Stereochemistry in enzyme inhibition: synthesis and evaluation of enantiomerically pure 2-benzyl-3-formylpropanoic acids as inhibitors of carboxypeptidase A
摘要:
Both enantiomers of 2-benzyl-3-formylpropanoic acid were synthesized in five steps starting with hydrocinnamic acid and each enantiomer assayed for inhibitory activity against carboxypeptidase A to find that the (R)-form is 674-fold more potent than its enantiomer. The finding that the (R)-form which belongs to the L-series is mostly responsible for the inhibitory activity accords with the explanation that the present inhibitor is a transition state analog inhibitor because, as such, its stereochemistry should belong to the same series as that of the substrate, i.e., the L-series. The gem-diol form of the inhibitor generated in situ mimics the transition state in the catalytic process.
Stereochemistry in enzyme inhibition: synthesis and evaluation of enantiomerically pure 2-benzyl-3-formylpropanoic acids as inhibitors of carboxypeptidase A
摘要:
Both enantiomers of 2-benzyl-3-formylpropanoic acid were synthesized in five steps starting with hydrocinnamic acid and each enantiomer assayed for inhibitory activity against carboxypeptidase A to find that the (R)-form is 674-fold more potent than its enantiomer. The finding that the (R)-form which belongs to the L-series is mostly responsible for the inhibitory activity accords with the explanation that the present inhibitor is a transition state analog inhibitor because, as such, its stereochemistry should belong to the same series as that of the substrate, i.e., the L-series. The gem-diol form of the inhibitor generated in situ mimics the transition state in the catalytic process.