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Synthesis of the functionalizable methionine surrogate azidohomoalanine using Boc-homoserine as precursor

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This protocol describes a synthetic route to the non-canonical amino acid azidohomoalanine (AHA) using protected homoserine as a starting material. An alternative route to AHA is presented in a companion paper. This synthesis can be completed in 5 days.

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Figure 2: Schematic of synthesis of AHA from protected homoserine.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by NIH, by an NSF graduate fellowship to A.J.L. and by a grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research to M.K.S.V.

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  1. A James Link & Mandy K S Vink

    Present address: Present address: Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, A207 Engineering Quadrangle, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA (A.J.L.). BioCatalytics Europe GmbH, Parkring 18, A-8074, Grambach, Austria (M.K.S.V.).,

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    A James Link, Mandy K S Vink & David A Tirrell

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Link, A., Vink, M. & Tirrell, D. Synthesis of the functionalizable methionine surrogate azidohomoalanine using Boc-homoserine as precursor. Nat Protoc 2, 1884–1887 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2007.269

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