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Structural and functional characterization of plant aminoaldehyde dehydrogenase from pisum sativum with a broad specificity for natural and synthetic aminoaldehydes
Tylichova, Martina,Kopecny, David,Morera, Solange,Briozzo, Pierre,Lenobel, Rene,Snegaroff, Jacques,Sebela, Marek
experimental part, p. 870 - 882 (2011/04/24)
Aminoaldehyde dehydrogenases (AMADHs, EC 1.2.1.19) belong to the large aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) superfamily, namely, the ALDH9 family. They oxidize polyamine-derived ω-aminoaldehydes to the corresponding ω-amino acids. Here, we report the first X-ray structures of plant AMADHs: two isoenzymes, PsAMADH1 and PsAMADH2, from Pisum sativum in complex with β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) at 2.4 and 2.15 A resolution, respectively. Both recombinant proteins are dimeric and, similarly to other ALDHs, each monomer is composed of an oligomerization domain, a coenzyme binding domain and a catalytic domain. Each subunit binds NAD+ as a coenzyme, contains a solvent-accessible C-terminal peroxisomal targeting signal (type 1) and a cation bound in the cavity close to the NAD+ binding site. While the NAD+ binding mode is classical for PsAMADH2, that for PsAMADH1 is unusual among ALDHs. A glycerol molecule occupies the substrate binding site and mimics a bound substrate. Structural analysis and substrate specificity study of both isoenzymes in combination with data published previously on other ALDH9 family members show that the established categorization of such enzymes into distinct groups based on substrate specificity is no more appropriate, because many of them seem capable of oxidizing a large spectrum of aminoaldehyde substrates. PsAMADH1 and PsAMADH2 can oxidize N,N,N-trimethyl-4-aminobutyraldehyde into γ-butyrobetaine, which is the carnitine precursor in animal cells. This activity highly suggests that in addition to their contribution to the formation of compatible osmolytes such as glycine betaine, β-alanine betaine and γ-aminobutyric acid, AMADHs might participate in carnitine biosynthesis in plants.
Amidination of amines under microwave conditions using recyclable polymer-bound 1H-pyrazole-1-carboxamidine
Solodenko, Wladimir,Broeker, Patrick,Messinger, Josef,Schoen, Uwe,Kirschning, Andreas
, p. 461 - 466 (2007/10/03)
A convenient one-step transformation of primary and secondary amines into the corresponding unprotected guanidines using 4-benzyl-3,5-dimethyl-1H- pyrazole-1-carboxamidine and its polymer-bound variant is described. The scopes and limitations of the method, the microwave-assistance of amidination as well as a recycling protocol are examined. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
Preparation of N-formamidinylamino acids from amino and formamidinesulfinic acids
Jursic,Neumann,McPherson
, p. 1656 - 1658 (2007/10/03)
A practical synthetic procedure for the conversion of amino acids into N-formamidinylamino acids using formamidinesulfinic acid in basic water solution is presented.