The ability to generate RNA molecules that can catalyze complex organic transformations not only facilitates the reconstruction and plausibility of possible prebiotic reaction pathways but is also crucial for elucidating the potential of the application of RNA catalysts in organic syntheses. Iterative RNA selection previously identified a ribozyme that catalyzes the Michael addition of a cysteine thiol to an alpha,beta-unsaturated amide. This reaction is chemically similar to the rate limiting step of the thymidylate synthase reaction, which is the corresponding reaction of a cysteine thiol to the double-bond of the uracil nucleobase. Here we provide a detailed description of the synthesis of the ribozyme substrates and the substrate oligonucleotides used for its characterization and the investigation of the background reaction. We also describe the further characterization of the ribozyme with respect to substrate specificity. We show that the thiol group of the cysteine nucleophile is essential for the reaction to proceed. When substituted for a thiomethyl group, no reaction takes place. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Regioselective hydrolysis of diesters of (Z)- and (E)-2-methyl-butenedioic acids by PLE
作者:Rudolf Schmid、Vassilia Partali、Thorleif Anthonsen、Henrik W Anthonsen、Lise Kvittingen
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(01)01834-2
日期:2001.11
(Z)- and (E)-2-methyl-butenedioic acids (citraconic and mesaconic acid) were hydrolysed by pig live esterase, PLE. For the diethyl esters the enzyme showed low regioselectivity for both the (Z)- and the (E)-isomers. However, the hydrolysis of dimethyl and dipropyl (Z)-2-methyl-butenedioic acid gave a ratio of the monoesters of 95:5 and 85:15.
Nickel-catalyzed reductive electrocarboxylation of disubstituted alkynes
作者:Elisabet Duñach、Sylvie Dérien、Jacques Périchon
DOI:10.1016/0022-328x(89)87156-6
日期:1989.4
Electrochemically reduced Ni(bipy)3(BF4)2 catalyzes the reaction of carbon dioxide with disubstitutedalkynes to yield mono- and di-carboxylated derivatives. The reaction is performed under mild conditions in an undivided cell fitted with a sacrificial magnesium anode.
Gastambide; Gastambide-Odier, Bulletin de la Societe Chimique de France, 1954, p. 1177,1180,1182,1183,1184
作者:Gastambide、Gastambide-Odier
DOI:——
日期:——
Design and synthesis of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds as potential ACE inhibitors
作者:H Choo
DOI:10.1016/s0223-5234(00)00158-6
日期:2000.6
The alpha,beta-unsaturated amide that is incorporated into the basic structural frame of a simple substrate molecule of angiotensin converting enzyme was found to serve as a Michael acceptor for the catalytic carboxylate of Glu-127, inhibiting the enzyme irreversibly. (C) 2000 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.
Anschuetz, Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, 1907, vol. 353, p. 144,178