3392-09-4Relevant articles and documents
Mitchell et al.
, p. 637 (1978)
Asymmetric 1,4-Addition Reactions Catalyzed by N-Terminal Thiourea-Modified Helical l-Leu Peptide with Cyclic Amino Acids
Sato, Kazuki,Umeno, Tomohiro,Ueda, Atsushi,Kato, Takuma,Doi, Mitsunobu,Tanaka, Masakazu
supporting information, p. 11216 - 11220 (2021/06/21)
N-terminal thiourea-modified l-Leu-based peptide {(3,5-diCF3Ph)NHC(=S)-(l-Leu-l-Leu-Ac5c)2-OMe} with five-membered ring α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids (Ac5c) catalyzed a highly enantioselective 1,4-addition reaction between β-nitrostyrene and dimethyl malonate. The enantioselective reaction required only 0.5 mol % chiral peptide-catalyst in the presence of iPr2EtN (2.5 equiv.), and gave a 1,4-adduct with 93 % ee of an 85 % yield. As Michael acceptors, various β-nitrostyrene derivatives such as methyl, p-fluoro, p-bromo, and p-methoxy substituents on the phenyl group, 2-furyl, 2-thiophenyl, and naphthyl β-nitroethylenes could be applied. Furthermore, various alkyl malonates and cyclic β-keto-esters could be used as Michael donors. It became clear that the length of the peptide chain, a right-handed helical structure, amide N?Hs, and the N-terminal thiourea moiety play crucial roles in asymmetric induction.
Binding and Action of Amino Acid Analogs of Chloramphenicol upon the Bacterial Ribosome
Tereshchenkov, Andrey G.,Dobosz-Bartoszek, Malgorzata,Osterman, Ilya A.,Marks, James,Sergeeva, Vasilina A.,Kasatsky, Pavel,Komarova, Ekaterina S.,Stavrianidi, Andrey N.,Rodin, Igor A.,Konevega, Andrey L.,Sergiev, Petr V.,Sumbatyan, Natalia V.,Mankin, Alexander S.,Bogdanov, Alexey A.,Polikanov, Yury S.
, p. 842 - 852 (2018/02/26)
Antibiotic chloramphenicol (CHL) binds with a moderate affinity at the peptidyl transferase center of the bacterial ribosome and inhibits peptide bond formation. As an approach for modifying and potentially improving properties of this inhibitor, we explored ribosome binding and inhibitory activity of a number of amino acid analogs of CHL. The L-histidyl analog binds to the ribosome with the affinity exceeding that of CHL by 10 fold. Several of the newly synthesized analogs were able to inhibit protein synthesis and exhibited the mode of action that was distinct from the action of CHL. However, the inhibitory properties of the semi-synthetic CHL analogs did not correlate with their affinity and in general, the amino acid analogs of CHL were less active inhibitors of translation in comparison with the original antibiotic. The X-ray crystal structures of the Thermus thermophilus 70S ribosome in complex with three semi-synthetic analogs showed that CHL derivatives bind at the peptidyl transferase center, where the aminoacyl moiety of the tested compounds established idiosyncratic interactions with rRNA. Although still fairly inefficient inhibitors of translation, the synthesized compounds represent promising chemical scaffolds that target the peptidyl transferase center of the ribosome and potentially are suitable for further exploration.