WO2023080164A1 - エステル化タンパク質及びその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an esterified protein and a method for producing the same.
- Patent Document 1 discloses that moldings obtained by compression-molding wool, cashmere fibers, waterfowl feathers, etc. have high mechanical properties such as stress-strain properties.
- artificial proteins that can be produced industrially as materials is being studied, and among them, applied research is being conducted as a molding material for artificial fibroin, which has the characteristics of spider silk with excellent strength and elongation (for example, Patent Documents 1 to 7).
- Studies have also been conducted on chemically modifying the amino acid residues of artificial fibroin with spider silk characteristics (eg, Patent Documents 8 and 9).
- an object of the present invention is to provide protein derivatives into which various functional groups can be introduced by chemically modifying the protein after the purification process.
- ⁇ -ketoesterified derivatives of amino acid residues having hydroxyl groups contained in proteins e.g., serine, threonine, tyrosine
- proteins e.g., serine, threonine, tyrosine
- the present invention provides the following [1] to [28].
- a ⁇ -ketoester of a protein containing an amino acid having a hydroxyl group A protein ⁇ -ketoester in which the hydroxyl group forms an ester bond with the group represented by formula (1).
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group.
- HI average hydropathic index
- a method for producing a protein ⁇ -ketoester according to [1] A method comprising the step of mixing a protein containing an amino acid having a hydroxyl group and a compound represented by formula (2a) or (2b) in a solvent and stirring with heating.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R x and R y each independently represent a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group.
- [6] The method for producing a protein ⁇ -ketoester according to [5], wherein the protein is a hydrophobic protein.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group, and R 1 represents an organic group.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group, and R 1 represents an organic group.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group, and R 2 represents an organic group.
- a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (5) [In the formula, R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group, and R 2 represents an organic group. ] [13] A method for producing a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (7), A method comprising the step of mixing the protein ⁇ -ketoester of [1] and the compound represented by formula (8) in a solvent. [In the formula, R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group, and R 3a and R 3b each independently represents an organic group. ] [14] A chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (7).
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 3a and R 3b each independently represents an organic group.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group, and R 4a and R 4b each independently represents an organic group.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 4a and R 4b each independently represents an organic group.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 5 represents an organic group.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 5 represents an organic group.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 6a represents an organic group
- Y represents an oxygen atom or NR 6b
- R 6b represents an organic group.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 6a represents an organic group
- Y represents an oxygen atom or NR 6b
- R 6b represents an organic group.
- a method for producing a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (15) A method comprising the step of mixing the ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to [1] and the compound represented by formula (16) in a solvent.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 7 represents an organic group
- L represents a leaving group.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 7 represents an organic group
- L represents a leaving group.
- a method for producing a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (17) A method comprising the step of mixing the protein ⁇ -ketoester of [1] and the compound represented by formula (18) in a solvent.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 8 represents an organic group
- Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 8 represents an organic group
- Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
- activated carboxylic acid derivatives such as acid halides and acid anhydrides are used as conditions for esterifying hydroxyl groups.
- proteins have low solubility in solvents and are treated with formic acid or dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) as solvents.
- DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
- proteins with hydroxyl groups and formic acid are often esterified.
- DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
- Patent document 10 discloses a method of reacting a dipeptide with diketene to amidate it, but a simple method of esterifying a hydroxyl group of a protein is not known.
- the tert-butyl ester represented by formula (2) as an acylating agent, hydroxyl groups in proteins can be esterified in a simple manner. Furthermore, the obtained ⁇ -ketoester has excellent reactivity, and various functional groups can be introduced by reacting it with an electrophilic agent or a nucleophilic agent.
- the protein can be provided with a fluorescent labeling function, hydrophobicity, solubility in a solvent, thermal stability (for example, an increase or decrease in the glass transition temperature Tg), and the like. Also, the degree can be adjusted by adjusting the number of functional groups to be introduced. Therefore, it becomes possible to adjust the physical properties of proteins, and chemically modified proteins having similar physical properties can be provided as substitutes for proteins having physical properties that make purification by culture difficult. According to the present invention, the usefulness of existing proteins can be further enhanced.
- 1 H-NMR spectra of PRT966 and acetoacetylated PRT966 1 H-NMR spectra of PRT587 and acetoacetylated PRT587. 1 H-NMR spectra of silk and acetoacetylated silk. 1 H-NMR spectra of casein and acetoacetylated casein. 1 H-NMR spectra of collagen and acetoacetylated collagen. IR spectra of PRT966 and acetoacetylated PRT966. IR spectra of PRT587 and acetoacetylated PRT587. IR spectra of silk and acetoacetylated silk.
- IR spectra of casein and acetoacetylated casein IR spectra of collagen and acetoacetylated collagen.
- (a) is the GPC chromatogram of PRT966 and acetoacetylated PRT966,
- (b) is the GPC chromatogram of PRT587 and acetoacetylated PRT587
- (c) is the GPC chromatogram of silk and acetoacetylated silk gram.
- (a) is a GPC chromatogram of casein and acetoacetylated casein
- (b) is a GPC chromatogram of collagen and acetoacetylated collagen.
- Fig. 3 is a graph showing the results of fluorescence analysis of acetoacetylated proteins to which sodium 5-(2-aminoethylamino)-1-naphthalenesulfonate was added.
- 1 H-NMR spectrum of acetoacetylated protein with benzylamine 1 H-NMR spectra of octylamine-tagged acetoacetylated proteins.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the results of fluorescence analysis of N-(1-pyrenyl)-maleimide-tagged acetoacetylated proteins. 1 H-NMR spectrum of benzoylacetylated protein with tert-butyl benzoylacetate.
- FIG. 10 is a photograph showing the state of materials after solidification when using DMSO dopes A to C.
- a first embodiment of the present invention is a protein ⁇ -ketoester containing an amino acid having a hydroxyl group, wherein the hydroxyl group forms an ester bond with the group represented by formula (1).
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group.
- R is a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group.
- C 1-6 alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, 1-propyl, 2-propyl, 1-butyl, 2-butyl, 1-pentyl, 2-pentyl and 3-pentyl. group, neopentyl group, 1-hexyl group, 2-hexyl group, 3-hexyl group and the like.
- Aryl groups include aromatic hydrocarbon ring groups such as phenyl group and naphthalene group, heterocyclic groups such as pyridyl group, pyrimidinyl group, pyrazinyl group, furanyl group, thiophenyl group, pyrrole group, quinolinyl group and isoquinyl group.
- the aryl group may be further substituted with one or more groups selected from C 1-6 alkyl groups, C 1-6 alkoxy groups, halogen atoms, sulfo groups and carboxy groups. Examples of substituted aryl groups include m-methylphenyl and p-methoxyphenyl groups.
- a protein containing an amino acid having a hydroxyl group may be a protein containing at least one amino acid having a hydroxyl group, and may be a natural protein or an artificial protein.
- An engineered protein can include, for example, any protein that can be produced on an industrial scale.
- Amino acid residues having hydroxyl groups are, for example, serine (S) residues, threonine (T) residues, and tyrosine (Y) residues.
- a hydroxyl group is acylated to form a ⁇ -ketoester structure represented by formula (1). That is, the oxa group of the ⁇ -ketoester skeleton is derived from the hydroxyl group of the amino acid residue.
- the ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to this embodiment should contain at least one group represented by formula (1), and may contain two or more.
- proteins examples include proteins that can be used for industrial purposes, proteins that can be used for medical purposes, and structural proteins.
- the term "applicable for industrial use” means, for example, that it can be used for various general-purpose materials used indoors or outdoors.
- Specific examples of proteins that can be used medically include enzymes, regulatory proteins, receptors, peptide hormones, cytokines, membrane or transport proteins, antigens used in vaccination, vaccines, antigen binding proteins, immunostimulatory proteins, allergens, Long antibodies or antibody fragments or derivatives may be mentioned.
- Structural proteins can be mentioned as industrially available proteins. Structural proteins may be proteins involved in the structure of living organisms, proteins constituting structures produced by living organisms, or proteins derived from them.
- Structural proteins also refer to proteins that self-aggregate under certain conditions to form structures such as fibers, films, resins, gels, micelles, nanoparticles, etc.
- Specific examples include spider silk (spider silk) and fibroin such as silkworm silk, keratin, collagen, elastin and resilin, and proteins derived from these.
- the artificial protein to be used is preferably modified fibroin, more preferably artificial spider silk fibroin (artificial modified spider silk fibroin).
- Artificial proteins include recombinant proteins and synthetic proteins.
- the term "artificial protein” as used herein means an artificially produced protein.
- An engineered protein can be a protein that differs from the amino acid sequence of a naturally occurring protein, and can include proteins that are identical to the amino acid sequence of a naturally occurring protein.
- the "artificial protein” may be one that uses the amino acid sequence of a naturally-occurring protein as it is, or one in which the amino acid sequence is modified based on the amino acid sequence of a naturally-occurring protein (for example, a cloned naturally-occurring protein).
- the amino acid sequence may be modified by modifying the gene sequence of the derived protein), or artificially designed and synthesized without relying on naturally occurring proteins (e.g., those that encode the designed amino acid sequence a desired amino acid sequence obtained by chemically synthesizing a nucleic acid).
- naturally occurring proteins e.g., those that encode the designed amino acid sequence a desired amino acid sequence obtained by chemically synthesizing a nucleic acid.
- the amino acid sequences of artificial proteins can be freely designed. Therefore, when such an artificial protein is used as a chemically modified artificial protein, it is possible to arbitrarily control the function, characteristics, physical properties, etc. of the molding material or molded product by appropriately designing the amino acid sequence of the artificial protein. It becomes possible.
- uniform molecular design is always possible, it is possible to stably obtain a protein that is highly homologous to the target protein and that meets the objective. Therefore, it is possible to advantageously stabilize the quality of the chemically modified artificial protein of interest, as well as the quality of the molding material and
- the protein according to this embodiment may have 50 or more amino acid residues.
