Andrew G. Roberts
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Chemical Protein Synthesis, Peptides, Organocatalysis, Catalysis, Natural Products
Biological Chemistry Program
Education
B.S. University of California, San Diego
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Research
Research in the Roberts laboratory is focused on the design and chemical synthesis of peptide- and protein-based therapeutics. Our chemistry draws inspiration from the unique structural elements and function present in ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides and miniproteins. We are interested in the development of chemoselective methods for peptide ligation, macrocyclization, glycosylation and modification.
References
- Hui Ding, Andrew G. Roberts, Rocky Chiang, Patrick G. Harran* “Cascading auto-oxidative biproline guanylations form optically active dispacamide dimers and permit an eight-step synthesis of (–)-ageliferin” J. Org. Chem. 2018, 18, 7231 – 7238. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00631
- Adam M. Levinson†, John H. McGee†*, Andrew G. Roberts†*, Gardner S. Creech, Ting Wang, Michael T. Peterson, Ronald C. Hendrickson, Gregory L. Verdine, Samuel J. Danishefsky* “Total Chemical Synthesis and Folding of All-L and All-D Variants of Oncogenic KRas(G12V)” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 7632 – 7639. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02988
- Andrew G. Roberts†*, Eric V. Johnston†, Jae-Hung Shieh, Joseph P. Sondey, Ronald C. Hendrickson, Malcolm A. S. Moore, Samuel J. Danishefsky* “Fully Synthetic Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) Enabled by Isonitrile-Mediated Coupling of Large, Side-Chain Unprotected Peptides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13167 – 13175. DOI:10.1021/jacs.5b08754
- Hui Ding†, Andrew G. Roberts†, Patrick G. Harran* “Total Synthesis of Ageliferin via Acyl N-amidinyliminium Ion Rearrangement” Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 303 – 306. DOI:10.1039/C2SC21651E
- Hui Ding, Andrew G. Roberts, Patrick G. Harran* “Synthetic (±)-Axinellamines Deficient in Halogen” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 4340 – 4343. DOI:10.1002/anie.201200205 (VIP paper)
- Qingyi Li, Paul Hurley, Hui Ding, Andrew G. Roberts, Radha Akella, Patrick G. Harran* “Exploring Symmetry-Based Logic for a Synthesis of Palau’amine” J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 5909 – 5919. DOI:10.1021/jo900755r