Exploring the Chemoselectivity towards Cysteine Arylation by Cyclometallated Au(III)Compounds: New Mechanistic Insights

Author(s)
Sophie R. Thomas, Riccardo Bonsignore, Jorge Sanchez Escudero, Samuel M. Meier-Menches, Christopher M. Brown, Michael O. Wolf, Giampaolo Barone, Louis Y. P. Luk, Angela Casini
Abstract

To gain more insight into the factors controlling efficient cysteine arylation by cyclometallated Au(III)complexes, the reaction between selected gold compounds and different peptides was investigated by high-resolution liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-LC-ESI-MS). The deduced mechanisms of C-S cross-coupling, also supported by density functional theory (DFT) and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) calculations, evidenced the key role of secondary peptidic gold binding sites in favouring the process of reductive elimination.

Organisation(s)
Department of Analytical Chemistry
External organisation(s)
Cardiff University, University of British Columbia (UBC), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Technische Universität München
Journal
ChemBioChem: a european journal of chemical biology
Volume
21
Pages
3071-3076
No. of pages
6
ISSN
1439-4227
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202000262
Publication date
07-2020
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
106002 Biochemistry, 106023 Molecular biology, 301305 Medical chemistry
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/959e3016-e6c2-4ab0-a34e-e8aaa5e9d34e