- the number of amino acid residues may be, for example, 100 or more or 150 or more, 200 or more or 250 or more, preferably 300 or more, 350 or more, 400 or more, 450 or more, or 500 or more.
- the number of amino acid residues is, for example, 5000 or less, 4500 or less, 4000 or less, 3500 or less, 3000 or less, 2500 or less, 2000 or less, 1500 or less, 1000 or less. Solubility in solvents tends to increase as the number of amino acid residues decreases.
- the number of amino acid residues of the protein according to this embodiment is, for example, 5000 or less, or 2500 or less
- the protein is dissolved in a solvent, and the compound represented by formula (2a) or (2b)
- the reaction can improve the production efficiency of the ⁇ -ketoester of the target protein.
- the molecular weight of the protein according to the present embodiment is, for example, 1000 or more, 2000 or more, 3000 or more, 4000 or more, 5000 or more, 6000 or more, 7000 or more, 8000 or more, 9000 or more, 10000 or more, 20000 or more, 30000 or more, 40000 or more. , 50000 or more, 60000 or more, 70000 or more, 80000 or more, 90000 or more, or 100000 or more. Further, the molecular weight of such proteins may be 400,000 or less, less than 360,000, 300,000 or less, 200,000 or less. Solubility in solvents tends to increase as the molecular weight of proteins decreases.
- the molecular weight of the protein according to this embodiment is, for example, 200,000 or less, or 100,000 or less
- the protein is dissolved in a solvent and reacted with the compound represented by formula (2a) or (2b). This can improve the production efficiency of ⁇ -ketoesters of the target protein.
- the protein according to this embodiment preferably has a high proportion of amino acid residues such as glycine residues, alanine residues, and serine residues. This is because the smaller the side chain of the amino acid, the easier it is to form a hydrogen bond and the easier it is to obtain a molded product with high strength.
- alanine and glycine residues are amino acids with small side chains, they are arranged so as to face inward during the folding process during polypeptide production, and tend to adopt an ⁇ -helical structure or a ⁇ -sheet structure. Therefore, it is desirable that the ratio of amino acids such as glycine residues, alanine residues and serine residues is high.
- the alanine residue content may be 5 to 40%, may be 6 to 40%, may be 7 to 40%, may be 8 to 40%, may be 9 to 40% 10 to 40%, 11 to 40%, 12 to 40%, 13 to 40%, 14 to 40%, 15 to It may be 40%, it may be 18-40%, it may be 20-40%, it may be 22-40%.
- the glycine residue content may be 10-55%, may be 11%-55%, may be 13%-55%, may be 15%-55%, may be 18%- may be 55%, may be 20% to 55%, may be 22% to 55%, may be 25% to 55%, may be 28% to 55%, may be 30% to It may be 55%.
- amino acid residue content is a value represented by the following formula.
- Alanine residue content (number of alanine residues contained in polypeptide/number of total amino acid residues in polypeptide) x 100 (%)
- the glycine residue content, serine residue content, threonine residue content, proline residue content and tyrosine residue content are defined in the above formulas, in which alanine residues are replaced with glycine residues, serine residues, It is synonymous with what is read as threonine residue, proline residue and tyrosine residue.
- a motif containing a tyrosine residue, a threonine residue, and a proline residue may be repeated in a cycle.
- the total content of proline residues, threonine residues and tyrosine residues in any 20 consecutive amino acid residues may be 5% or more, 10% or more, or 15% or more, and 50% or less. , 40% or less, 30% or less, or 20% or less.
- the protein according to this embodiment is preferably a protein with a large total number of serine, threonine and tyrosine residues.
- the total number of residues of serine, threonine and tyrosine may be more than 0% and 65% or less based on the total number of residues constituting the protein, more than 0% and 60% or less, more than 0% and 55% or less, 0 % to 50%, 0% to 45%, 0% to 39%, 0% to 35%, 5-65%, 5-60%, 5-55%, 5-50%, 5-45 %, 5-39%, 5-35%, 9-65%, 9-60%, 9-55%, 9-50%, 9-45%, 9-39%, 9-35%, 13-65 %, 13-60%, 13-55%, 13-50%, 13-45%, 13-39%, 13-35%, 15-65%, 15-60%, 15-55%, 15-50 %, 15-45%, 15-39%, or 15-35%.
- aprotic polar solvents e.g., dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N - Increased solubility in methylpyrrolidone (NMP).
- DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
- DMF N,N-dimethylformamide
- DMAc N,N-dimethylacetamide
- NMP N - Increased solubility in methylpyrrolidone
- the number of ⁇ -ketoesters introduced can be increased, and the range in which the physical properties of the protein can be adjusted can be broadened.
- the total content of serine residue content, threonine residue content and tyrosine residue content may be 4% or more. .5% or more, 5% or more, 5.5% or more, 6% or more, 6.5% or more, 7% or more may be 8% or more, may be 10% or more, may be 12% or more, may be 15% or more, may be 18% or more, may be 20% or more , may be 25% or more, and may be 28% or more.
- the sum of serine residue content, threonine residue content and tyrosine residue content may be, for example, 35% or less, 34% or less, 33% or less, or 32% or less. 31% or less, 30% or less, 28% or less, or 25% or less.
- the proportions of total serine, threonine and tyrosine residues in silk, collagen and sericin are 18.1%, 12% and 60.5%, respectively.
- the ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the present embodiment exhibits superior coagulability in the coagulation bath of the DMSO spinning system and reduced shrinkage in the fiber state compared to the corresponding protein.
- the protein according to this embodiment may have a repeat sequence. That is, the polypeptide according to this embodiment may have a plurality of amino acid sequences (repetitive sequence units) with high sequence identity within the polypeptide.
- the number of amino acid residues in the repeat sequence unit is preferably 6-200.
- the sequence identity between repeat sequence units may be, for example, 80% or more, 85% or more, 90% or more, 95% or more, or 96% or more. may be, may be 97% or more, may be 98% or more, may be 99% or more.
- the hydrophobicity index (average hydropathic index) of the repeating sequence unit is, for example, -1.0 or more, -0.9 or more, -0.8 or more, -0.7 or more, -0.6 or more, -0.5 or more, -0.4 or more, -0.3 or more, -0.2 or more, -0.1 or more, 0 or more, 0.1 or more, 0.2 or more, 0.22 or more, 0.
- the upper limit of the hydrophobicity of the repeating sequence unit is not particularly limited, it may be, for example, 1.0 or less or 0.7 or less.
- the protein according to this embodiment may comprise a domain sequence represented by Formula 1: [REP1-REP2] m or Formula 2: [REP1-REP2] m -REP1.
- REP1 shows an amino acid sequence composed of 2 to 27 amino acid residues.
- REP1 is preferably an amino acid sequence composed of 2 to 20 amino acid residues, more preferably an amino acid sequence composed of 2 to 16 amino acid residues.
- REP1 contains an amino acid sequence mainly composed of alanine residues, and may have 2 to 27 amino acid residues, or may be an integer of 2 to 20, 2 to 16, or 2 to 12 residues.
- the ratio of the number of alanine residues to the total number of amino acid residues in REP1 may be 40% or more, 60% or more, 70% or more, 80% or more, 83% or more, 85% or more, 86% or more, It may be 90% or more, 95% or more, or 100% (meaning that it is composed only of alanine residues).
- Multiple REP1s present in the protein according to this embodiment may have the same amino acid sequence or different amino acid sequences. “m” in formulas 1 and 2 means the number of repetitions of the amino acid sequence represented by [REP1-REP2] and is an integer of 8-300.
- the hydroxyl group of the amino acid residue is a ⁇ -ketoester forming an ester bond with an acetoacetyl group or a benzoylacetyl group.
- the protein according to this embodiment is preferably a chemically modified hydrophobic protein.
- a chemically modified hydrophobic protein is obtained by chemically modifying a hydrophobic protein.
- Hydrophobic proteins can be judged based on at least one of hydrophobicity index (average hydropathic index) of amino acid residues, solubility, contact angle with water, and presence/absence of decomposition by hot water, which will be described later.
- Preferred hydrophobic engineered proteins have a hydrophobicity index of, for example, ⁇ 1.0 or more, ⁇ 0.9 or more, ⁇ 0.8 or more, ⁇ 0.7 or more, ⁇ 0.6 or more, ⁇ 0.5 or more, -0.4 or more, -0.3 or more, -0.2 or more, -0.1 or more, 0 or more, 0.1 or more, 0.2 or more, 0.22 or more, 0.25 or more, 0.3 0.35 or more, 0.4 or more, 0.45 or more, 0.5 or more, 0.55 or more, or 0.6 or more, 0.65 or more, 0.7 or more.
- the upper limit of the hydrophobicity index is not particularly limited, it may be, for example, 1.0 or less, or 0.7 or less.
- a preferable hydrophobic protein has a maximum concentration (solubility) when dissolved in an aqueous lithium bromide solution (concentration: 9 M) at 60° C., for example, 30% by mass, less than 25% by mass, less than 20% by mass, 15% It may be less than 10% by weight, less than 5% by weight, or less than 1% by weight.
- a preferred hydrophobic protein may be one that does not dissolve at all in an aqueous solution of lithium bromide (concentration: 9M) at 60°C.
- a preferable hydrophobic protein has a contact angle with water (when water is dropped on a film formed using an artificial protein, or after a predetermined time has passed after dropping (for example, after 5 seconds)).
- hydrophobic proteins can have excellent hot water resistance.
- a dispersion containing a protein and water containing 5% by mass of the protein is prepared, and the dispersion is heated at 100° C. for 5 hours without decomposing the protein. is judged as the hydrophobic protein.
- hydrophobicity index of amino acid residues a known index (Hydropathy index: Kyte J, & Doolittle R (1982) "A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein", J. Mol. Biol., 157, pp. 105-132).
- HI hydropathic index
- the protein according to this embodiment is a chemically modified hydrophobic protein obtained by chemically modifying a hydrophobic protein as described above, for example, an improvement in water resistance can be expected.
