Investigation of Mechanism of Nitrogen Transfer in Glucosamine 6-Phosphate Synthase with the Use of Transition State Analogs
摘要:
Several structural analogs of putative tetrahedral intermediates of the reaction catalysed by the glutamine amide transfer domain of Candida albicans glucosamine 6-phosphate synthase have been designed and synthesized. Esters and amides of gamma-phosphonic and gamma-sulfonic analogs of glutamine and glutamic acid were tested as potential inhibitors of the enzyme. N-substituted amides 9 and 15 were found to be the strongest inhibitors in the series. Structure-activity relationship studies led to conclusions supporting the possibility of a direct nucleophilic attack of the glutamine amide nitrogen on an electrophilic site of the enzyme-bound fructose 6-phosphate as the most likely mechanism of nitrogen transfer in glucosamine 6-phosphate synthase. (C) 1997 Academic Press.
Selective Cleavage of One Ester Group in Dibenzyl Di-P-Nitrobenzyl and Dimethyl N-Protected Aminoalkylphosphonates
作者:Maria Hoffmann
DOI:10.1080/10426509808545456
日期:1998.2.1
Benzyl, p-nitrobenzyl and methyl hydrogen N-protected aminoalkylphosphonates were efficiently prepared by selective cleavage of one ester group in the corresponding diesters using DABCO (1,4-diazabicyclo(2.2.2]octane).
Several structural analogs of putative tetrahedral intermediates of the reaction catalysed by the glutamine amide transfer domain of Candida albicans glucosamine 6-phosphate synthase have been designed and synthesized. Esters and amides of gamma-phosphonic and gamma-sulfonic analogs of glutamine and glutamic acid were tested as potential inhibitors of the enzyme. N-substituted amides 9 and 15 were found to be the strongest inhibitors in the series. Structure-activity relationship studies led to conclusions supporting the possibility of a direct nucleophilic attack of the glutamine amide nitrogen on an electrophilic site of the enzyme-bound fructose 6-phosphate as the most likely mechanism of nitrogen transfer in glucosamine 6-phosphate synthase. (C) 1997 Academic Press.