Tyrosine-Specific Chemical Modification with in Situ Hemin-Activated Luminol Derivatives

ACS Chem Biol. 2015 Nov 20;10(11):2633-40. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.5b00440. Epub 2015 Sep 18.

Abstract

Tyrosine-specific chemical modification was achieved using in situ hemin-activated luminol derivatives. Tyrosine residues in peptide and protein were modified effectively with N-methylated luminol derivatives under oxidative conditions in the presence of hemin and H2O2. Both single and double modifications of the tyrosine residue occurred in the reaction of angiotensin II with N-methylated luminol derivative 9. Tyrosine-specific chemical modification of the model protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) revealed that the surface-exposed tyrosine residues were selectively modified with 9. We succeeded in the functionalization of several proteins using azide-conjugated compound 18 using alkyne-conjugated probes by copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) or dibenzocyclooctyne (DBCO)-mediated copper-free click chemistry. This tyrosine-specific modification was orthogonal to conventional lysine modification by N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester, and dual functionalization by fluorescence modification of tyrosine residues and PEG modification of lysine residues was achieved without affecting the modification efficiency.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensins / chemistry
  • Angiotensins / genetics
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Hemin / chemistry*
  • Luminol / chemistry
  • Luminol / metabolism*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Tyrosine / chemistry*
  • Tyrosine / metabolism*

Substances

  • Angiotensins
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Tyrosine
  • Luminol
  • Hemin