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Article << Previous     |     Next >>   Contents Vol 60(6)

‘Click’ Bioconjugation of a Well-Defined Synthetic Polymer and a Protein Transduction Domain

Jean-François Lutz A C, Hans G. Börner B, Katja Weichenhan A

A Research Group Nanotechnology for Life Science, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Geiselbergstrasse 69, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany.
B Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Colloid Department, 14424 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
C Corresponding author. Email: lutz@iap.fhg.de
 
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Abstract

The copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar ‘click’ cycloaddition of azides and alkynes was studied to link a model synthetic polymer to a sequence-defined protein transduction domain (PTD). The bromine chain-ends of a well-defined polystyrene (PS) sample synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization (Mn 2200 g mol–1, Mw/Mn 1.21) were first transformed into azide functions by substitution with sodium azide, and subsequently reacted with an alkyne-functionalized PTD (i.e., the oligopeptide sequence GGYGRKKRRQRRRG, also known as the TAT peptide). The click bioconjugation proceeded successfully at room temperature, thus affording the targeted PS-b-GGYGRKKRRQRRRG bioconjugate in high yields. However, a slight molar excess of polystyrene was required for optimal coupling.

   
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