Synthesis and κ binding affinity of 1-(pyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl)-2-(N-methyl)-4-[(3,4-dichloro)phenyl]-1,2,3,4 tetrahydroisoquinolin-3(2H)-ones
摘要:
Diastereomeric forms of 1-(pyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl)-2-(N-methyl)-4-[(3,4-dichloro)phenyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3(2h)-ones 3a and its chloro analog 3c were synthesized. Compounds 3a,c are related to the kappa-selective opiate ICI 199441 1 by linking the benzylic CH2 to the ortho position of the phenyl in 1. Compared with morphine, these compounds had lost in kappa and mu affinities; only cis-3a showed a modest kappa affinity. 1-Pyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl-N-[2-(3,4-dichlorphenyl)acetyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline 2, which is also a cyclic congener of 1, was reported to display high kappa and mu affinity, and so a conformational study was undertaken on 1, 2 and 3a. This showed that, while active 2 extensively superposed on 1, 3a assumes another geometry which does not allow a fit with the pharmacophoric moieties of 1 and 2.
A process is described for the production of D-α-amino acids by the stereospecific conversion of racemic mixtures of 5-substituted hydantoins, where said conversion is carried out in the presence of a microorganism transformed with a plasmid capable of expressing at high levels and without inducers an enzymatic system capable of converting said hydandoins in the corresponding D-α-amino acids.
A plasmid is also described comprising the genes which encode said enzymatic system and a microorganism selected from Escherichia coli or Bacillus subtilis transformed with said plasmid.
D-α-amino acids are intermediates useful in the preparation of pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and sweeteners.
The present invention relates to mutants of D-N-α-carbamylase wherein at least one of the cysteines in position 243, 250 and 279 of the amino acid sequence of the wild type enzyme is substituted with a different residue selected from natural amino acids; a recombinant plasmid comprising a nucleotidic sequence which encodes for at least one of the mutants of D-N-α-carbamylase, host microorganisms transformed with said plasmid and a process for the preparation of these mutants by the culture of said microorganisms.
The mutants of D-N-α-carbamylase have a higher enzymatic stability than that of the wild type enzyme and are particularly useful in the preparation of D-α-amino acids providing an improvement in the production yields.
The present invention relates to thermostable mutants of D-N-α-carbamoylase and means and methods for their preparation.
Said thermostable mutants have an unaltered or improved activity with respect to the wild type enzyme and are particularly useful in the preparation of D-α-aminoacids.
Preparation of D-alpha-amino acids, using bacteria transformed with the carbamoylase-hydantoinase operon
申请人:ENIRICERCHE S.p.A.
公开号:EP0775748A2
公开(公告)日:1997-05-28
In an improved process for the preparation of D-α-amino acids by the stereoselective conversion of racemic mixtures of 5-substituted hydantoins with an enzymatic system produced by a microorganism, the improvement consists in the fact that a microorganism is used transformed with the plasmid pSM700 cultivated at a temperature of between 20°C and 28°C.
The use of this microorganism allows an improvement in the expression of the enzymatic system and an increase in the conversion rate of the racemic hydantoin to D-α-amino acid.