Nucleophilic ring opening of cyclic sulfamidates derived
from amino
acids is a common strategy for the synthesis of lanthionine derivatives.
In this work, we report the regio-, chemo-, and stereoselective intramolecular
S-alkylation of a cysteine residue with N-sulfonyl
sulfamidates for the synthesis of cyclic lanthionine-containing peptides.
The strategy involves the solid-phase synthesis of sulfamidate-containing
peptides followed by late-stage intramolecular cyclization. This protocol
allowed for the synthesis of four full-length cytolysin S (CylLS″) analogues, two α-peptides and two hybrid α/β-peptides.
Their conformational preferences and biological activities were assessed
and compared with those of wild-type CylLS″.