Stereoselective synthesis of peptidoglycan fragments on solid support

The mammalian proteins, Nod1 and Nod2, are able to recognize peptidoglycan motifs during bacterial infection. Interestingly, Nod1 is a detector of peptides and muropeptides containing the meso-2,6-diaminopimelic acid (m-A2pm), a non-proteinogenic amino acid found in Gram- bacteria. In this work, we describe a synthesis of peptidoglycan motifs entirely on solid support. Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis (SPPS), Cross Metathesis (CM) and sugar chemistry are three methods to anchor respectively amino acids, m-A2pm and sugars derivatives on a resin as solid support.