SAPs were prepared according to standard microwave-assisted SPPS and
purification protocols recently published by Koksch and co-workers.18 (link) The synthesis of the fluorinated amino acids
MfeGly, DfeGly, and TfeGly is described in the
(HRMS) spectra were recorded on an Agilent 6220 ESI-TOF MS instrument
(Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA), and MassHunter Workstation
software version B.02.00 (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA)
was used for data analysis. Unless otherwise stated, all other compounds
were obtained from Merck (Arklow, Ireland). The API 20E strip was
obtained from Biomerieux. The enzymes β-trypsin (pancreas),
elastase (pancreas), proteinase K (Tritirachium album), and bromelain (pineapple) were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (Steinheim,
Germany).