Stability of the O-octanoyl group of rat ghrelin during chemical synthesis: Counter-ion-dependent alteration of an ester bond breakage |
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Authors: | Masanori Ishimaru Kumiko Yoshizawa-Kumagaye Shigeru Kubo Tetsuya Kitani Naoyoshi- Chino Kenji Kangawa and Terutoshi Kimura |
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Institution: | (1) Peptide Institute, Inc., 4-1-2 Ina, Minoh, Osaka, Japan;(2) Peptide Institute, Inc., 4-1-2 Ina, Minoh, Osaka, Japan;(3) National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka, Japan |
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Abstract: | Rat ghrelin, a 28-amino acid residue peptide with an octanoyl group at the side chain of Ser3, was synthesized chemically by applying Fmoc/tBu strategy. An ester linkage between octanoic acid and the hydroxyl function of Ser3 was found to be maintained without serious damage during the final deprotection with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). The most notable finding was the counter-ion-dependent stability change of the octanoyl moiety in the molecule. After consolidation of the counter-ion to TFA (TFA form), the octanoyl group persisted stably upon dissolution in water, whereas in the case of the acetate-form peptide, both de-octanoylation and dehydration (formation of the dehydro-Ala residue) occurred in aqueous solution at the same Ser3 residue. The amounts of these degraded products varied with factors such as solvent, temperature and times of lyophilization. These experimental findings lay the basis for performing the bioassay of ghrelin, which has an octanoyl moiety involved in its numerous biological activities thus far revealed. |
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Keywords: | acylated peptide chemical synthesis counter-ion-dependent stability de-acylation dehydration octanoyl group post-translational modification |
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