A selenium-based cysteine surrogate for protein chemical synthesis

16 September 2021, Version 1
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Abstract

We provide in this protocol detailed procedures for the synthesis of SetCys cysteine surrogate and its use for chemical synthesis of proteins through the redox-controlled assembly of three peptide segments in one-pot.

Keywords

chemical protein synthesis
cysteine surrogate
selenium
native chemical ligation
NCL
bis(2-sulfanylethyl)amido
SEA-mediated ligation
hepatocyte growth factor
Kringle domain
one-pot
chemoselective
SetCys
redox
chemical ligation

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NMR data
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This compressed folder contains raw NMR data (FID files) for key selenated compounds, for comparison.
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