Chemo-
and Regioselective Lysine Modification on Native
Proteins
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Site-selective chemical
conjugation of synthetic molecules to proteins
expands their functional and therapeutic capacity. Current protein
modification methods, based on synthetic and biochemical technologies,
can achieve site selectivity, but these techniques often require extensive
sequence engineering or are restricted to the N-
or C-terminus. Here we show the computer-assisted
design of sulfonyl acrylate reagents for the modification of a single lysine residue on native protein sequences. This
feature of the designed sulfonyl acrylates, together with the innate
and subtle reactivity differences conferred by the unique local microenvironment
surrounding each lysine, contribute to the observed regioselectivity
of the reaction. Moreover, this site selectivity was predicted computationally,
where the lysine with the lowest pKa was
the kinetically favored residue at slightly basic pH. Chemoselectivity
was also observed as the reagent reacted preferentially at lysine,
even in those cases when other nucleophilic residues such as cysteine
were present. The reaction is fast and proceeds using a single molar
equivalent of the sulfonyl acrylate reagent under biocompatible conditions
(37 °C, pH 8.0). This technology was demonstrated by the quantitative
and irreversible modification of five different proteins including
the clinically used therapeutic antibody Trastuzumab without prior
sequence engineering. Importantly, their native secondary structure
and functionality is retained after the modification. This regioselective
lysine modification method allows for further bioconjugation through
aza-Michael addition to the acrylate electrophile that is generated
by spontaneous elimination of methanesulfinic acid upon lysine labeling.
We showed that a protein–antibody conjugate bearing a site-specifically
installed fluorophore at lysine could be used for selective imaging
of apoptotic cells and detection of Her2+ cells, respectively. This
simple, robust method does not require genetic engineering and may
be generally used for accessing diverse, well-defined protein conjugates
for basic biology and therapeutic studies.
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Matos, Maria
J.; Oliveira, Bruno L.; Martínez-Sáez, Nuria; Guerreiro, Ana; M. S. D. Cal, Pedro; Bertoldo, Jean; et al. (2018). Chemo-
and Regioselective Lysine Modification on Native
Proteins. ACS Publications. Collection. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b12874
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AUTHORS (14)
MM
Maria
J. Matos
BO
Bruno L. Oliveira
NM
Nuria Martínez-Sáez
AG
Ana Guerreiro
PM
Pedro M. S. D. Cal
JB
Jean Bertoldo
MM
María Maneiro
EP
Elizabeth Perkins
JH
Julie Howard
MD
Michael J. Deery
JC
Justin M. Chalker
FC
Francisco Corzana
GJ
Gonzalo Jiménez-Osés
GJ
Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes