130622-08-1Relevant articles and documents
A concise synthesis of (S)-(-)-3-(2-carboxy-4-pyrrolyl)-alanine
Adamczyk, Maciej,Johnson, Donald D.,Reddy, Rajarathnam E.
, p. 3063 - 3068 (2000)
A convergent synthesis of (S)-(-)-3-(2-carboxy-4-pyrrolyl)-alanine (CPA) 1, a non-proteinogenic amino acid is described starting from a commercially available dimethyl L-aspartate 2 in good overall yield. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
A facile synthesis of (S)-gizzerosine, a potent agonist of the histamine H2-receptor
Fanning, Kate N.,Sutherland, Andrew
, p. 8479 - 8481 (2007)
A simple and direct approach for the synthesis of (S)-gizzerosine, an amino acid responsible for the disease, black vomit, and a potent histamine H2-receptor, has been developed in 10 steps and in 31% overall yield from l-aspartic acid. The key steps involved a two-carbon homologation of an l-aspartic acid semi-aldehyde and direct alkylation of unprotected histamine with a 6-hydroxynorleucine derivative.
A short and efficient synthesis of (S)-(+)-2-(Hydroxymethyl)-6-piperidin-2- one
Upadhyay, Puspesh K.,Kumar, Pradeep
, p. 2512 - 2514 (2010)
A concise synthesis of (S)-(+)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-piperidin-2-one is described that employs l-aspartic acid as chiral pool starting material and Wittig reaction as the key step. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart - New York.
Substrate Engineering in Lipase-Catalyzed Selective Polymerization of d -/ l -Aspartates and Diols to Prepare Helical Chiral Polyester
Zhang, Yu,Xia, Bo,Li, Yanyan,Lin, Xianfu,Wu, Qi
, p. 918 - 926 (2021)
The synthesis of optically pure polymers is one of the most challenging tasks in polymer chemistry. Herein, Novozym 435 (Lipase B from Candida antarctica, immobilized on Lewatit VP OC 1600)-catalyzed polycondensation between d-/l-aspartic acid (Asp) diester and diols for the preparation of helical chiral polyesters was reported. Compared with d-Asp diesters, the fast-reacting l-Asp diesters easily reacted with diols to provide a series of chiral polyesters containing N-substitutional l-Asp repeating units. Besides amino acid configuration, N-substituent side chains and the chain length of diols were also investigated and optimized. It was found that bulky acyl N-substitutional groups like N-Boc and N-Cbz were more favorable for this polymerization than small ones probably due to competitively binding of these small acyl groups into the active site of Novozym 435. The highest molecular weight can reach up to 39.5 × 103 g/mol (Mw, D = 1.64). Moreover, the slow-reacting d-Asp diesters were also successfully polymerized by modifying the substrate structure to create a "nonchiral"condensation environment artificially. These enantiocomplementary chiral polyesters are thermally stable and have specific helical structures, which was confirmed by circular dichroism (CD) spectra, scanning electron microscope (SEM), and molecular calculation.
Selective, Modular Probes for Thioredoxins Enabled by Rational Tuning of a Unique Disulfide Structure Motif
Becker, Katja,Busker, Sander,Felber, Jan G.,Maier, Martin S.,Poczka, Lena,Scholzen, Karoline,Theisen, Ulrike,Thorn-Seshold, Julia,Thorn-Seshold, Oliver,Zeisel, Lukas,Arnér, Elias S. J.,Brandst?dter, Christina
supporting information, p. 8791 - 8803 (2021/06/27)
Specialized cellular networks of oxidoreductases coordinate the dithiol/disulfide-exchange reactions that control metabolism, protein regulation, and redox homeostasis. For probes to be selective for redox enzymes and effector proteins (nM to μM concentrations), they must also be able to resist non-specific triggering by the ca. 50 mM background of non-catalytic cellular monothiols. However, no such selective reduction-sensing systems have yet been established. Here, we used rational structural design to independently vary thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of disulfide stability, creating a series of unusual disulfide reduction trigger units designed for stability to monothiols. We integrated the motifs into modular series of fluorogenic probes that release and activate an arbitrary chemical cargo upon reduction, and compared their performance to that of the literature-known disulfides. The probes were comprehensively screened for biological stability and selectivity against a range of redox effector proteins and enzymes. This design process delivered the first disulfide probes with excellent stability to monothiols yet high selectivity for the key redox-Active protein effector, thioredoxin. We anticipate that further applications of these novel disulfide triggers will deliver unique probes targeting cellular thioredoxins. We also anticipate that further tuning following this design paradigm will enable redox probes for other important dithiol-manifold redox proteins, that will be useful in revealing the hitherto hidden dynamics of endogenous cellular redox systems.
Selenolysine: A New Tool for Traceless Isopeptide Bond Formation
Dardashti, Rebecca Notis,Kumar, Shailesh,Sternisha, Shawn M.,Reddy, Post Sai,Miller, Brian G.,Metanis, Norman
supporting information, p. 4952 - 4957 (2020/04/07)
Despite their biological importance, post-translationally modified proteins are notoriously difficult to produce in a homogeneous fashion by using conventional expression systems. Chemical protein synthesis or semisynthesis offers a solution to this problem; however, traditional strategies often rely on sulfur-based chemistry that is incompatible with the presence of any cysteine residues in the target protein. To overcome these limitations, we present the design and synthesis of γ-selenolysine, a selenol-containing form of the commonly modified proteinogenic amino acid, lysine. The utility of γ-selenolysine is demonstrated with the traceless ligation of the small ubiquitin-like modifier protein, SUMO-1, to a peptide segment of human glucokinase. The resulting polypeptide is poised for native chemical ligation and chemoselective deselenization in the presence of unprotected cysteine residues. Selenolysine's straightforward synthesis and incorporation into synthetic peptides marks it as a universal handle for conjugating any ubiquitin-like modifying protein to its target.
