A linker approach to phospholipopeptides

Bonan Li, Jun F. Liang

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Abstract

Peptides and phospholipids are important macromolecules in both the chemistry and biology fields, but phospholipopeptides are barely found in nature and have not been studied. Here, we report a novel and efficient approach to the synthesis of phospholipidpeptides. By utilizing cross-linkers, phospholipopeptides from peptides with varied sequences and lengths were produced from phosphatidylethanolamine at high (>90%) yield, mild conditions and good applied scopes for multiple substrates. Synthetic phospholipopeptides containing bioactive peptide sequences may serve as therapeutics for a wide range of biomedical applications. Practical applications: Phospholipopeptides are prone to hydrolysis by the endogenous phospholipase activity in cells. Synthetic phospholipopeptides containing a bioactive peptide sequences may serve as therapeutics for a wide range of biomedical applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)273-278
Number of pages6
JournalEuropean Journal of Lipid Science and Technology
Volume118
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2016

Keywords

  • Conjugation
  • Cross-linker
  • Lipopeptide
  • Liposomes
  • Peptides

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