Na 2 S 2 O 4 将维生素 K 1 定量还原为二氢维生素 K 1 (2)。氢醌2被CH 3 I/K 2 CO 3 部分甲基化,得到1和4单甲醚的混合物,其通过HPLC分离。在[ 18 O] H 2 O 存在下,每种单醚都被硝酸铈铵氧化,以提供同位素富集为93-95% 的特定标记的[1- 18 O] 或[4- 18 O] 维生素K 1。
Vitamin K is the blood-clotting vitamin. It participates in the blood coagulation cascade as a carboxylase cofactor. Enzymic oxygenation of vitamin K hydroquinone provides the driving force for the carboxylation of selected glutamates in the proteins of the blood-clotting cascade. The active site of vitamin K has now been defined by O-18-labeling experiments. The oxygenation is completely specific for the carbonyl group adjacent to the quinone methyl group of vitamin K. The experiment makes use of the O-18-labeled vitamin K isotopomers 9 and 10. Thus, oxygenation of 9 with O-16(2) occurs at the carbonyl group next to methyl, as shown by exchange of the O-18 label at that position. Synthesis of the two O-18-labeled vitamin K isotopomers 9 and 10 was accomplished by cerium(IV)-mediated oxidation in the presence of (H2O)-O-18 of the corresponding methyl half-ethers 4 and 8. The position of the label was ascertained by C-13 and heteronuclear NOE NMR spectroscopies. A role for the active site thiols on the vitamin K-dependent carboxylase is also suggested. The thiolate anion is an excellent candidate for the weak base that initiates the base strength amplification sequence leading to carboxylation and vitamin K oxide formation.