102185-34-2Relevant articles and documents
Binding and Action of Amino Acid Analogs of Chloramphenicol upon the Bacterial Ribosome
Tereshchenkov, Andrey G.,Dobosz-Bartoszek, Malgorzata,Osterman, Ilya A.,Marks, James,Sergeeva, Vasilina A.,Kasatsky, Pavel,Komarova, Ekaterina S.,Stavrianidi, Andrey N.,Rodin, Igor A.,Konevega, Andrey L.,Sergiev, Petr V.,Sumbatyan, Natalia V.,Mankin, Alexander S.,Bogdanov, Alexey A.,Polikanov, Yury S.
, p. 842 - 852 (2018/02/26)
Antibiotic chloramphenicol (CHL) binds with a moderate affinity at the peptidyl transferase center of the bacterial ribosome and inhibits peptide bond formation. As an approach for modifying and potentially improving properties of this inhibitor, we explored ribosome binding and inhibitory activity of a number of amino acid analogs of CHL. The L-histidyl analog binds to the ribosome with the affinity exceeding that of CHL by 10 fold. Several of the newly synthesized analogs were able to inhibit protein synthesis and exhibited the mode of action that was distinct from the action of CHL. However, the inhibitory properties of the semi-synthetic CHL analogs did not correlate with their affinity and in general, the amino acid analogs of CHL were less active inhibitors of translation in comparison with the original antibiotic. The X-ray crystal structures of the Thermus thermophilus 70S ribosome in complex with three semi-synthetic analogs showed that CHL derivatives bind at the peptidyl transferase center, where the aminoacyl moiety of the tested compounds established idiosyncratic interactions with rRNA. Although still fairly inefficient inhibitors of translation, the synthesized compounds represent promising chemical scaffolds that target the peptidyl transferase center of the ribosome and potentially are suitable for further exploration.
Catalytic anions embedded into avidin: Importance of their chirality and the chiral environment on the stereocontrol of the aldol reaction
Gauchot, Vincent,Schmitzer, Andreea R.
, p. 2694 - 2701 (2014/04/17)
Several catalytic anions bearing a pseudo-dipeptide scaffold, in combination with a biotinylated imidazolium cation, were prepared. The assembly of these salts with avidin resulted in the formation of stable biohybrid catalysts, active in ionic liquid/aqueous media for the aldol reaction. By using natural and non-natural amino alcohols as "side chains" for the proline derivative anion, we studied the cooperativity between the anion and its position in avidin. Taking advantage of the large freedom of movement of the anion inside avidin, we also investigated the substrate scope of this type of biohybrid catalyst.
