Water-Soluble Receptors for Cyclic-AMP and Their Use for Evaluating Phosphate-Guanidinium Interactions
摘要:
A water-soluble receptor for adenosine derivatives was synthesized for the study of molecular recognition in aqueous solution. The modular receptor makes use of hydrophobic interactions, Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen hydrogen-bonding, and a phosphate-guanidinium electrostatic interaction to bind cyclic adenosine monophosphates. Measured binding affinities of 2',3/-cAMP are -3.65 and -3.26 kcal/mol at 51 and 501 mM ionic strength, respectively (H2O/D2O solution at 10 degrees C, pH 6.0). The phosphate-guanidinium interaction in this system is estimated to contribute on average 0.6 kcal/mol (51 mM ionic strength) and 0.3 kcal/mol (501 mM ionic strength) to binding. The maximum value of a phosphate-guanidinium electrostatic interaction is estimated to be 2.4 kcal/mol in water.
Selective Recognition of Aromatic Amino Acids by a Molecular Cleft in Water
作者:Joël F. Keller、Michal Valášek、Marcel Mayor
DOI:10.1002/hlca.202300221
日期:2024.2
recognition of aromaticaminoacids is highly desirable and may serve as a tool to facilitate drug discovery and enable fabrication of sensors for point-of-care monitoring in the context of phenylketonuria disease. This paper presents the synthesis and characterization of a water-soluble molecular cleft which is demonstrated to selectively bind aromaticaminoacid guests over other aminoacids in aqueous
Energetics of a Low Barrier Hydrogen Bond in Nonpolar Solvents
作者:Yoko Kato、Leticia M. Toledo、Julius Rebek
DOI:10.1021/ja960288l
日期:1996.1.1
A measure of the strength of a low barrier hydrogen bond (LBHB) in apolar organic media was obtained using synthetic molecules derived from Kemp's triacid. The structures feature unusually rigid conformations that enforce intramolecular hydrogen bonds in a dicarboxylic acid, its corresponding acid-amide and their respective conjugate bases. Analysis of proton and deuterium NMR spectra established the formation of a LBHB in the conjugate base of the diacid and a conventional hydrogen bond in the conjugate base of the acid-amide. Through deprotonation equilibria with organic bases, it was determined that the conjugate base of the diacid was more stable than the conjugate base of the acid-amide by 2.4 kcal/mol in benzene and 1.4 kcal/mol in dichloromethane. These figures set the upper limits for the free energy of the additional stabilization arising from the LBHB at 25 degrees C. This value is far lower than many estimates but is closer to the recent determinations of Schwartz and Drueckhammer.