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Wenzel, Margot N., Bonsignore, Riccardo, Thomas, Sophie R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1110-430X, Bourissou, Didier, Barone, Giampaolo and Casini, Angela
(2019)
Cyclometalated AuIII Complexes for Cysteine Arylation in Zinc Finger Protein Domains: towards Controlled Reductive Elimination.
Chemistry – A European Journal.
ISSN 0947-6539
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Abstract
With the aim of exploiting the use of organometallic species for the efficient modification of proteins through C-atom transfer, the gold-mediated cysteine arylation through a reductive elimination process occurring from the reaction of cyclometalated AuIII C^N complexes with a zinc finger peptide (Cys2His2 type) is here reported. Among the four selected AuIII cyclometalated compounds, the [Au(CCON)Cl2] complex featuring the 2-benzoylpyridine (CCON) scaffold was identified as the most prone to reductive elimination and Cys arylation in buffered aqueous solution (pH 7.4) at 37 °C by high-resolution LC electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. DFT and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) studies permitted to propose a mechanism for the title reaction that is in line with the experimental results. Overall, the results provide new insights into the reactivity of cytotoxic organogold compounds with biologically important zinc finger domains and identify initial structure–activity relationships to enable AuIII-catalyzed reductive elimination in aqueous media.
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| Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2026 10:46 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2026 15:27 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/104458 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/chem.201901535 |
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