Synthesis and spectroscopic properties of 4-ethoxymethylene-2-(1)-naphthyl-5(4H)-oxazolone-labeled fluorescent peptides

✍ Scribed by Szilvia Bősze; Gabriella Csík; György Kóczán; Ferenc Hudecz

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 300 KB
• Volume: 81
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0006-3525
• DOI: 10.1002/bip.20369

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Strategies for the preparation of new fluorescent oligopeptide conjugates labeled with 4‐ethoxymethylene‐2‐[1]‐naphthyl‐5(4__H__)‐oxazolone (naOx‐OEt) at the N‐terminal on solid support or in solution have been devised. These procedures are simple and easy to carry out by reacting naOx‐OEt or N__^α^__‐naOx–amino acid with side chain protected peptide chains attached to resins. The integrity of the N‐alkyl bond was maintained even after the trifluoracetic acid or HF based cleavages procedures. Our data show that the naOx fluorophore is compatible with both Fmoc/__t__Bu and Boc/Bzl methods and also suggest that naOx–amino acid could be utilized as building blocks for solid phase peptide synthesis. Comparative analysis of fluorescence properties of naOx–conjugates indicated that the spectral properties of the fluorophore do not change after incorporating into peptides. The compact size, the definite chemical reaction for its introduction in combination with the appropriate spectral features (e.g., intense emission, pH independent fluorescent characteristics, and beneficial photobleaching dose constant and rates) and with chemical and spectral stability, naOx‐based labeling could be attractive for novel cellular fluorescent techniques (e.g., in laser scanning confocal FRET) to study peptide–protein and protein–protein interactions even in biological matrices. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 81: 81‐91, 2006

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