1463-10-1Relevant articles and documents
High-yielding cascade enzymatic synthesis of 5-methyluridine using a novel combination of nucleoside phosphorylases
Visser, Daniel F.,Rashamuse, Konanani J.,Hennessy, Fritha,Gordon, Gregory E.R.,Van Zyl, Petrus J.,Mathiba, Kgama,Bode, Moira L.,Brady, Dean
, p. 245 - 253 (2010)
A novel combination of Bacillus halodurans purine nucleoside phosphorylase (BhPNP1) and Escherichia coli uridine phosphorylase (EcUP) has been applied to a dual-enzyme, sequential, biocatalytic one-pot synthesis of 5-methyluridine from guanosine and thymine. A 5-methyluridine yield of >79% on guanosine was achieved in a reaction slurry at a 53 mM (1.5% w/w) guanosine concentration. 5-Methyluridine is an intermediate in synthetic routes to thymidine and the antiretroviral drugs zidovudine and stavudine.
Identification of Flavin Mononucleotide as a Cell-Active Artificial N6-Methyladenosine RNA Demethylase
Xie, Li-Jun,Yang, Xiao-Ti,Wang, Rui-Li,Cheng, Hou-Ping,Li, Zhi-Yan,Liu, Li,Mao, Lanqun,Wang, Ming,Cheng, Liang
, p. 5028 - 5032 (2019)
N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) represents a common and highly dynamic modification in eukaryotic RNA that affects various cellular pathways. Natural dioxygenases such as FTO and ALKBH5 are enzymes that demethylate m6A residues in mRNA. Herein, the first identification of a small-molecule modulator that functions as an artificial m6A demethylase is reported. Flavin mononucleotide (FMN), the metabolite produced by riboflavin kinase, mediates substantial photochemical demethylation of m6A residues of RNA in live cells. This study provides a new perspective to the understanding of demethylation of m6A residues in mRNA and sheds light on the development of powerful small molecules as RNA demethylases and new probes for use in RNA biology.
General Principles for Yield Optimization of Nucleoside Phosphorylase-Catalyzed Transglycosylations
Kaspar, Felix,Giessmann, Robert T.,Hellendahl, Katja F.,Neubauer, Peter,Wagner, Anke,Gimpel, Matthias
, p. 1428 - 1432 (2020)
The biocatalytic synthesis of natural and modified nucleosides with nucleoside phosphorylases offers the protecting-group-free direct glycosylation of free nucleobases in transglycosylation reactions. This contribution presents guiding principles for nucleoside phosphorylase-mediated transglycosylations alongside mathematical tools for straightforward yield optimization. We illustrate how product yields in these reactions can easily be estimated and optimized using the equilibrium constants of phosphorolysis of the nucleosides involved. Furthermore, the varying negative effects of phosphate on transglycosylation yields are demonstrated theoretically and experimentally with several examples. Practical considerations for these reactions from a synthetic perspective are presented, as well as freely available tools that serve to facilitate a reliable choice of reaction conditions to achieve maximum product yields in nucleoside transglycosylation reactions.
Two-step efficient synthesis of 5-methyluridine via two thermostable nucleoside phosphorylase from Aeropyrum pernix
Zhu, Shaozhou,Ren, Lu,Wang, Jianjun,Zheng, Guojun,Tang, Pingwah
, p. 2102 - 2104 (2012)
5-Methyluridine has been synthesized in high yield using guanosine and thymine as starting materials in the presence of highly thermostable recombinant purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) and uridine phosphorylase (UP) obtained from hyperthermophilic aerobic crenarchaeon Aeropyrum pernix. Key reaction parameters such as pH, temperature, concentration of buffer and substrates were investigated. At the optimal conditions, 5-methyluridine was achieved in yield 85% with a guanosine conversion of 96% in 10 ml scale. The process can be performed at high temperature, which will highly increase the solubility of substrates, therefore, this process is suitable for the industry application.
