Artificial aldolases from peptide dendrimer combinatorial libraries

• Published in: Organic & biomolecular chemistry Vol. 4; no. 17; pp. 3268 - 3281
• Main Authors: Kofoed, Jacob, Darbre, Tamis, Reymond, Jean-Louis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: CAMBRIDGE Royal Soc Chemistry 01.01.2006
• Subjects: Amino Acids - chemistry; Chemistry; Chemistry, Organic; Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase - chemical synthesis; Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase - chemistry; Indicators and Reagents; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Peptide Library; Peptides - chemical synthesis; Peptides - chemistry; Physical Sciences; Proline; Science & Technology; Threonine; SUBSTRATE-SPECIFICITY; CATALYTIC ANTIBODY; DE-NOVO SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE ALDOL; AQUEOUS-MEDIA; CHEMISTRY; ALDEHYDES; PROLINE; EFFICIENT; WATER
• ISSN: 1477-0520; 1477-0539
• DOI: 10.1039/b607342e

Peptide dendrimers were investigated as synthetic models for aldolase enzymes. Combinatorial libraries were prepared with aldolase active residues such as lysine and proline placed at the dendrimer core or near the surface. On-bead selection for aldolase activity was carried out using the dye-labelled 1,3-diketone 1a, suitable for covalent trapping of enamine-reactive side-chains, and the. uorogenic enolization probe 6. Aldolase dendrimers catalyzed the aldol reaction of acetone, dihydroxyacetone and cyclohexanone with nitrobenzaldehyde. Much like enzymes, the dendrimers exhibited strong aldolase activity in aqueous medium, but were also active in organic solvent. Dendrimer-catalyzed aldol reactions reached complete conversion in 3 h at 25 degrees C with 1 mol% catalyst and gave aldol products with up to 65% ee. A positive dendritic effect in catalysis was observed with both lysine and proline based aldolase dendrimer catalysts.