence markers into the C-terminus of Rab and Ras GTPases by EPL or MIC-conjugation techniques. In addition, a building block appropriately modified for the incorporation of an azide into proteins was synthesized. Azide-functionalized Ras protein was immobilized on a phosphane-modified surface by means of Staudinger ligation providing a highly chemoselective ligation method for the immobilization of proteins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Azides / chemistry
  • Binding Sites
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / chemistry*
  • Maleimides / chemical synthesis
  • Maleimides / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protein Engineering / methods*
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • ras Proteins / chemistry

Substances

  • Azides
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Maleimides
  • Proteins
  • GTP-Binding Proteins
  • ras Proteins