"Biologic" level structures through chemistry: A total synthesis of a unimolecular pentavalent MUCI glycopeptide construct

Tetrahedron Lett. 2009 May 13;50(19):2167-2170. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.02.138.

Abstract

A convergent synthesis of a unimolecular pentavalent-MUC1 glycopeptide has been accomplished. A tandem repeat of unglycosylated human tumor-associated MUC1, a potential target for cancer immunotherapy, was incorporated into the known unimolecular pentavalent carbohydrate construct (5). This is an important step towards the development of a new fully synthetic anti-cancer vaccine candidate (1).