- a chemically modified hydrophobic protein when used, for example, as a molding material, it may be desired to improve the water resistance of a molded article produced using such a molding material. And when such a molded article is used as a general-purpose material for industrial use, it can be expected to prolong its service life based on its water resistance.
- the chemically modified protein controls the hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of the functional substance when the functional substance is bound, thereby increasing the hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of the entire conjugate of the functional substance and the chemically modified protein.
- artificial structural protein means a structural protein that is artificially produced.
- the artificial structural protein may be any artificial structural protein into which a ⁇ -ketoester group can be introduced by chemical modification. It may be a structural protein produced by microorganisms through genetic recombination, and includes those with improved amino acid sequences from the viewpoint of moldability and productivity, and is not limited to the sequence of a naturally occurring structural protein.
- Fibroin includes, for example, naturally occurring fibroin.
- Naturally occurring fibroin includes, for example, fibroin produced by insects or arachnids.
- fibroin whose sequence information is registered in the NCBI GenBank.
- sequence information registered in NCBI GenBank among the sequences that include INV as a division, spidroin, ampullate, fibroin, "silk and polypeptide", or "silk and protein" are described as keywords in DEFINITION It can be confirmed by extracting the specific product character string from the sequence, CDS, and the specific character string from SOURCE to TISSUE TYPE.
- artificial fibroin means artificially produced fibroin (artificial fibroin).
- Artificial fibroin may be fibroin that differs from the amino acid sequence of naturally-occurring fibroin, or fibroin that is identical to the amino acid sequence of naturally-occurring fibroin.
- the artificial fibroin may be a fibrous protein having a structure similar to that of naturally occurring fibroin, or may be fibroin having a sequence similar to the repeating sequence of naturally occurring fibroin.
- the “sequence similar to the repeat sequence possessed by fibroin” may be a sequence actually possessed by naturally occurring fibroin, or may be a sequence similar thereto.
- “Artificial fibroin” refers to those obtained by modifying the amino acid sequence of naturally-occurring fibroin (e.g., modifying the gene sequence of cloned naturally-occurring fibroin), as long as it has the amino acid sequence specified in the present disclosure.
- the amino acid sequence may be modified by the method), or the amino acid sequence may be artificially designed without relying on naturally occurring fibroin (for example, by chemically synthesizing a nucleic acid encoding the designed amino acid sequence). having a desired amino acid sequence).
- An artificial fibroin with a modified amino acid sequence is also included in the artificial fibroin as long as the amino acid sequence differs from the amino acid sequence of the naturally-derived fibroin.
- artificial fibroin examples include artificial silk fibroin (modified amino acid sequence of silk protein produced by silkworms), and artificial spider silk fibroin (modified amino acid sequence of spider silk protein produced by spiders). ) and the like. Since artificial fibroin is relatively easily fibrillated and has high fiber-forming ability, the molding material preferably contains artificial spider silk fibroin, and more preferably consists of artificial spider silk fibroin.
- the artificial fibroin has a domain sequence represented by Formula 1: [(A) n motif-REP] m or Formula 2: [(A) n motif-REP] m -(A) n motif. It may be a protein containing
- the artificial fibroin may further have an amino acid sequence (N-terminal sequence and C-terminal sequence) added to either or both of the N-terminal side and the C-terminal side of the domain sequence.
- the N-terminal sequence and C-terminal sequence are typically, but not limited to, regions that do not have repeated amino acid motifs characteristic of fibroin and consist of about 100 amino acids.
- Chemically modified artificial fibroin does not include the introduction of partial structures not derived from amino acids by chemical modification.
- domain sequence refers to a fibroin-specific crystalline region (typically corresponding to the (A) n motif of the amino acid sequence) and an amorphous region (typically corresponding to the REP of the amino acid sequence). ) and is represented by Formula 1: [(A) n motif-REP] m or Formula 2: [(A) n motif-REP] m -(A) n motif means an array.
- (A) n motif indicates an amino acid sequence mainly composed of alanine residues, and has 2 to 27 amino acid residues.
- the number of amino acid residues in the n motif may be an integer of 2-20, 4-27, 4-20, 8-20, 10-20, 4-16, 8-16, or 10-16 .
- the ratio of the number of alanine residues to the total number of amino acid residues in the n motif may be 40% or more, 60% or more, 70% or more, 80% or more, 83% or more, 85% or more, It may be 86% or more, 90% or more, 95% or more, or 100% (meaning that it is composed only of alanine residues).
- At least seven of the (A) n motifs present in the domain sequence may be composed only of alanine residues.
- REP indicates an amino acid sequence composed of 2-200 amino acid residues.
- REP may be an amino acid sequence composed of 10-200 amino acid residues.
- m represents an integer of 2 to 300, and may be an integer of 10 to 300.
- a plurality of (A) n motifs may have the same amino acid sequence or different amino acid sequences.
- a plurality of REPs may have the same amino acid sequence or different amino acid sequences.
- artificial fibroin examples include, for example, artificial fibroin derived from the major duct dragline protein produced in the major pituitary gland of spiders as described in WO 2021/187502 (first artificial fibroin), an artificial fibroin having a domain sequence with reduced content of glycine residues (second artificial fibroin), (A) an artificial fibroin having a domain sequence with reduced content of n motifs (third artificial fibroin), artificial fibroin with reduced glycine residue content and (A)n motif content (fourth artificial fibroin), artificial fibroin with a domain sequence containing a region with a locally large hydrophobicity index (fifth artificial fibroin), and artificial fibroin having a domain sequence with reduced content of glutamine residues (sixth artificial fibroin).
- first artificial fibroin an artificial fibroin having a domain sequence with reduced content of glycine residues
- second artificial fibroin an artificial fibroin having a domain sequence with reduced content of n motifs
- third artificial fibroin
- the artificial fibroin may contain a tag sequence at either or both of the N-terminus and C-terminus. This makes it possible to isolate, immobilize, detect and visualize artificial fibroin.
- tag sequences include affinity tags that utilize specific affinity (binding, affinity) with other molecules.
- affinity tag is a histidine tag (His tag).
- His tag is a short peptide in which about 4 to 10 histidine residues are lined up, and because it has the property of specifically binding to metal ions such as nickel, artificial fibroin is isolated by metal chelating chromatography.
- a specific example of the tag sequence is the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 (an amino acid sequence containing a His tag sequence and a hinge sequence).
- tag sequences such as glutathione-S-transferase (GST) that specifically binds to glutathione and maltose binding protein (MBP) that specifically binds to maltose can be used.
- GST glutathione-S-transferase
- MBP maltose binding protein
- epitope tags that utilize antigen-antibody reactions. By adding an antigenic peptide (epitope) as a tag sequence, an antibody against the epitope can be bound.
- epitope tags include HA (peptide sequence of influenza virus hemagglutinin) tag, myc tag, FLAG tag, and the like. Artificial fibroin can be easily purified with high specificity by using an epitope tag.
- a tag sequence that can be cleaved by a specific protease can also be used.
- Artificial fibroin from which the tag sequence has been cut off can also be recovered by treating the protein adsorbed via the tag sequence with protease.
- artificial fibroin examples include artificial fibroin shown in Table 2 below.
- the artificial fibroin has at least two or more of the characteristics of the first artificial fibroin, the second artificial fibroin, the third artificial fibroin, the fourth artificial fibroin, the fifth artificial fibroin, and the sixth artificial fibroin. It may be an artificial fibroin having the characteristics of
- a second embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a protein ⁇ -ketoester according to the first embodiment.
- the method according to the present embodiment includes a step of mixing a protein containing an amino acid having a hydroxyl group and a compound represented by formula (2a) or (2b) in a solvent and stirring while heating (hereinafter referred to as " ⁇ -ketoester ).
- ⁇ -ketoester a compound represented by formula (2a) or (2b) in a solvent and stirring while heating
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R x and R y each independently represent a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group. .
- the first embodiment can be referred to for the definition and preferred aspects of a protein containing an amino acid having a hydroxyl group.
- R is a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group.
- C 1-6 alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, 1-propyl, 2-propyl, 1-butyl, 2-butyl, 1-pentyl, 2-pentyl and 3-pentyl. group, neopentyl group, 1-hexyl group, 2-hexyl group, 3-hexyl group and the like.
- Aryl groups include aromatic hydrocarbon ring groups such as phenyl group and naphthalene group, heterocyclic groups such as pyridyl group, pyrimidinyl group, pyrazinyl group, furanyl group, thiophenyl group, pyrrole group, quinolinyl group and isoquinyl group.
- the aryl group may be further substituted with one or more groups selected from C 1-6 alkyl groups, C 1-6 alkoxy groups, halogen atoms, sulfo groups and carboxy groups.
- R x and R y are each independently a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group.
- C 1-6 alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, 1-propyl, 2-propyl, 1-butyl, 2-butyl, 1-pentyl, 2-pentyl and 3-pentyl. group, neopentyl group, 1-hexyl group, 2-hexyl group, 3-hexyl group and the like.
- Aryl groups include aromatic hydrocarbon ring groups such as phenyl group and naphthalene group, heterocyclic groups such as pyridyl group, pyrimidinyl group, pyrazinyl group, furanyl group, thiophenyl group, pyrrole group, quinolinyl group and isoquinyl group. .
- the aryl group may be further substituted with one or more groups selected from C 1-6 alkyl groups, C 1-6 alkoxy groups, halogen atoms, sulfo groups and carboxy groups.
- R 1 is preferably a secondary or tertiary alkyl group, more preferably a tertiary alkyl group.
- the amount of the compound represented by formula (2a) or (2b) may be 0.3 to 2.0 parts by mass, 0.3 to 1.8 parts by mass, with respect to 1 part by mass of protein, 0.3 to 1.5 parts by mass, 0.3 to 1.3 parts by mass, 0.3 to 1.0 parts by mass, 0.4 to 2.0 parts by mass, 0.4 to 1.8 parts by mass, 0.4 to 1.5 parts by mass, 0.4 to 1.3 parts by mass, 0.4 to 1.0 parts by mass, 0.5 to 2.0 parts by mass, 0.5 to 1.8 parts by mass, It may be 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight, 0.5 to 1.3 parts by weight, or 0.5 to 1.0 parts by weight.
