10.1007/BF00772217
The study focuses on the synthesis and properties of a new NAD analog, aminoethylnicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (AE-NAD). The researchers synthesized AE-NAD through an exchange reaction of transglycosylation from NAD and N'-aminoethylnicotinamide in the presence of pig spleen β-NAD-transglycohydrolase. The study aims to examine the properties of AE-NAD and its ability to interact with yeast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPD), yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), and pig muscle M4 lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isoenzyme. The results show that AE-NAD has an electrophilicity of the pyridine ring similar to NAD and favors an unfolded conformation in solution, which should facilitate its interaction with dehydrogenase active centers. However, AE-NAD does not form the reduced form in the presence of GAPD, ADH, or LDH, and it has a weak inhibitory effect on LDH-catalyzed reactions, possibly due to the disruption of dinucleotide binding at the active center of the enzyme.