20007-72-1Relevant articles and documents
Identification of Inhibitors of Cholesterol Transport Proteins Through the Synthesis of a Diverse, Sterol-Inspired Compound Collection
Laraia, Luca,Olsen, Asger Hegelund,Whitmarsh-Everiss, Thomas
supporting information, p. 26755 - 26761 (2021/11/17)
Cholesterol transport proteins regulate a vast array of cellular processes including lipid metabolism, vesicular and non-vesicular trafficking, organelle contact sites, and autophagy. Despite their undoubted importance, the identification of selective modulators of this class of proteins has been challenging due to the structural similarities in the cholesterol-binding site. Herein we report a general strategy for the identification of selective inhibitors of cholesterol transport proteins via the synthesis of a diverse sterol-inspired compound collection. Fusion of a primary sterol fragment to an array of secondary privileged scaffolds led to the identification of potent and selective inhibitors of the cholesterol transport protein Aster-C, which displayed a surprising preference for the unnatural-sterol AB-ring stereochemistry and new inhibitors of Aster-A. We propose that this strategy can and should be applied to any therapeutically relevant sterol-binding protein.
One-pot synthesis of Wieland-Miescher ketone by enzymes
Lai, Yi-Feng,Zhang, Peng-Fei
, p. 4077 - 4082 (2015/06/30)
We first report that lipase from porcine pancreas catalyzed Robinson annulation in the organic media to synthesize the Wieland-Miescher ketone. The promiscuous catalytic activity of lipase in the Robinson reaction is due to an important role played by lipase activity in both the Michael addition and Aldol reaction.
Evaluating β-amino acids as enantioselective organocatalysts of the Hajos-Parrish-Eder-Sauer-Wiechert reaction
Davies, Stephen G.,Russell, Angela J.,Sheppard, Ruth L.,Smith, Andrew D.,Thomson, James E.
, p. 3190 - 3200 (2008/03/14)
A systematic study of the effect of substitution within the β-amino acid framework indicates that both β2- and β3- amino acids catalyse the Hajos-Parrish-Eder-Sauer-Wiechert reaction with poor to reasonable levels of enantioselectivity. These results led to the evaluation of the conformationally constrained β-amino acid (1R,2S)-cispentacin, which catalyses the Hajos-Parrish-Eder-Sauer-Wiechert reaction with comparable or higher levels of enantioselectivity to l-proline. The Royal Society of Chemistry.
