Example 1
Synthesis of SEQ ID NO: 6
The solid phase synthesis as described in Methods was carried out on Novabiochem Rink-Amide resin (4-(2′,4′-Dimethoxyphenyl-Fmoc-aminomethyl)-phenoxyacetamido-norleucylaminomethyl resin), 100-200 mesh, loading of 0.23 mmol/g. The Fmoc-synthesis strategy was applied with HBTU/DIPEA-activation. In position 14 Fmoc-Lys(ivDde)-OH and in position 1 BOC-His(Trt)-OH were used in the solid phase synthesis protocol. The ivDde-group was cleaved from the peptide on resin according to literature (S. R. Chhabra et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 1603-1606). Hereafter Palm-gGlu-gGlu-OSu was coupled to the liberated amino-group employing DIPEA as base. The peptide was cleaved from the resin with King's cocktail (D. S. King, C. G. Fields, G. B. Fields, Int. J. Peptide Protein Res. 1990, 36, 255-266). The crude product was purified via preparative HPLC on a Waters column (XBridge, BEH130, Prep C18 5 μM) using an acetonitrile/water gradient (both buffers with 0.1% TFA). The purified peptide was analysed by LCMS (Method A).
Deconvolution of the mass signals found under the peak with retention time 11.30 min revealed the peptide mass 4782.6 which is in line with the expected value of 4782.6.