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标题：Highly Sensitive Determination of Amino Acids by LC-MS under Neutral Conditions
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作者：Ryota Morimoto ; Takumi Matsumoto ; Mayuri Minote 等
期刊名称：Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
印刷版ISSN：0009-2363
电子版ISSN：1347-5223
出版年度：2021
卷号：69
期号：3
页码：265-270
DOI：10.1248/cpb.c20-00958
出版社：The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
摘要：Peptide drug leads possess unusual structural features that allow them to exert their unique biological activities and ideal physicochemical properties. In particular, these peptides often have D-amino acids, and therefore the absolute configurations of the component amino acids have to be elucidated during the structural determination of newly isolated peptide drug leads. Recently, we developed the highly sensitive labeling reagents D/L-FDVDA and D/L-FDLDA for the structural determination of the component amino acids in peptides. In an LC-MS-based structural study of peptides, these reagents enabled us to detect infinitesimal amounts of amino acids derived from mild degradative analysis of the samples. Herein, we firstly report the improved LC-MS protocols for the highly sensitive analyses of amino acids. Second, two new labeling reagents were synthesized and their detection sensitivities evaluated. These studies increase our understanding of the structural basis of these highly sensitive labeling reagents, and should provide opportunities for future on-demand structural modifications of the reagents to enhance their hydrophobicity, stability, and affinity for applications to specialized HPLC columns.
关键词：natural product;structural determination;peptide;D-amino acid