Recently, an unexpected modified residue,
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-hydroxy-
D-valine (
D-Hyv), was identified within ribosomallyexpressed polypeptide chains of four conopeptides from the venoms of
Conus gladiator and
Conus mus.To assemble Hyv-containing peptides, we have explored several routes for the synthesis of appropriatelyfunctionalized Hyv building blocks.
D-Hyv was produced from
D-Val by using a variation of the previouslypublished K
2PtCl
4/CuCl
2 oxidative method. Direct synthesis of Boc- or Cbz-
D-Hyv lactone proceeded inlow yield; additionally, the lactones are too unreative for solid-phase applications. 9-Borabicyclononaneor copper-complexed
D-Hyv was prepared and treated with
tert-butyldimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate(TBDMSOTf) to produce
D-Hyv(
O-TBDMS). The most efficient complex disruption was achieved byChelex 110 resin (Na
+ form) treatment of copper-complexed
D-Hyv(
O-TBDMS). Reaction of
D-Hyv(
O-TBDMS) with Fmoc-OSu produced Fmoc-
D-Hyv(
O-TBDMS) in 26% yield from
D-Val. The Fmoc-
D-Hyv(
O-TBDMS) diastereomers were separated by preparative RP-HPLC in 13% yield from
D-Val.Fmoc-
D-Hyv(
O-TBDMS) was used for the synthesis of the conopeptide gld-
V* from
Conus gladiator.The isolated synthetic and natural products had coincidental mass and NMR spectra. The methodologypresented herein will greatly facilitate biological studies of Hyv-containing sequences, such as receptorresponses to hydroxylated versus nonhydroxylated conopeptides and the relative susceptibility of proteinsto modification by oxidative stress.