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ArticleNature communications2018

Selective N-terminal acylation of peptides and proteins with a Gly-His tag sequence.

Manuel C Martos-Maldonado, Christian T Hjuler, Kasper K Sørensen, Mikkel B Thygesen, Jakob E Rasmussen, Klaus Villadsen, Søren R Midtgaard, Stefan Kol, Sanne Schoffelen, Knud J Jensen

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Manuel C Martos-MaldonadoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Christian T HjulerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-6391
Kasper K SørensenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Mikkel B ThygesenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0158-2802
Jakob E RasmussenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Klaus VilladsenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Søren R MidtgaardNiels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-0626
Stefan KolThe Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 220, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Sanne SchoffelenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark. sanne@chem.ku.dk.
Knud J JensenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark. kjj@chem.ku.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3525-5452
University of Copenhagen · DKNovo Nordisk Foundation · DK

Funding

Villum Fonden (Villum Foundation) VKR022710Villum Fonden (Villum Foundation) VKR9912
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methods for site-selective chemistry on proteins are in high demand for the synthesis of chemically modified biopharmaceuticals, as well as for applications in chemical biology, biosensors and more. Inadvertent N-terminal gluconoylation has been reported during expression of proteins with an N-terminal His tag. Here we report the development of this side-reaction into a general method for highly selective N-terminal acylation of proteins to introduce functional groups. We identify an optimized N-terminal sequence, GHHH

Indexed as

AcylationAmino Acid SequenceAzidesBiotinDipeptidesEstersFluorescent DyesGluconatesLactonesPeptidesPolyethylene GlycolsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProteinsAzidesBiotinDipeptidesEstersFluorescent DyesGluconatesgluconic acidglycylhistidineLactonesPeptidesPolyethylene GlycolsProteins

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PMID30120230
PMCPMC6098153
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