Abstract
In contrast to the myriad of methods available to produce α‐helices and antiparallel β‐sheets in synthetic peptides, just a few are known for the construction of stable, non‐cyclic parallel β‐sheets. Herein, we report an efficient on‐resin approach for the assembly of parallel β‐sheet peptides in which the N‐alkylated turn moiety enhances the stability and gives access to a variety of functionalizations without modifying the parallel strands. The key synthetic step of this strategy is the multicomponent construction of an N‐alkylated turn using the Ugi reaction on varied isocyano‐resins. This four‐component process assembles the orthogonally protected turn fragment and incorporates handles serving for labeling/conjugation purposes or for reducing peptide aggregation. NMR and circular dichroism analyses confirm the better‐structured and more stable parallel β‐sheets in the N‐alkylated peptides compared to the non‐functionalized variants.
Highlights
In contrast to the myriad of methods available to produce a-helices and antiparallel b-sheets in synthetic peptides, just a few are known for the construction of stable, noncyclic parallel b-sheets
The key synthetic step of this strategy is the multicomponent construction of an N-alkylated turn using the Ugi reaction on varied isocyano-resins
This four-component process assembles the orthogonally protected turn fragment and incorporates handles serving for labeling/conjugation purposes or for reducing peptide aggregation
Summary
In contrast to the myriad of methods available to produce a-helices and antiparallel b-sheets in synthetic peptides, just a few are known for the construction of stable, noncyclic parallel b-sheets. We report an efficient on-resin approach for the assembly of parallel b-sheet peptides in which the N-alkylated turn moiety enhances the stability and gives access to a variety of functionalizations without modifying the parallel strands.
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