Molecules (Aug 2017)

ADP-ribosyl-N3: A Versatile Precursor for Divergent Syntheses of ADP-ribosylated Compounds

  • Lingjun Li,
  • Qianqian Li,
  • Shengqiang Ding,
  • Pengyang Xin,
  • Yuqin Zhang,
  • Shenlong Huang,
  • Guisheng Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22081346
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 8
p. 1346

Abstract

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Adenosine diphosphate-ribose (ADP-ribose) and its derivatives play important roles in a series of complex physiological procedures. The design and synthesis of artificial ADP-ribosylated compounds is an efficient way to develop valuable chemical biology tools and discover new drug candidates. However, the synthesis of ADP-ribosylated compounds is currently difficult due to structural complexity, easily broken pyrophosphate bond and high hydrophilicity. In this paper, ADP-ribosyl-N3 was designed and synthesized for the first time. With ADP-ribosyl-N3 as the key precursor, a divergent post-modification strategy was developed to prepare structurally diverse ADP-ribosylated compounds including novel nucleotides and peptides bearing ADP-ribosyl moieties.

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