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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Protoc Chem Biol. 2019 Jan 15;11(1):e61. doi: 10.1002/cpch.61

Figure 1:

Figure 1:

Scheme describing Native Chemical Ligation (NCL). An unprotected peptide fragment bearing an N-terminal Cys residue attacks the C-terminal thioester of another unprotected peptide fragment, undergoing transthioesterification and subsequent S to N acyl transfer to form an amide bond at the ligation site.