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A simple procedure for selection of tight-binding inhibitors of mutant dihydrofolate reductases from Plasmodium falciparum (PfDHFRs) based on preferential binding to the enzyme immobilized on a Sepharose column has been described. PfDHFRs with a cysteine residue at the C-terminal have been prepared in order to immobilize to a thiopropyl-Sepharose gel via S-S linkage. The amount of immobilized DHFRs was estimated to be 4-5 mg/g of dried gel, and the activities of bound DHFRs were comparable to that of free enzymes. The prepared immobilized enzyme has been used for the selection of tight-binding inhibitors from combinatorial libraries, based on the affinities of each ligand with the enzyme. Free ligands were then identified and analyzed quantitatively by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and the components with high binding affinity of the library could thus be realized. Results could be confirmed by quantitative analysis of the bound ligands released from the enzyme by guanidine hydrochloride treatment.

The scope of the reaction of ortho esters with secondary amines has been explored.With p-toluenesulfonic acid as catalyst, N-alkylanilines and orthoformates gave high yields of N-alkylformanilides and N,N-dialkylanilines in contrast to previous work with other acid catalysts where ortho amides were produced in low yield.Aliphatic cyclic amines (e.g., morpholine, piperidine) and orthoformates gave the corresponding ortho amides.This constitutes a new convenient synthesis of these useful reagents.