Methylamine adenine dinucleotide (MAD) was prepared in seven steps and 15.3% overall yield from 1-acetoxy-2,3,5-tri-O-benzoyl-D-ribose by chemoenzymatic synthesis. The key step was the phosphatephosphate coupling between adenosine monophosphate and 2,5-anhydro-1-deoxy-1-phenylacetamide-6-phosphate-D-allitol (3) mediated by carbonyl diimidazole (CDI), followed by the removal of the phenylacetamido group by penicillin G acylase. The MAD co-factor provided a primary amine functionality that was suitably positioned to promote the enamine aldolization of 2-oxopropionamide with aldehydes within the active site of alcohol dehydrogenases, which should lead to the transformation of these stereoselective enzymes into aldolases. Preliminary investigations did not reveal any activity with horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase or yeast alcohol dehydrogenase.Key words: aldolases, alcohol dehydrogenases, co-factor enginering, nucleosides, acylases.
甲基胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸(MAD)是通过化酶合成从1-乙酰氧基-2,3,5-三-O-苯甲酰-D-核糖经过七个步骤制备的,总产率为15.3%。关键步骤是腺苷酸单磷酸和2,5-去水-1-脱氧-1-苯乙酰胺-6-磷酸-D-阿洛糖之间由碳酰二咪唑(CDI)介导的磷酸酯偶联,随后通过青霉素G酰化酶去除苯乙酰胺基团。MAD辅因子提供了一个适当位置的主要胺基官能团,促进了2-氧代丙酰胺与醛在醇脱氢酶的活性位点内的烯胺醛缩合反应,这应该导致这些立体选择性酶转化为醛酮酶。初步研究未发现马肝醇脱氢酶或酵母醇脱氢酶的任何活性。关键词:醛酮酶,醇脱氢酶,辅因子工程,核苷酸,酰化酶。