17O NMR of Nucleosides. 3 - Chemical Shifts of Substituted Uridines and Ribothymidines
Schwartz, Herbert M.,MacCoss, Malcolm,Danyluk, Steven S.
, p. 885 - 894 (1985)
Uridine and ribothymidine derivatives, bearing different substituents at C-5 and enriched (Ca 50percent) with 17O in the O-4 and O-2 carbonyls, have been studied via 17O NMR in both acetonitrile and aqueous solvents.The solvent shift differences between acetonitrile and water at O-4 (30-42 ppm) and O-2 (13-16 ppm) vary significantly from each other, but the chemical shift changes induced by changing the substituent at C-5 correlated well only with the O-4 shifts and the electron-withdrawing ability of the substituent.Examination of the 17O shifts of model compounds reconfirms the predominance of keto tautomers for both carbonyls.The significance of the solvent shifts and substituent shifts are discussed with respect to the electronic structure of the nucleoside base rings, and with respect to the hydrogen-bonding abilities of the carbonyl groups.Other nucleoside derivatives studied include those in which the 17O enrichment is in the ring linking the base to the sugar moiety in a pyrimidine cyclonucleoside, in the sugar hydroxy groups and in the phosphodiester linkage of a highly strained ring system in a nucleoside cyclic monophosphate.
Synthesis of 5-Methyluridine and Its 5'-Mercapto-, 2-Amino-, and 4',5'-Unsatured Analogues
kari, Vinko,Matuli-Adami, Jasenka
, p. 2179 - 2186 (1980)
The stereospecific cis-hydroxylation of 1-(2,3-dideoxy-β-D-glyceropent-2-enofuranosyl)thymine (1) into 1-β-D-ribofuranosylthymine (2) by osmium tetroxyde is described.Treatment of 2',3'-O,O-isopropylidene-5-methyl-2,5'-anhydrouridine (8) with hydrogen sulfide or methanolic ammonia afforded 5'-deoxy-2',3'-O,O-isopropylidene-5'-mercapto-5-methyluridine (9) and 2',3'-O,O-isopropylidene-5-methyl-isocytidine (10), respectively.The action of ethanolic potassium hydroxide on 5'-deoxy-5'-iodo-2',3'-O,O-isopropylidene-5-methyluridine (7) gave rise to the corresponding 1-(5-deoxy-β-D-erythropent-4-enofuranosyl)5-methyluracil (13) and 2-O-ethyl-5-methyluridine (14).The hydrogenation of 2 and its 2',3'-O,O-isopropylidene derivative 4 over 5percent Rh/AL2O3 as catalyst generated diastereoisomers of corresponding 5-methyl-5,6-dihydrouridine (17 and 18).
A catalytic method for chemoselective detritylation of 5′-tritylated nucleosides under mild and heterogeneous conditions using silica sulfuric acid as a recyclable catalyst
Khalafi-Nezhad, Ali,Parhami, Abolfath,Soltani Rad, Mohammad Navid,Zolfigol, Mohammad Ali,Zare, Abdolkarim
, p. 5219 - 5222 (2007)
A rapid, mild and highly efficient procedure for the chemoselective deprotection of triphenylmethyl (trityl, Tr), p-anisyldiphenylmethyl (monomethoxytrityl, MMT) and di-(p-anisyl)phenylmethyl (dimethoxytrityl, DMT) groups from nucleoside trityl ethers has been established. The deprotection was achieved at room temperature, using a catalytic amount of silica sulfuric acid (SSA) in acetonitrile. The trityl nucleosides were deprotected in 2-17 min without any depurination. These conditions are compatible with other acid sensitive hydroxyl protecting groups such as p-methoxybenzyl (PMB), isopropylidene, cyclohexylidene, di-(p-anisyl)methylidene, triisopropylsilyl (TIPS) and t-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS).