- the amount of the compound represented by formula (2a) or (2b) used increases, the number of ⁇ -ketoester skeletons introduced increases, and the solubility in an aprotic polar solvent and the coagulability can be improved.
- an aprotic polar solvent is added to the raw material protein, and the protein is dissolved by heating as necessary.
- Any aprotic polar solvent may be used as long as it does not inhibit or inhibit the ⁇ -ketoesterification reaction, and examples thereof include DMSO, DMF, DMAc, and NMP.
- the amount of the aprotic polar solvent used may be 1.5 parts by mass to 999 parts by mass, 2 parts by mass to 999 parts by mass, and 4 parts by mass to 999 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of the protein used. , or preferably 4 parts by mass to 99 parts by mass.
- the heating temperature for dissolving the protein may be any temperature at which the protein is not thermally decomposed.
- the amount of the compound represented by formula (2a) or (2b) may be 0.01 parts by mass to 10 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of protein, and 0.1 parts by mass to 10 parts by mass, It is preferably 0.1 to 7 parts by mass, or preferably 0.1 to 5 parts by mass.
- the temperature of the ⁇ -ketoesterification reaction is usually 30-190°C, and may be 50-190°C, or 50-160°C.
- the ⁇ -ketoesterification reaction may be stopped when disappearance of the raw material protein is confirmed, or may be stopped after a predetermined period of time.
- the ⁇ -ketoester reaction is usually completed in 1-2 hours.
- the reaction can be stopped by adding acetone to the reaction solution to precipitate the product.
- Purification can utilize methods generally used in protein purification. For example, the precipitated product may be centrifuged to remove the solvent, or the precipitated product may be collected by filtration, washed with a solvent, and dried under reduced pressure.
- proteins can be ⁇ -ketoesterified by a simple method. Due to the low solubility of proteins, solvents that can be used for chemical modification are limited, and DMSO and HFIP are generally used. However, HFIP can react with the acylating agents mentioned above. In addition, when DMSO is used as a solvent, Swern oxidation type reaction proceeds under acylation reaction conditions using acylating agents (e.g., acid halides, acid anhydrides) commonly used in the field of organic chemistry. is oxidized, making it difficult to obtain the desired product.
- acylating agents e.g., acid halides, acid anhydrides
- the reaction proceeds while the compound represented by formula (2a) or (2b) decomposes, so a simple method of mixing and heating in a solvent is desired. ⁇ -ketoesters of can be obtained. By-products produced by the reaction can also be easily removed by distilling off the solvent or filtering.
- a third embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (3), comprising a ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment and a compound represented by formula (4) in a solvent.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 1 represents an organic group.
- the ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment is reacted with compounds represented by formulas (3) and (4) to form enamines, thereby introducing various functional chemical structures.
- the method is reacted with compounds represented by formulas (3) and (4) to form enamines, thereby introducing various functional chemical structures.
- the compound represented by formula (4) may be a primary amine capable of forming an enamine.
- R 1 is an organic group such as a chain or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, and these groups further include a halogen atom, a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, It may be substituted with one or more groups selected from amino groups, linear or branched alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, aryl groups, and heterocyclic groups.
- R 1 preferably does not inhibit or suppress enamine formation.
- it is preferable that the first and second carbon atoms from the nitrogen atom of the amino group have no electron-withdrawing group.
- the compound represented by Formula (4) preferably has a functional functional group.
- the function can be imparted to the protein by introducing the functional group of the compound represented by formula (4) into the protein.
- the amount of the compound represented by the formula (4) used is, per 1 mol of the protein ⁇ -ketoester, It may be 0.01 to 500 mol, 0.03 to 450 mol, 0.05 to 400 mol, or 0.1 to 350 mol.
- Aprotic polar solvents include, for example, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP).
- DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
- DMF N,N-dimethylformamide
- DMAc N,N-dimethylacetamide
- NMP N-methylpyrrolidone
- the above step may be performed at a temperature at which enamine formation proceeds, for example, 0 to 95°C, 5 to 90°C, 10 to 90°C, or 15 to 90°C.
- a catalytic amount of a Bronsted acid such as acetic acid or a basic but non-nucleophilic Bronsted base such as triethylamine is added to shorten the reaction time.
- functions such as fluorescent labeling function, hydrophobicity, solubility in solvents, and thermal stability (for example, increasing or decreasing the glass transition temperature Tg) can be imparted to the protein. Also, the degree can be adjusted by adjusting the number of functional groups to be introduced.
- R 1 Specific examples of R 1 are shown in Table 3.
- X is, for example, a C 1-20 alkylene group, a C 6-20 arylene group, a C 6-2 0 arylene group -C 1-20 alkylene group, C 6-20 arylene group -C 1-20 alkylene group -C 6-20 arylene group, C 1-20 alkylene group -C 6-20 arylene group- C 1-20 alkylene group, polyethylene glycol group, polypropylene glycol group, polyethylene/propylene glycol group, tetramethylene glycol group.
- the C 1-20 alkylene group is an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, such as methylene, ethylene, propylene, butylene, pentylene, hexylene, heptylene, octylene, nonylene, decylene. group, undecylene group and dodecylene group.
- the C 6-20 arylene group is an arylene group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, such as a phenylene group, a naphthylene group, a terphenylene group, a pyrenylene group and a biphenylene group.
- the C 6-20 arylene group—C 1-20 alkylene group is a divalent group in which an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and an arylene group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms are covalently bonded.
- C 6-20 arylene group -C 1-20 alkylene group -C 6-20 arylene group and C 1-20 alkylene group -C 6-20 arylene group -C 1-20 alkylene group each have a number of carbon atoms It is a divalent group in which an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and an arylene group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms are covalently bonded. Specific examples include a methylenediphenylene group and a phenylenebis(methylene) group.
- a fourth embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (5), comprising a ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment and a compound represented by formula (6) is a method comprising the step of mixing [In the formula, R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group, and R 2 represents an organic group. ]
- the ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment is reacted with the compound represented by the formula (6) to introduce various functional chemical structures through the Michael addition reaction.
- the compound represented by formula (6) may be an N-substituted maleimide.
- R 2 is an organic group such as a chain or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, and these groups further include halogen It may be substituted with one or more groups selected from atoms, carboxy groups, hydroxyl groups, amino groups, linear or branched alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, aryl groups and heterocyclic groups.
- the compound represented by formula (6) preferably has a functional functional group.
- the function can be imparted to the protein by introducing the functional group of the compound represented by formula (6) into the protein.
- the amount of the compound represented by formula (6) used is, per 1 mol of the protein ⁇ -ketoester used, It may be 0.01 to 500 mol, 0.03 to 450 mol, 0.05 to 400 mol, or 0.1 to 350 mol.
- Aprotic polar solvents include, for example, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP).
- DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
- DMF N,N-dimethylformamide
- DMAc N,N-dimethylacetamide
- NMP N-methylpyrrolidone
- the above step may be performed at a temperature at which the addition reaction proceeds, for example, 0 to 100°C, 5 to 95°C, 10 to 93°C, or 15 to 90°C.
- a catalytic amount of a Bronsted acid such as acetic acid or a basic but non-nucleophilic Bronsted base such as triethylamine is added to shorten the reaction time.
- functions such as fluorescent labeling function, hydrophobicity, solubility in solvents, and thermal stability (for example, increasing or decreasing the glass transition temperature Tg) can be imparted to the protein. Also, the degree can be adjusted by adjusting the number of functional groups to be introduced.
- a fifth embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (7), comprising a ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment and a compound represented by formula (8) is a method comprising the step of mixing [In the formula, R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group, and R 3a and R 3b each independently represents an organic group. ]
- the ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment is reacted with the compound represented by formula (8), and a Michael addition reaction is performed to introduce various functional chemical structures.
- the compound represented by formula (8) may be an ⁇ , ⁇ -unsaturated carbonyl compound.
- R 3a is an organic group, preferably an organic group bonded via an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom or a carbon atom, or a hydrogen atom.
- organic groups include chain or branched alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, aryl groups, and heterocyclic groups, and these groups further include halogen atoms, carboxyl groups, hydroxyl groups, amino groups, chain-like or It may be substituted with one or more groups selected from branched alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, aryl groups and heterocyclic groups.
- the compound represented by formula (8) preferably has a functional functional group.
- the function can be imparted to the protein by introducing the functional group of the compound represented by formula (8) into the protein.
- the amount of the compound represented by formula (8) used is, per 1 mol of the protein ⁇ -ketoester used, It may be 0.01 to 500 mol, 0.03 to 450 mol, 0.05 to 400 mol, or 0.1 to 350 mol.
- Aprotic polar solvents include, for example, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP).
- DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
- DMF N,N-dimethylformamide
- DMAc N,N-dimethylacetamide
- NMP N-methylpyrrolidone
- the above step may be performed at a temperature at which the addition reaction proceeds, for example, 0 to 100°C, 5 to 95°C, 10 to 93°C, or 15 to 90°C.
- a catalytic amount of a Bronsted acid such as acetic acid or a basic but non-nucleophilic Bronsted base such as triethylamine is added to shorten the reaction time.
- functions such as fluorescent labeling function, hydrophobicity, solubility in solvents, and thermal stability (for example, increasing or decreasing the glass transition temperature Tg) can be imparted to the protein. Also, the degree can be adjusted by adjusting the number of functional groups to be introduced.
- a sixth embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (9), comprising a ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment and a compound represented by formula (10) in a solvent.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 4a and R 4b each independently represents an organic group.
- the ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment is reacted with the compound represented by formula (10), and a Michael addition reaction is performed to introduce various functional chemical structures.
