TY - JOUR
T1 - Fluorescein-conjugated lysine monomers for solid phase synthesis of fluorescent peptides and PNA oligomers
AU - Lohse, J
AU - Harrit, N
AU - Dahl, O
AU - Nielsen, Peter E.
PY - 1997/7/1
Y1 - 1997/7/1
N2 - Fluorescein ethyl ester, I, was used to prepare the fluorescent mixed ester/ether 6-O-(carboxymethyl)-fluorescein ethyl ester, III. Conjugation of III to the epsilon-amino group of alpha-N-Boc-L-lysine, via the N-hydroxysuccinimde ester, IV, gave the Boc-protected fluorescein-conjugated lysine monomer V. Removal of the Boc group, followed by reaction with Fmoc chloride, gave the Fmoc-protected monomer, VI (Figure 1). These Boc- and Fmoc-protected fluorescein-conjugated lysines were readily incorporated into peptides and PNA oligomers during solid phase synthesis to give fluorescent products. Mass spectroscopy and UV studies showed that the fluorophore remains unchanged during solid phase synthesis. In contrast to fluorescein, the photophysical properties of these derivatives are pH independent from pH 3 to 8, with a molar absorption coefficient, epsilon max 456, of 2.9 x 10(4) M-1 cm-1 and fluorescence quantum yield, phi f, of 0.18.
AB - Fluorescein ethyl ester, I, was used to prepare the fluorescent mixed ester/ether 6-O-(carboxymethyl)-fluorescein ethyl ester, III. Conjugation of III to the epsilon-amino group of alpha-N-Boc-L-lysine, via the N-hydroxysuccinimde ester, IV, gave the Boc-protected fluorescein-conjugated lysine monomer V. Removal of the Boc group, followed by reaction with Fmoc chloride, gave the Fmoc-protected monomer, VI (Figure 1). These Boc- and Fmoc-protected fluorescein-conjugated lysines were readily incorporated into peptides and PNA oligomers during solid phase synthesis to give fluorescent products. Mass spectroscopy and UV studies showed that the fluorophore remains unchanged during solid phase synthesis. In contrast to fluorescein, the photophysical properties of these derivatives are pH independent from pH 3 to 8, with a molar absorption coefficient, epsilon max 456, of 2.9 x 10(4) M-1 cm-1 and fluorescence quantum yield, phi f, of 0.18.
KW - Biopolymers
KW - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
KW - Fluorescein
KW - Fluoresceins/chemistry
KW - Lysine/chemistry
KW - Mass Spectrometry/methods
KW - Nucleic Acids/chemical synthesis
KW - Peptides/chemical synthesis
KW - Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
U2 - 10.1021/bc9700704
DO - 10.1021/bc9700704
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 9258448
SN - 1043-1802
VL - 8
SP - 503
EP - 509
JO - Bioconjugate Chemistry
JF - Bioconjugate Chemistry
IS - 4
ER -