Syntheses and Kinetic Evaluation of Racemic and Optically Active 2-Benzyl-2-methyl-3,4-epoxybutanoic Acids as Irreversible Inactivators for Carboxypeptidase A
摘要:
Racemic and optically active 2-benzyl-2-methyl-3,4-epoxybutanoic acids were synthesized and evaluated as inactivators for carboxypeptidase A. a representative zinc-containing proteolytic enzyme. Only the threo-form of the inactivator is effective and its potency in terms of k(inact)/K-I value is lower by 42-fold compared with 2-benzyl-3,4-epoxybutanoic acid, indicating that the alpha-methyl group affects adversely in the inactivation contrary to the expectation that it would enhance the inactivation activity of the inhibitor through additional interactions of the methyl group with a small cavity (alpha-methyl hole) present next to the S-1' hydrophobic pocket. Of the enantiomeric pair, the inactivator having the (2S,3R)-configuration is more potent than its enantiomer by 44-fold. The observed kinetic results may be rationalized on the basis that the methyl group in the inactivator having the (2R,3S)configuration experiences the van der Waals repulsive interactions with the bottom of the active site crevice in binding to CPA, casting a doubt on the presence of the so-called alpha-methyl hole at the active site of carboxypeptidase A. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Syntheses and Kinetic Evaluation of Racemic and Optically Active 2-Benzyl-2-methyl-3,4-epoxybutanoic Acids as Irreversible Inactivators for Carboxypeptidase A
摘要:
Racemic and optically active 2-benzyl-2-methyl-3,4-epoxybutanoic acids were synthesized and evaluated as inactivators for carboxypeptidase A. a representative zinc-containing proteolytic enzyme. Only the threo-form of the inactivator is effective and its potency in terms of k(inact)/K-I value is lower by 42-fold compared with 2-benzyl-3,4-epoxybutanoic acid, indicating that the alpha-methyl group affects adversely in the inactivation contrary to the expectation that it would enhance the inactivation activity of the inhibitor through additional interactions of the methyl group with a small cavity (alpha-methyl hole) present next to the S-1' hydrophobic pocket. Of the enantiomeric pair, the inactivator having the (2S,3R)-configuration is more potent than its enantiomer by 44-fold. The observed kinetic results may be rationalized on the basis that the methyl group in the inactivator having the (2R,3S)configuration experiences the van der Waals repulsive interactions with the bottom of the active site crevice in binding to CPA, casting a doubt on the presence of the so-called alpha-methyl hole at the active site of carboxypeptidase A. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.