Macrocyclisation and functionalisation of unprotected peptides via divinyltriazine cysteine stapling

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Aug 7;55(64):9499-9502. doi: 10.1039/c9cc05042f.

Abstract

We report a novel divinyltriazine linker for the stapling of two cysteine residues to form macrocyclic peptides from their unprotected linear counterparts. The stapling reaction occurred rapidly under mild conditions on a range of unprotected peptide sequences. The resulting constrained peptides displayed greater stability in a serum stability assay when compared to their linear counterparts.