- R 4a and R 4b are each independently an organic group, preferably an organic group bonded via an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom or a carbon atom, or a hydrogen atom.
- organic groups include chain or branched alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, aryl groups, and heterocyclic groups, and these groups further include halogen atoms, carboxyl groups, hydroxyl groups, amino groups, chain-like or It may be substituted with one or more groups selected from branched alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, aryl groups and heterocyclic groups.
- the compound represented by formula (10) preferably has a functional functional group.
- the functional group of the compound represented by formula (10) into the protein, the protein can be endowed with the function.
- the amount of the compound represented by the formula (10) used is, per 1 mol of the protein ⁇ -ketoester, It may be 0.01 to 500 mol, 0.03 to 450 mol, 0.05 to 400 mol, or 0.1 to 350 mol.
- Aprotic polar solvents include, for example, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP).
- DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
- DMF N,N-dimethylformamide
- DMAc N,N-dimethylacetamide
- NMP N-methylpyrrolidone
- the above step may be performed at a temperature at which the addition reaction proceeds, for example, 0 to 100°C, 5 to 95°C, 10 to 93°C, or 15 to 90°C.
- a catalytic amount of a Bronsted acid such as acetic acid or a basic but non-nucleophilic Bronsted base such as triethylamine is added to shorten the reaction time.
- functions such as fluorescent labeling function, hydrophobicity, solubility in solvents, and thermal stability (for example, increasing or decreasing the glass transition temperature Tg) can be imparted to the protein. Also, the degree can be adjusted by adjusting the number of functional groups to be introduced.
- a seventh embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (11), comprising a ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment and a compound represented by formula (12) in a solvent.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 5 represents an organic group.
- the ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment is reacted with a compound represented by formula (12), and an alkylation reaction is performed to introduce various functional chemical structures.
- R 5 is an organic group such as a chain or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, and these groups further include a halogen atom, a carboxy group , a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a chain or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, and a heterocyclic group.
- the compound represented by formula (12) preferably has a functional functional group.
- the function can be imparted to the protein by introducing the functional group of the compound represented by formula (12) into the protein.
- the amount of the compound represented by formula (12) used is, per 1 mol of the protein ⁇ -ketoester used, It may be 0.01 to 500 mol, 0.03 to 450 mol, 0.05 to 400 mol, or 0.1 to 350 mol.
- Aprotic polar solvents include, for example, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP).
- DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
- DMF N,N-dimethylformamide
- DMAc N,N-dimethylacetamide
- NMP N-methylpyrrolidone
- the above step may be performed at a temperature at which the addition reaction proceeds, for example, 0 to 100°C, 5 to 95°C, 10 to 93°C, or 15 to 90°C.
- a catalytic amount of a Bronsted acid such as acetic acid or a basic but non-nucleophilic Bronsted base such as triethylamine is added to shorten the reaction time.
- functions such as fluorescent labeling function, hydrophobicity, solubility in solvents, and thermal stability (for example, increasing or decreasing the glass transition temperature Tg) can be imparted to the protein. Also, the degree can be adjusted by adjusting the number of functional groups to be introduced.
- An eighth embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (13), comprising a ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment and a compound represented by formula (14) in a solvent.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 6a represents an organic group
- Y represents an oxygen atom or NR 6b
- R 6b represents an organic group.
- the ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment is reacted with the compound represented by formula (6), and a nucleophilic addition reaction is performed to introduce various functional chemical structures.
- R 6a and R 6b are each independently an organic group, such as a chain or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, and these is further substituted with one or more groups selected from halogen atoms, carboxyl groups, hydroxyl groups, amino groups, linear or branched alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, aryl groups, and heterocyclic groups. good.
- the compound represented by formula (14) preferably has a functional functional group.
- the functional group of the compound represented by formula (14) into the protein, the protein can be endowed with the function.
- the amount of the compound represented by the formula (14) used is, per 1 mol of the protein ⁇ -ketoester, It may be 0.01 to 500 mol, 0.03 to 450 mol, 0.05 to 400 mol, or 0.1 to 350 mol.
- Aprotic polar solvents include, for example, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP).
- DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
- DMF N,N-dimethylformamide
- DMAc N,N-dimethylacetamide
- NMP N-methylpyrrolidone
- the above step may be performed at a temperature at which the addition reaction proceeds, for example, 0 to 100°C, 5 to 95°C, 10 to 93°C, or 15 to 90°C.
- a catalytic amount of a Bronsted acid such as acetic acid or a basic but non-nucleophilic Bronsted base such as triethylamine is added to shorten the reaction time.
- functions such as fluorescent labeling function, hydrophobicity, solubility in solvents, and thermal stability (for example, increasing or decreasing the glass transition temperature Tg) can be imparted to the protein. Also, the degree can be adjusted by adjusting the number of functional groups to be introduced.
- a ninth embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (15), comprising a ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment and a compound represented by formula (16) in a solvent.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 7 represents an organic group
- L represents a leaving group.
- the ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment is reacted with a compound represented by formula (16), and an alkylation reaction is performed to introduce various functional chemical structures.
- R 7 is an organic group such as a chain or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, and these groups further include halogen It may be substituted with one or more groups selected from atoms, carboxy groups, hydroxyl groups, amino groups, linear or branched alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, aryl groups and heterocyclic groups.
- L is a leaving group, for example, a halogen atom (e.g., a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom), an oxycarbonyl group, or an oxysulfonyl group. It is an alkyl group or an aryl group. Alkyl groups and aryl groups are preferably further substituted with electron-withdrawing groups (eg, halogen atoms, nitro groups, halogenated alkyl groups).
- the compound represented by formula (16) preferably has a functional functional group.
- the functional group of the compound represented by formula (16) into the protein, the protein can be endowed with the function.
- the amount of the compound represented by formula (16) used is, per 1 mol of the protein ⁇ -ketoester used, It may be 0.01 to 500 mol, 0.03 to 450 mol, 0.05 to 400 mol, or 0.1 to 350 mol.
- Aprotic polar solvents include, for example, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP).
- DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
- DMF N,N-dimethylformamide
- DMAc N,N-dimethylacetamide
- NMP N-methylpyrrolidone
- the above step may be performed at a temperature at which the addition reaction proceeds, for example, 20 to 100°C, 25 to 95°C, 30 to 93°C, or 35 to 90°C.
- a catalytic amount of a Bronsted base that is basic but not nucleophilic, such as triethylamine, may be added in order to shorten the reaction time.
- functions such as fluorescent labeling function, hydrophobicity, solubility in solvents, and thermal stability (for example, increasing or decreasing the glass transition temperature Tg) can be imparted to the protein. Also, the degree can be adjusted by adjusting the number of functional groups to be introduced.
- a tenth embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a chemically modified protein having a group represented by formula (17), comprising a ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment and a compound represented by formula (18) in a solvent.
- R represents a C 1-6 alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group
- R 8 represents an organic group
- Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
- This embodiment is a method of reacting the ⁇ -ketoester of the protein according to the first embodiment with a compound represented by formula (18) to introduce various functional chemical structures.
- the compound represented by Formula (18) may be isocyanate or thioisocyanate.
- R 8 is an organic group such as a chain or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, and these groups further include halogen It may be substituted with one or more groups selected from atoms, carboxy groups, hydroxyl groups, amino groups, linear or branched alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, aryl groups and heterocyclic groups.
- the compound represented by formula (18) preferably has a functional functional group.
- the functional group of the compound represented by formula (18) into the protein, the protein can be endowed with the function.
- the amount of the compound represented by formula (18) used is, per 1 mol of the protein ⁇ -ketoester, It may be 0.01 to 500 mol, 0.03 to 450 mol, 0.05 to 400 mol, or 0.1 to 350 mol.
- Aprotic polar solvents include, for example, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP).
- DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
- DMF N,N-dimethylformamide
- DMAc N,N-dimethylacetamide
- NMP N-methylpyrrolidone
- the above step may be performed at a temperature at which the addition reaction proceeds, for example, 0 to 100°C, 5 to 95°C, 10 to 93°C, or 15 to 90°C.
- a Lewis acid such as dibutyltin dilaurate or a basic but non-nucleophilic Bronsted base such as triethylamine is added in a catalytic amount. may be added.
- functions such as fluorescent labeling function, hydrophobicity, solubility in solvents, and thermal stability (for example, increasing or decreasing the glass transition temperature Tg) can be imparted to the protein. Also, the degree can be adjusted by adjusting the number of functional groups to be introduced.
- Production of artificial protein (1) Production of expression vector Artificial protein (PRT966) having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, artificial protein having the amino acid sequence (PRT1000) shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, amino acid shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 An engineered protein (PRT1001) having the sequence and an engineered protein (PRT587) having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:7 were designed.
- the average hydropathic index value of the artificial protein having the amino acid sequence (PRT966) shown in SEQ ID NO:2 is 0.44, and the average hydropathic index of the artificial protein having the amino acid sequence (PRT1000) shown in SEQ ID NO:5.
- the value of the pathy index is 0.45
- the average hydropathy index value of the artificial protein having the amino acid sequence (PRT1001) shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 is 0.46
- the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 7 The average hydropathic index value for engineered proteins with (PRT587) is -0.8.
- the percentage of total serine, threonine and tyrosine residues in PRT587 and PRT966 are both 16.5%. Any of the above artificial proteins is artificial fibroin designed based on naturally occurring fibroin.
- the amino acid sequence (PRT1000) shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 is located in the first REP from each of the N-terminal side and the C-terminal side of the domain sequence with respect to the amino acid sequence (PRT966) shown in SEQ ID NO: 2. Cysteine residues are inserted one by one. The total number of cysteine residues in the engineered protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:5 is two.
- the amino acid sequence (PRT1001) shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 is located in the REP located 1st to 2nd from each of the N-terminal side and the C-terminal side of the domain sequence with respect to the amino acid sequence (PRT966) shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, One cysteine residue was inserted in each.
- the total number of cysteine residues in the engineered protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:6 is four.
