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Synthesis and characterization of N-retinylidene derivatives of polar amino acids
Pshenichnikova,Karnaukhova,Mitsner,Shvets
, p. 744 - 747 (2007/10/03)
Water-soluble N-retinylideneamino acids were synthesized and their physicochemical characteristics studied. The latter included the kinetics of hydrolysis in water, aqueous ethanol, physiological solution, and 0.1 M phosphate buffer, pH 7.0. The observed hydrolysis rate constants for N-retinylideneamino acids were shown to decrease in the order Ser > Asp > Taur > Met > Lys.
Retinylidene Schiff bases in surfactant-solubilized water pools in heptane
Singh, Anil K.,Sandorfy, Camille,Fendler, Janos H.
, p. 1514 - 1522 (2007/10/02)
All-trans-retinal (1) was reacted with n-butylamine in sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) reverse micelles in heptane to form all-trans-N-retinylidene-n-butylamine Schiff bases (2).The extent of protonation of 2 by 3-chloropropionic acid (CPA) to give 3 in AOT reverse micelles in heptane was found to depend on the ratio of (CPA) to (2), as well as on / (i.e., on the ω value).At any given (2) and ω values, increasing amounts of CPA increased the protonation and at any given constant (2) and (CPA), increasing ω values also increased the protonation.Over a period of 24 hours, there was only 4percent decomposition of 2 in AOT reverse micelles in heptane at ω= 24.Conversely, in three hours, 23percent of 3 decomposed in the same system.The trans to cis photoisomerization of 2 in heptane occurred at a much faster rate in the presence of AOT reverse micelles than in their absence.The appearance of carboxylate peaks (FTIR, 1400-1500 cm-1) indicated that the larger the AOT solubilized water pools, the greater the CPA dissociation. 1 also reacted with the α-NH2 group of l-lysine (4) in AOT reverse micelles in heptane to give the corresponding Schiff base 6.Protonation of 6 occurred either intramolecularly or by reaction with unreacted 4.These results were discussed in terms of rhodopsin protonations.Key words: retinylidene Schiff bases, reverse micelles, protonation of Schiff bases, trans to cis photodimersization.