Zhuoran Zhong

Metal-Dependent Coordination Geometry Controls Autolytic Amide Bond Cleavage to Enable Prodrug Activation

Abstract We introduce a peptide prodrug activation strategy that employs the trivalent Lewis-acidic metal ions Ga3+, Fe3+, In3+, and Co3+, chelated by triazacyclononanediacetic acid monoamides. The metal chelates trigger rate-tunable, metal-mediated, autolytic amide bond cleavage...