Synthesis and biological activity of photoactivatable N-ras peptides and proteins |
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Authors: | Völkert Martin Uwai Koji Tebbe Andreas Popkirova Boriana Wagner Melanie Kuhlmann Jürgen Waldmann Herbert |
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Institution: | Abteilung Chemische Biologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, and Organische Chemie, Universit?t Dortmund, D-44227, Germany. |
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Abstract: | A modular strategy for the assembly of farnesylated N-Ras heptapeptides carrying a photoactivatable benzophenone (BP) group within the lipid residue is described. This strategy is based on the fragment condensation of a N-terminal hexapeptide synthesized on the solid support with a cysteine methyl ester which is modified with different farnesyl analogues, incorporating the photophor. At the N-terminus of the peptides different functional groups can be attached, e.g., biotin for product enrichment and detection after photoactivation or a maleimido (MIC) linker, allowing for the coupling to proteins carrying a C-terminal free cysteine. Using this strategy, 24 peptides were synthesized, incorporating farnesyl analogues with four different chain lengths. Two of these photoactivatable conjugates were ligated to oncogenic human N-RasG12V Delta 181. A cellular transformation assay revealed that the semisynthetic proteins retain their biological activity despite the photolabel. The first photolabeling experiments with a geranyl-BP-labeled N-Ras construct and the farnesyl-sensitive guanine nucleotide exchange factor hSos1 indicate that this photoaffinity labeling system can be particularly useful for studying protein-protein interactions, e.g., the participation of the farnesyl group in Ras signaling, which is still discussed with controversy. |
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