A short de novo synthesis of nucleoside analogs
Adluri, Bharanishashank,Britton, Robert,Campeau, Louis-Charles,Cohen, Ryan,Lehmann, Johannes,Meanwell, Michael,Silverman, Steven M.,Wang, Yang
, p. 725 - 730 (2020)
Nucleoside analogs are commonly used in the treatment of cancer and viral infections. Their syntheses benefit from decades of research but are often protracted, unamenable to diversification, and reliant on a limited pool of chiral carbohydrate starting materials. We present a process for rapidly constructing nucleoside analogs from simple achiral materials. Using only proline catalysis, heteroaryl-substituted acetaldehydes are fluorinated and then directly engaged in enantioselective aldol reactions in a one-pot reaction. A subsequent intramolecular fluoride displacement reaction provides a functionalized nucleoside analog. The versatility of this process is highlighted in multigram syntheses of D- or L-nucleoside analogs, locked nucleic acids, iminonucleosides, and C2′- and C4′-modified nucleoside analogs. This de novo synthesis creates opportunities for the preparation of diversity libraries and will support efforts in both drug discovery and development.
Stabilization of Escherichia coli uridine phosphorylase by evolution and immobilization
Visser, Daniel F.,Hennessy, Fritha,Rashamuse, Justice,Pletschke, Brett,Brady, Dean
, p. 279 - 285 (2011)
Mutation and immobilization techniques were applied to uridine phosphorylase (UP) from Escherichia coli in order to enhance its thermal stability and hence productivity in a biocatalytic reaction. UP was evolved by iterative saturation mutagenesis. Compared to the wild type enzyme, which had a temperature optimum of 40 °C and a half-life of 9.89 h at 60 °C, the selected mutant had a temperature optimum of 60 °C and a half-life of 17.3 h at 60 °C. Self-immobilization of the native UP as a Spherezyme showed a 3.3 fold increase in thermostability while immobilized mutant enzyme showed a 4.4 fold increase in thermostability when compared to native UP. Combining UP with the purine nucleoside phosphorylase from Bacillus halodurans allows for synthesis of 5-methyluridine (a pharmaceutical intermediate) from guanosine and thymine in a one-pot transglycosylation reaction. Replacing the wild type UP with the mutant allowed for an increase in reaction temperature to 65 °C and increased the reaction productivity from 10 to 31 g l-1 h -1.
Thermodynamic Reaction Control of Nucleoside Phosphorolysis
Kaspar, Felix,Giessmann, Robert T.,Neubauer, Peter,Wagner, Anke,Gimpel, Matthias
, p. 867 - 876 (2020/01/24)
Nucleoside analogs represent a class of important drugs for cancer and antiviral treatments. Nucleoside phosphorylases (NPases) catalyze the phosphorolysis of nucleosides and are widely employed for the synthesis of pentose-1-phosphates and nucleoside analogs, which are difficult to access via conventional synthetic methods. However, for the vast majority of nucleosides, it has been observed that either no or incomplete conversion of the starting materials is achieved in NPase-catalyzed reactions. For some substrates, it has been shown that these reactions are reversible equilibrium reactions that adhere to the law of mass action. In this contribution, we broadly demonstrate that nucleoside phosphorolysis is a thermodynamically controlled endothermic reaction that proceeds to a reaction equilibrium dictated by the substrate-specific equilibrium constant of phosphorolysis, irrespective of the type or amount of NPase used, as shown by several examples. Furthermore, we explored the temperature-dependency of nucleoside phosphorolysis equilibrium states and provide the apparent transformed reaction enthalpy and apparent transformed reaction entropy for 24 nucleosides, confirming that these conversions are thermodynamically controlled endothermic reactions. This data allows calculation of the Gibbs free energy and, consequently, the equilibrium constant of phosphorolysis at any given reaction temperature. Overall, our investigations revealed that pyrimidine nucleosides are generally more susceptible to phosphorolysis than purine nucleosides. The data disclosed in this work allow the accurate prediction of phosphorolysis or transglycosylation yields for a range of pyrimidine and purine nucleosides and thus serve to empower further research in the field of nucleoside biocatalysis. (Figure presented.).
