A number of amino acid derivatives of DL-Zra/w-epoxysuccinic acid, with a general formula of R1O-ES-AA-OR2 (ES, DL-trans-epoxysuccinyl group; AA, amino acid residue) were newly synthesized and used for the study of structure-activity relationships of papain inhibition. Branched-alkyl amino acids, such as Leu, He and Val, as AA and hydrogen or an alkyl group substituted with a phenyl or cycloalkyl group as R1 were desirable for activity, respectively. However, R2 or the optical activities of ES and AA not so much influenced on the activity.
Studies on the biosynthesis of clavulanic acid. Part 5. Absolute stereochemistry of proclavaminic acid, the monocyclic biosynthetic precursor of clavulanic acid
作者:Keith H. Baggaley、Stephen W. Elson、Neville H. Nicholson、John T. Sime
DOI:10.1039/p19900001521
日期:——
carried out with enantiomericallypure threonine derivatives to confirm that the formation of the β-lactam moiety did not impair the integrity of the α- and β-chiral centres and that the enzymatic deacylation reaction was capable of resolving the α-centre of an α-amino-β-hydroxy acid. The enantiomeric purity of intermediates was determined using HPLC, 1H NMR spectroscopy utilising the chiral solvating reagents
Alkanoyl L-carnitine amides with aminoacids and pharmaceutical compositions containing same, for promoting regeneration of the nervous tissue, inhibiting neuronal degeneration, enhancing the processes of learning and memory, and for the treatment of coma
Amides of alkanoyl L-carnitines of general formula (1).
wherein R is a straight or branched alkanoyl group having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms selected from acetyl, propionyl, butyryl, isobutyryl, valeryl, isovaleryl, hexanoyl, 1-methylbutyryl, t-butylacetyl, 2-ethylbutyryl, 3-methylvaleryl, 4-methylvaleryl, 2-ethylhexanoyl and 2-propylpentanoyl;
R' is the monovalent residue of a naturally occurring aminoacid selected from:
and
X- is the anion of a pharmacologically acceptable acid are active in regenerating the nervous tissue, inhibiting neuronal degeneration, enhancing the processes of learning and memory and for the treatment of coma.
Orally or parenterally administrable compositions in unit dosage form comprise between about 50 and about 500 mg of an amide of formula (1).
Product-substrate engineering by bacteria: Studies on clavaminate synthase, a trifunctional dioxygenase
作者:Matthew D. Lloyd、Kirsten D. Merritt、Victor Lee、Timothy J. Sewell、Byeng Wha-Son、Jack E. Baldwin、Christopher J. Schofield、Steve W. Elson、Keith H. Baggaley、Neville H. Nicholson
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(99)00547-5
日期:1999.8
Evidence is presented that clavaminate synthase (CS) catalyses three oxidative reactions in the clavulanic acid biosynthetic pathway. The first CS catalysed step (hydroxylation) is separated from the latter two (oxidative cyclisation and desaturation) by the action of a hydrolytic enzyme, proclavaminate amidinohydrolase, which modifies (or 'mutates') the sidechain of the product of the first reaction thereby converting it into a substrate for the second CS catalysed reaction. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Enzymatic Synthesis of Monocyclic β-Lactams
作者:Mark C Sleeman、Colin H MacKinnon、Kirsty S Hewitson∗、Christopher J Schofield
DOI:10.1016/s0960-894x(01)00806-x
日期:2002.2
An Mg2+ and ATP dependent beta-lactam synthetase (BLS) catalyses formation of a beta-lactam ring during the biosynthesis of clavulanic acid, an important beta-lactamase inhibitor. An epimeric mixture of a 2-methylated derivative of the natural BLS substrate N-2-(2-carboxyethyl)-L-arginine was synthesised and found to be a substrate for the enzyme. The epimeric products were characterised by H-1 NMR and mass spectrometric analyses. The results suggest that a modified version of BLS might be used to catalyse the preparation of intermediates useful for the synthesis of beta-lactam antibiotics. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.