- the amino acid sequence (PRT587) represented by SEQ ID NO: 7 was obtained from the base and amino acid sequences of Nephilaclavipes-derived fibroin (GenBank accession number: P46804.1, GI: 1174415) from the GenBank web database. Then, for the purpose of improving productivity, amino acid residue substitutions, insertions and deletions were performed, and the amino acid sequence (tag sequence and hinge sequence) of SEQ ID NO: 8 was added to the N-terminus.
- Nucleic acids encoding artificial proteins having the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6 and SEQ ID NO: 7 designed as described above were synthesized.
- An NdeI site was added to the 5' end of the nucleic acid, and an EcoRI site was added downstream of the termination codon.
- This nucleic acid was cloned into a cloning vector (pUC118). Thereafter, the same nucleic acid was digested with restriction enzymes NdeI and EcoRI, excised, and then recombined with the protein expression vector pET-22b(+) to obtain an expression vector.
- the seed culture was added to a jar fermenter containing 500 mL of production medium (Table 5) to an OD 600 of 0.05.
- the temperature of the culture solution was kept at 37° C. and the pH was constantly controlled to 6.9 for culturing. Also, the dissolved oxygen concentration in the culture solution was maintained at 20% of the dissolved oxygen saturation concentration.
- the feed solution (glucose 455 g/1 L, Yeast Extract 120 g/1 L) was added at a rate of 1 mL/min.
- the temperature of the culture solution was kept at 37° C. and the pH was constantly controlled to 6.9 for culturing.
- the dissolved oxygen concentration in the culture medium was maintained at 20% of the dissolved oxygen saturation concentration, and culture was carried out for 20 hours.
- 1 M isopropyl- ⁇ -thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) was added to the culture solution to a final concentration of 1 mM to induce expression of the artificial protein.
- IPTG isopropyl- ⁇ -thiogalactopyranoside
- the culture was centrifuged to collect the cells. Perform SDS-PAGE using the cells prepared from the culture solution before and after the addition of IPTG, and confirm the expression of the artificial protein of interest by the appearance of a band of the size of the artificial protein of interest depending on the addition of IPTG. bottom.
- the precipitate after washing was suspended in 8 M guanidine buffer (8 M guanidine hydrochloride, 10 mM sodium dihydrogen phosphate, 20 mM NaCl, 1 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0) to a concentration of 100 mg/mL, and heated at 60°C. for 30 minutes with a stirrer to dissolve.
- dialysis was performed with water using a dialysis tube (cellulose tube 36/32 manufactured by Sanko Junyaku Co., Ltd.).
- the white aggregated protein obtained after dialysis was recovered by centrifugation, water was removed with a freeze dryer, and freeze-dried powder was recovered to obtain three types of artificial proteins (PRT1000, PRT1001, PRT966 and PRT587). .
- Silk Silk (1.0 g, trade name: Silk Powder IM, manufactured by KB Seiren) was weighed into a stainless steel vial, and lithium chloride (0.76 g, manufactured by Fuji Film Wako Pure Chemical) in DMSO (19 .0 g) solution was added, and the mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 30 minutes to dissolve the silk powder IM to obtain a reaction solution.
- the resulting reaction solution was heated to 110° C., tert-butyl acetoacetate (1.0 g) was added with stirring, and the reaction was further performed for 1 hour.
- Acetone 60 g was added to the reaction solution to precipitate the product, and the solvent was distilled off after centrifugation. This process was repeated a total of three times for washing and drying under reduced pressure to obtain acetoacetylated silk powder.
- DMSO, unreacted tert-butyl acetoacetate, and tert-butyl alcohol were removed by the above washing operation.
- Casein Casein (1.0 g, manufactured by Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.) was weighed into a stainless steel vial, DMSO (19.0 g) was added, and the mixture was stirred at 100°C for 30 minutes. , the casein was dissolved to obtain a reaction solution. The resulting reaction solution was heated to 110° C., tert-butyl acetoacetate (1.0 g) was added with stirring, and the reaction was further performed for 1 hour.
- Acetone 60 g was added to the reaction solution to precipitate the product, and the solvent was distilled off after centrifugation. This process was repeated a total of three times for washing and drying under reduced pressure to obtain acetoacetylated silk powder.
- DMSO, unreacted tert-butyl acetoacetate, and tert-butyl alcohol were removed by the above washing operation.
- Collagen Collagen (1.0 g, trade name: Nippi Collagen 100, manufactured by Nippi) is weighed into a stainless steel vial, added with DMSO (19.0 g), and stirred at 100°C for 30 minutes. Thus, the collagen was dissolved to obtain a reaction solution. The resulting reaction solution was heated to 110° C., tert-butyl acetoacetate (1.0 g) was added with stirring, and the reaction was further performed for 1 hour.
- Acetone 60 g was added to the reaction solution to precipitate the product, and the solvent was distilled off after centrifugation. This process was repeated a total of three times for washing and drying under reduced pressure to obtain acetoacetylated silk powder.
- DMSO, unreacted tert-butyl acetoacetate, and tert-butyl alcohol were removed by the above washing operation.
- Acetone (6000 g) was added to the reaction solution to precipitate the product.
- the precipitate was pulverized using a three-one motor and a homogenizer, centrifuged, and then the solvent was distilled off. This process was repeated three times, washed, and dried under reduced pressure to obtain an acetoacetylated artificial protein.
- DMSO, unreacted tert-butyl acetoacetate, and tert-butyl alcohol were removed by washing.
- IR spectra of each acetoacetylated protein are shown in Figures 6-10. As indicated by arrows in each figure, an ester-side carbonyl peak of the acetoacetyl group was observed at 1720 cm -1 in the spectrum of the acetoacetylated artificial protein, casein or collagen. A similar peak was observed at 1650 cm ⁇ 1 in the spectrum of acetoacetylated silk. Based on the detection of these peaks, it was presumed that acetoacetylation of each protein had progressed.
- FIG. 11-12 The chromatograms of each acetoacetylated protein are shown in Figures 11-12.
- Figures 11(a)-(c) are chromatograms of PRT966 and acetoacetylated PRT966, PRT587 and acetoacetylated PRT587, silk and acetoacetylated silk, respectively.
- Figures 12(a) and (b) are chromatograms of casein and acetoacetylated casein, collagen and acetoacetylated collagen, respectively.
- the vertical axis of the chromatogram indicates concentration detected by a differential refractive index detector (RI), and the horizontal axis indicates elution time. From each chromatogram, it was confirmed that no degradation reaction occurred, since no decrease in the molecular size of the protein could be confirmed.
- RI differential refractive index detector
- the treated sample (10 ⁇ L) was added to an SDS-PAGE gel and electrophoresed. After electrophoresis, the gel for SDS-PAGE was stained with a staining agent, and fluorescence images were obtained with an analyzer.
- Apparatus name SDS-PAGE electrophoresis apparatus (manufactured by Bio-Rad Laboratories)
- Gel SDS-PAGE gel (manufactured by Bio-Rad Laboratories)
- Staining agent Oriole fluorescent gel stain (manufactured by Bio-Rad Laboratories)
- Analysis device Imaging system (manufactured by Bio-Rad Laboratories)
- Lanes are, from the left, standard product (protein ladder), PRT966, acetoacetylated PRT966, PRT587, acetoacetylated PRT587, standard product (protein ladder), silk, acetoacetylated silk, standard product (protein ladder).
- FIG. 14 1 is obtained by subjecting acetoacetylated PRT966 to the above reaction conditions (amine adduct 1), 2 is obtained by subjecting PRT966 to the above reaction conditions, and 3 is acetoacetylated.
- PRT966, 4 shows the fluorescence intensity of DMSO. Fluorescence was observed with amine adduct 1, but almost no fluorescence was observed with PRT966 and acetoacetylated PRT966 subjected to the above reaction conditions.
- the precipitate was collected by filtration, washed successively with ethyl acetate and acetone (150 mL each), and dried under reduced pressure to obtain the amine adduct 2 as a powder. Unreacted materials were removed by a washing operation.
- Acetoacetylated PRT966 (49 mg) was weighed into a glass container, DMSO (2.48 mL) was added, and the mixture was heated to 90° C. to dissolve. This was returned to 50° C., and N-(1-pyrenyl)maleimide (1.42 mg, manufactured by Tokyo Kasei Co., Ltd.) and triethylamine (0.66 ⁇ L, manufactured by Nacalai Tesque Co., Ltd.) were added to obtain a reaction solution. . After that, the reaction solution was shielded from light and stirred at 50° C. for 3 hours.
- FIG. 18 The results are shown in FIG. In FIG. 18, 1 is obtained by subjecting acetoacetylated PRT966 to the above reaction conditions (maleimide adduct), 2 is obtained by subjecting PRT966 to the above reaction conditions, and 3 is acetoacetylated PRT966. , 4 indicates the fluorescence intensity of DMSO only. Fluorescence was observed in the maleimide adduct, but almost no fluorescence was observed in PRT966 and acetoacetylated PRT966 subjected to the above reaction conditions.
- DMSO dope B had better coagulability than DMSO dope A
- DMSO dope C showed even better coagulability than DMSO dope B.
- dope solutions A, B, and C were rated 3, 4, and 5, respectively.
