Exploration of the Molecular Origin of the Azinomycin Epoxide: Timing of the Biosynthesis Revealed
作者:Vasudha Sharma、Gilbert T. Kelly、Coran M. H. Watanabe
DOI:10.1021/ol8018852
日期:2008.11.6
Streptomyces sahachiroi whole cell feeding experiments, utilizing putative precursors labeled with stable isotopes, established that the epoxide unit of the DNA cross-linked agents, azinomycin A and B, proceeds via a valine-dependent pathway and that hydroxylation and dehydration precedes formation of the terminal epoxide. Sodium 3-methyl-2-oxobutenoate, formed through a transimination reaction, was shown to be the penultimate precursor incorporated into the azinomycin epoxide.
Synthesis and Solid-Phase Application of Suitably Protected γ-Hydroxyvaline Building Blocks
作者:Mare Cudic、Frank Marí、Gregg B. Fields
DOI:10.1021/jo070436y
日期:2007.7.1
Recently, an unexpected modified residue, gamma-hydroxy-D-valine (D-Hyv), was identified within ribosomally expressed polypeptide chains of four conopeptides from the venoms of Conus gladiator and Conus mus. To assemble Hyv-containing peptides, we have explored several routes for the synthesis of appropriately functionalized Hyv building blocks. D-Hyv was produced from D-Val by using a variation of the previously published K2PtCl4/CuCl2 oxidative method. Direct synthesis of Boc- or Cbz-D-Hyv lactone proceeded in low yield; additionally, the lactones are too unreative for solid-phase applications. 9-Borabicyclononane or copper-complexed D-Hyv was prepared and treated with tert-butyldimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (TBDMSOTf) to produce D-Hyv(O-TBDMS). The most efficient complex disruption was achieved by Chelex 110 resin (Na+ form) treatment of copper-complexed D-Hyv(O-TBDMS). Reaction of D-Hyv(O-TBDMS) with Fmoc-OSu produced Fmoc-D-Hyv(O-TBDMS) in 26% yield from D-Val. The Fmoc-D-Hyv(O-TBDMS) diastereomers were separated by preparative RP-HPLC in 13% yield from D-Val. Fmoc-D-Hyv(O-TBDMS) was used for the synthesis of the conopeptide gld-V* from Conus gladiator. The isolated synthetic and natural products had coincidental mass and NMR spectra. The methodology presented herein will greatly facilitate biological studies of Hyv-containing sequences, such as receptor responses to hydroxylated versus nonhydroxylated conopeptides and the relative susceptibility of proteins to modification by oxidative stress.
Usher, John J., Journal of Chemical Research, Miniprint, 1980, # 1, p. 361 - 377
作者:Usher, John J.
DOI:——
日期:——
Synthesis of ω-hydroxy analogues of valine, leucine and isoleucine