S-ADENOSYL-L-METHIONINE ANALOGS WITH EXTENDED ACTIVATED GROUPS FOR TRANSFER BY METHYLTRANSFERASES
申请人:Weinhold Elmar
公开号:US20090018101A1
公开(公告)日:2009-01-15
S-Adenosyl-
L
-methionine analogs of formula (I)
wherein R comprises a carbon-carbon double bond, carbon-oxygen double bond, carbon-sulfur double bond, carbon-nitrogen double bond, a carbon-carbon triple bond, carbon-nitrogen triple bond or an aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic system in β-position to the sulfonium center,
X— is an organic or inorganic anion carrying one or more negative charges,
Z is —CR
1
R
2
—, —O—, —S— or —NR
3
— and
R
1
, R
2
and R
3
are independently selected from H, D and C
1
-C
12
alkyl. Also disclosed are complexes of the compound with a methyltransferase, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, methods for modifying biomolecule using the compound, and methods for detecting sequences specific methylation of biomolecules using the compound.