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Description
水酸基を有するアミノ酸を含むタンパク質のβケトエステルであって、
水酸基が式(1)で表される基とエステル結合を形成している、タンパク質のβケトエステル。
[2]
タンパク質が疎水性タンパク質である、[1]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル。
[3]
疎水性タンパク質が、平均ハイドロパシーインデックス(HI)が-1以上であるタンパク質を含む、[2]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル。
[4]
タンパク質が人工タンパク質である、[1]~[3]のいずれかに記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル。
[5]
[1]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステルの製造方法であって、
水酸基を有するアミノ酸を含むタンパク質及び式(2a)又は(2b)で表される化合物を溶媒中で混合し、加熱しながら撹拌する工程を含む、方法。
[6]
タンパク質が疎水性タンパク質である、[5]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステルの製造方法。
[7]
疎水性タンパク質が、平均ハイドロパシーインデックス(HI)が0以上であるタンパク質を含む、[6]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステルの製造方法。
[8]
タンパク質が人工タンパク質を含む、[5]~[7]のいずれかに記載のタンパク質のβケトエステルの製造方法。
[9]
式(3)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質の製造方法であって、
[1]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル及び式(4)で表される化合物を溶媒中で混合する工程を含む、方法。
[10]
式(3)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質。
[11]
式(5)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質の製造方法であって、
[1]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル及び式(6)で表される化合物を溶媒中で混合する工程を含む、方法。
[12]
式(5)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質。
[13]
式(7)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質の製造方法であって、
[1]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル及び式(8)で表される化合物を溶媒中で混合する工程を含む、方法。
[14]
式(7)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質。
[15]
式(9)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質の製造方法であって、
[1]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル及び式(10)で表される化合物を溶媒中で混合する工程を含む、方法。
[15]
式(9)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質。
[16]
式(11)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質の製造方法であって、
[1]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル及び式(12)で表される化合物を溶媒中で混合する工程を含む、方法。
[17]
式(11)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質。
[18]
式(13)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質の製造方法であって、
[1]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル及び式(14)で表される化合物を溶媒中で混合する工程を含む、方法。
[19]
式(13)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質。
[20]
式(15)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質の製造方法であって、
[1]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル及び式(16)で表される化合物を溶媒中で混合する工程を含む、方法。
[21]
式(15)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質。
[22]
式(17)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質の製造方法であって、
[1]に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル及び式(18)で表される化合物を溶媒中で混合する工程を含む、方法。
[23]
式(17)で表される基を有する化学修飾タンパク質。
また、グリシン残基含有量、セリン残基含有量、スレオニン残基含有量、プロリン残基含有量及びチロシン残基含有量は、上記式において、アラニン残基をそれぞれグリシン残基、セリン残基、スレオニン残基、プロリン残基及びチロシン残基と読み替えたものと同義である。
本明細書において「人工構造タンパク質」とは、人為的に製造された構造タンパク質を意味する。人工構造タンパク質は、βケトエステル基を化学修飾により導入できる人工構造タンパクであればよい。遺伝子組換えにより微生物生産した構造タンパク質であってよく、成形性や生産性の観点からアミノ酸の配列を改良したものも含み、天然由来構造タンパク質の配列に限定されない。
人工構造タンパク質としては、人工フィブロインが好ましい。フィブロインとしては、例えば、天然由来のフィブロインが挙げられる。天然由来のフィブロインとしては、例えば、昆虫又はクモ類が産生するフィブロインが挙げられる。
タンパク質に由来する人工フィブロイン(第1の人工フィブロイン)、グリシン残基の含有量が低減されたドメイン配列を有する人工フィブロイン(第2の人工フィブロイン)、(A)nモチーフの含有量が低減されたドメイン配列を有する人工フィブロイン(第3の人工フィブロイン)、グリシン残基の含有量、及び(A)nモチーフの含有量が低減された人工フィブロイン(第4の人工フィブロイン)、局所的に疎水性指標の大きい領域を含むドメイン配列を有する人工フィブロイン(第5の人工フィブロイン)、並びにグルタミン残基の含有量が低減されたドメイン配列を有する人工フィブロイン(第6の人工フィブロイン)が挙げられる。
本発明の第二実施形態は、第一実施形態に係るタンパク質のβケトエステルの製造方法である。本実施形態に係る方法は、水酸基を有するアミノ酸を含むタンパク質と、式(2a)又は(2b)で表される化合物とを溶媒中で混合し、加熱しながら撹拌する工程(以下、「βケトエステル化工程」という。)を含む。
)中、R1は有機基であり、例えば、鎖状又は分枝状アルキル基、シクロアルキル基、アリール基、複素環基が挙げられ、これらの基は、更にハロゲン原子、カルボキシ基、水酸基、アミノ基、鎖状又は分枝状アルキル基、シクロアルキル基、アリール基、複素環基から選択される1つ以上の基で置換されていてもよい。R1は、エナミン形成を阻害又は抑制しないものが好ましく、例えば、アミノ基窒素原子を基点として1~2個目の炭素原子に電子吸引性基がないほうが好ましい。
0アリーレン基-C1-20アルキレン基、C6-20アリーレン基-C1-20アルキレン基-C6-20アリーレン基、C1-20アルキレン基-C6-20アリーレン基-
C1-20アルキレン基、ポリエチレングリコール基、ポリプロピレングリコール基、ポリエチレン/プロピレングリコール基、テトラメチレングリコール基である。
(1)発現ベクターの作製
配列番号2で示されるアミノ酸配列を有する人工タンパク質(PRT966)、配列番号5で示されるアミノ酸配列(PRT1000)を有する人工タンパク質、配列番号6で示されるアミノ酸配列を有する人工タンパク質(PRT1001)、及び配列番号7で示されるアミノ酸配列を有する人工タンパク質(PRT587)を設計した。なお、配列番号2で示されるアミノ酸配列(PRT966)を有する人工タンパク質の平均ハイドロパシー・インデックスの値は0.44であり、配列番号5で示されるアミノ酸配列(PRT1000)を有する人工タンパク質の平均ハイドロパシー・インデックスの値は0.45であり、配列番号6で示されるアミノ酸配列(PRT1001)を有する人工タンパク質の平均ハイドロパシー・インデックスの値は0.46であり、配列番号7で示されるアミノ酸配列(PRT587)を有する人工タンパク質の平均ハイドロパシー・インデックスの値は-0.8である。PRT587、PRT966における、セリン、スレオニン及びチロシンの総残基の割合は、いずれも16.5%である。前記いずれの人工タンパク質は天然由来のフィブロインを基づいてデザインした人工フィブロインである。
得られた発現ベクターで、大腸菌BLR(DE3)を形質転換した。当該形質転換大腸菌を、アンピシリンを含む2mLのLB培地で15時間培養した。当該培養液を、アンピシリンを含む100mLのシード培養用培地(表4)にOD600が0.005となるように添加した。培養液温度を30℃に保ち、OD600が5になるまでフラスコ培養を行い(約15時間)、シード培養液を得た。
IPTGを添加してから2時間後に回収した菌体を20mM Tris-HCl buffer(pH7.4)で洗浄した。洗浄後の菌体を約1mMのPMSFを含む20mM Tris-HCl緩衝液(pH7.4)に懸濁させ、高圧ホモジナイザー(GEA Niro Soavi社製)で細胞を破砕した。破砕した細胞を遠心分離し、沈殿物を得た。得られた沈殿物を、高純度になるまで20mM Tris-HCl緩衝液(pH7.4)で洗浄した。洗浄後の沈殿物を100mg/mLの濃度になるように8M グアニジン緩衝液(8M グアニジン塩酸塩、10mM リン酸二水素ナトリウム、20mM NaCl、1mM Tris-HCl、pH7.0)で懸濁し、60℃で30分間、スターラーで撹拌し、溶解させた。溶解後、透析チューブ(三光純薬株式会社製のセルロースチューブ36/32)を用いて水で透析を行った。透析後に得られた白色の凝集タンパク質を遠心分離により回収し、凍結乾燥機で水分を除き、凍結乾燥粉末を回収することにより、3種類の人工タンパク質(PRT1000、PRT1001、PRT966及びPRT587)を得た。
(1)人工タンパク質PRT966(数平均分子量:100,000)
人工タンパク質PRT966を真空乾燥することにより水分を除去した。ステンレス製バイアル瓶に、乾燥した人工タンパク質(1.0g)を量り取り、DMSO(19.0g)を加えた後、100℃にて30分撹拌することで、人工タンパク質を溶解させ、反応溶液を得た。得られた反応溶液を110℃に加熱し、攪拌しながらアセト酢酸tert-ブチル(1.0g)を加え、更に1時間反応させた。反応溶液にアセトン(60g)を加えて生成物を沈殿させ、遠心処理した後に溶媒を留去した。この工程を計3回繰り返しすることにより洗浄し、減圧乾燥を行うことによって、アセトアセチル化PRT966を得た。上記洗浄操作によって、DMSO、未反応のアセト酢酸tert-ブチル、tert-ブチルアルコールを除去した。
