Analogs of N6-isopentenyladenine bearing one or two fluorine atoms at the allylic position were synthesized from simple fluorinated ketones. The monofluoro analog was found to be more active than N6-isopentenyladenine and equivalent to the more potent zeatin, another natural plant growth hormone. The difluoro analog was even more powerful than zeatin.
Synthesis of [1-13C] and stereo-specifically [1-2H] labeled fluorinated substrate analogues of IspH enzyme in the deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway
作者:Youli Xiao、Pinghua Liu
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.10.151
日期:2009.1
IspH in the deoxyxylulosephosphate (DXP) pathway catalyzes the reductive dehydration of (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butenyl diphosphate (HMBPP) to isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) and its isomer dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP), which are the starting materials for the synthesis of thousands of isoprenoids. Several models have been proposed in the literature to account for this unique transformation, and
Machleidt,H. et al., Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, 1963, vol. 667, p. 35 - 47
作者:Machleidt,H. et al.
DOI:——
日期:——
Dimethylallyltryptophan synthase. An enzyme-catalyzed electrophilic aromatic substitution
作者:John C. Gebler、Andrew B. Woodside、C. Dale Poulter
DOI:10.1021/ja00045a004
日期:1992.9
Dimethylallyltryptophan (DMAT) synthase catalyzes the alkylation of L-tryptophan at C(4) by dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP) in the first pathway-specific step in the biosynthesis of ergot alkaloids. The mechanism of the reaction was studied with analogs of both substrates. Five 7-substituted derivatives of N-acetyltryptophan (2, Z = OCH3, CH3, F, CF3, and NO2) were synthesized. The L enantiomers of the free amino acids were obtained by selective hydrolysis of the racemate using aminoacylase from Aspergillus. In addition, the E and Z fluoromethyl and difluoromethyl analogs of DMAPP (1, Y = CH3, CH2F, CHF2) were prepared. Rates of the enzyme-catalyzed reactions were measured for the dimethylallyl derivatives with L-tryptophan and for the L-tryptophan derivatives with DMAPP. In addition, the relative reactivities of the methanesulfonate derivatives of the DMAPP analogs were determined for solvolysis in aqueous acetone. A Hammett plot for the tryptophan analogs gave a good linear correlation with rho = -2.0. In addition, a Hammett plot of the logarithms of the relative rates of solvolysis and enzyme-catalyzed alkylation gave a positive linear correlation. These results indicate that the prenyl-transfer reaction catalyzed by DMAT synthase is an electrophilic aromatic substitution and is mechanistically similar to the electrophilic alkylation catalyzed by farnesyl diphosphate synthase.