配列番号7の人工タンパク質PRT587を真空乾燥することにより水分を除去した。ステンレス製バイアル瓶に、乾燥した人工タンパク質(1.0g)を量り取り、DMSO(19.0g)を加えた後、100℃にて30分撹拌することで、人工タンパク質を溶解させ、反応溶液を得た。得られた反応溶液を110℃に加熱し、攪拌しながらアセト酢酸tert-ブチル(1.0g)を加え、更に1時間反応させた。反応溶液にアセトン(60g)を加えて生成物を沈殿させ、遠心処理した後に溶媒を留去した。この工程を計3回繰り返しすることにより洗浄し、減圧乾燥を行うことによって、アセトアセチル化PRT587を得た。上記洗浄操作によって、DMSO、未反応のアセト酢酸tert-ブチル、tert-ブチルアルコールを除去した。
ステンレス製バイアル瓶に、シルク(1.0g、商品名:シルクパウダーIM、KBセーレン社製)を量り取り、塩化リチウム(0.76g、富士フィルム和光純薬製)のDMSO(19.0g)溶液を加えた後、100℃にて30分撹拌することで、シルクパウダーIMを溶解させ、反応溶液を得た。得られた反応溶液を110℃に加熱し、攪拌しながらアセト酢酸tert-ブチル(1.0g)を加え、更に1時間反応させた。
ステンレス製バイアル瓶に、カゼイン(1.0g、富士フィルム和光純薬(株)製)を量り取り、DMSO(19.0g)を加えた後、100℃にて30分撹拌することで、カゼインを溶解させ、反応溶液を得た。得られた反応溶液を110℃に加熱し、攪拌しながらアセト酢酸tert-ブチル(1.0g)を加え、更に1時間反応させた。
ステンレス製バイアル瓶に、コラーゲン(1.0g、商品名:ニッピコラーゲン100、ニッピ社製)を量り取り、DMSO(19.0g)を加えた後、100℃にて30分撹拌することで、コラーゲンを溶解させ、反応溶液を得た。得られた反応溶液を110℃に加熱し、攪拌しながらアセト酢酸tert-ブチル(1.0g)を加え、更に1時間反応させた。
3000mL三口フラスコに、配列番号2を有する人工タンパク質PRT966(100g)とDMSO(1900g)を量り取り、温度センサー、還流管、シリコン栓をセットした。このフラスコをシリコンオイルが入ったオイルバスを用いて、100℃まで加熱した。その温度で30分間撹拌することで、人工タンパク質を溶解させ、反応溶液を得た。得られた反応溶液を110℃に加熱した後、アセト酢酸tert-ブチル(100g)を少しずつ加え、1時間反応させた。
タンパク質(人工タンパク質、シルク、カゼイン、コラーゲン)のアセトアセチル化は、核磁気共鳴スペクトル(NMR)、赤外スペクトル(IR)、ゲル浸透クロマトグラフィー(GPC)及び電気泳動(SDS-PAGE)を用いて、確認した。
ガラス容器にアセトアセチル化タンパク質(人工タンパク質、シルク、カゼイン、コラーゲン)又は対応する未反応タンパク質(コントロール)を50mg入れ、DMSO-d6(1090μL、Eurisotop社製)を加えて、90℃に加熱して溶解させた。得られた溶液を、NMR測定用チューブ(富士フィルム和光純薬(株)製)に移し、NMR測定を行った。但し、アセトアセチル化シルク及びシルクの測定においては、ガラス容器に塩化リチウム(48mg、富士フィルム和光純薬(株)製)を更に加えた。
〔測定条件〕
装置名:JNM-ECZ400R(日本電子(株)製)
周波数:400MHz
溶媒:DMSO-d6
フーリエ変換赤外分光光度計を用いて、アセトアセチル化タンパク質(人工タンパク質、シルク、カゼイン、コラーゲン)の赤外スペクトルを測定した。
〔測定条件〕
装置名:Nicolet iS50FT-IR(サーモフィッシャーサイエンティフィック(株)製)
測定法:ATR法(全反射法)
アセトアセチル化タンパク質(1.6mg)をHFIP(1.0mL)に溶解させ、ゲル浸透クロマトグラフィーを測定した。カラムには、迅速分析用ダウンサイズカラム(商品名:HFIP-606M(Shodex社製)、内径6.0mm×長さ150mm)を2本連結させて使用した。
ガラス容器にアセトアセチル化タンパク質(人工タンパク質、シルク、カゼイン、コラーゲン)又は対応する未反応タンパク質(コントロール)を2mg入れ、2M塩化リチウム含有DMSO(200μL)を加えて、80℃で1時間、95度で10分間加熱して溶解させた。その後、10M尿素水溶液により15倍希釈し、さらに試料用緩衝液(商品名:3-メルカプト-1,2-プロパンジオール含有)(×2)、富士フィルム和光純薬製)で2倍希釈し、95℃で5分間処理した。処理したサンプル(10μL)をSDS-PAGE用ゲルに加え、電気泳動装置で泳動した。泳動後、SDS-PAGE用ゲルを染色剤で染色し、解析装置により蛍光画像を得た。
〔分析条件〕
装置名:SDS-PAGE電気泳動装置(Bio-Rad Laboratories社製)
ゲル:SDS-PAGE用ゲル(Bio-Rad Laboratories社製)
染色剤:Oriole蛍光ゲルステイン(Bio-Rad Laboratories社製)
解析装置:イメージングシステム(Bio-Rad Laboratories社製)
(a)5-(2-アミノエチルアミノ)-1-ナフタレンスルホン酸ナトリウムの付加
ガラス容器にアミン付加体1(10mg)を量り取り、DMSO(2mL)を加えて、90℃に加熱して溶解させた。得られた溶液を200倍希釈した後、その希釈液(200μL)をプレートに加え、励起波長336nm、蛍光波長490nmの条件で蛍光分析を行った。
わかった。
ガラス容器に、アミン付加体2又は対応するアセトアセチル化PRT966を50mg入れ、DMSO-d6(約700μL、Eurisotop社製)を加えて、90℃に加熱して溶解させた。得られた溶液を、NMR測定用チューブ(富士フィルム和光純薬(株)製)に移し、1H-NMR測定を行った。
〔測定条件〕
装置名:JNM-ECZ400R(日本電子(株)製)
周波数:400MHz
溶媒:DMSO-d6
ガラス容器に、アミン付加体3又は対応するアセトアセチル化PRT966を50mg入れ、DMSO-d6(約700μL、Eurisotop社製)を加えて、90℃に加熱して溶解させた。得られた溶液を、NMR測定用チューブ(富士フィルム和光純薬(株)製)に移し、1H-NMR測定を行った。
〔測定条件〕
装置名:JNM-ECZ400R(日本電子(株)製)
周波数:400MHz
溶媒:DMSO-d6
ガラス容器に、アミン付加体4又は対応するアセトアセチル化PRT966を50mg入れ、DMSO-d6(約700μL、Eurisotop社製)を加えて、90℃に加熱して溶解させた。得られた溶液を、NMR測定用チューブ(富士フィルム和光純薬(株)製)に移し、NMR測定を行った。
〔測定条件〕
装置名:JNM-ECZ400R(日本電子(株)製)
周波数:400MHz
溶媒:DMSO-d6
ガラス容器にマレイミド付加体1(10mg)を量り取り、DMSO(1mL)を加えて、90℃に加熱して溶解させた。得られた溶液を20000倍希釈した後、その希釈液(200μL)をプレートに加え、励起波長338nm、蛍光波長375nmの条件で蛍光分析を行った。
(1)ベンゾイル酢酸tert-ブチルの調製
還流装置を付けたガラス容器に、トルエン(100mL)、ベンゾイル酢酸エチル(1.79mL)、tert-ブチルアルコール(19.75mL)、4-ジメチルアミノピリジン(381mg)を加えて、反応溶液を得た。その後、還流条件にて、反応溶液を20時間撹拌した。20時間が経過した時点で、反応溶液にtert-ブチルアルコール(19.75mL)を追加し、還流条件でさらに20時間撹拌した。反応を停止し、シリカゲルカラムクロマトグラフィー(ヘキサン:酢酸エチル=100:1)で精製し、ベンゾイル酢酸tert-ブチルを得た。
ガラス容器に、人工タンパク質PRT966(100mg)を量り取り、DMSO(1.7mL)を加えた後、90℃に加熱して人工タンパク質を溶解させ、反応溶液を得た。得られた反応溶液を110℃に加熱し、ベンゾイル酢酸tert-ブチル(411mg)を加え、更に1時間反応させた。1時間が経過した時点で、反応溶液にアセトン(6mL)を加えて、2時間静置して、生成物を沈殿させた。沈殿物をろ取し、アセトン(20mL)で洗浄し、減圧乾燥を行うことによって、ベンゾイルアセチル化PRT966を粉末として得た。上記洗浄操作によって、DMSO、未反応のベンゾイル酢酸tert-ブチル、tert-ブチルアルコールを除去した。
ガラス容器にベンゾイルアセチル化PRT966又は未反応PRT966(コントロール)を50mg入れ、DMSO-d6(約700μL、Eurisotop社製)を加えて、90℃に加熱して溶解させた。得られた溶液を、NMR測定用チューブ(富士フィルム和光純薬(株)製)に移し、1H-NMR測定を行った。
〔測定条件〕
装置名:JNM-ECZ400R(日本電子(株)製)
周波数:400MHz
溶媒:DMSO-d6
(1)人工タンパク質のDMSOドープ液の調製
人工タンパク質PRT966(1.0g)を量り取り、最終濃度が20重量%となるように、4重量%塩化リチウムが溶解したDMSO(19.0g)溶液に加え、100℃で30分間撹拌することにより、DMSOドープ液Aを調製した。
人工タンパク質PRT966(1.0g)を量り取り、最終濃度が20重量%となるように、4重量%塩化リチウムが溶解したDMSO(19.0g)溶液に加え、100℃で30分間撹拌した。その後、反応溶液を110℃に昇温し、攪拌しながらアセト酢酸tert-ブチル(0.5g又は1.0g)を加え、1時間撹拌した。このようにして、アセトアセチル化処理の程度が異なる2つのDMSOドープ液B及びCを調製した。
上記(1)又は(2)で得られた3種類のDMSOドープ液(1.0mL)をそれぞれ、内径0.47mmのニードルを備えたシリンジに充填した。100mLビーカーに75℃の水(80mL)を用意した。上記ニードルの先端を水中に入れた状態で、ゆっくりDMSOドープ液を全量流し込んだ。水中での材料の状態を目視観察し、以下の基準で評価した。
〔凝固性の評価基準〕
1:ニードルから吐出後、材料同士の融着により糸状にならない。
2:吐出直後の融着は観察されないが、徐々に材料同士が融着し、糸状にならない。
3:糸状になるが、糸同士が部分的に融着している。
4:ビーカーの底に沈降し、ビーカーの底面と融着している。
5:融着は観察されない。
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- 前記タンパク質が疎水性タンパク質である、請求項1記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル。
- 前記疎水性タンパク質が、平均ハイドロパシーインデックス(HI)が-1以上であるタンパク質を含む、請求項2に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル。
- 前記タンパク質が人工タンパク質である、請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステル。
- 前記タンパク質が疎水性タンパク質を含む、請求項5に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステルの製造方法。
- 前記疎水性タンパク質が、平均ハイドロパシーインデックス(HI)が-1以上であるタンパク質を含む、請求項6に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステルの製造方法。
- 前記タンパク質が人工タンパク質を含む、請求項5~7のいずれか一項に記載のタンパク質のβケトエステルの製造方法。
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