31010-60-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Exploring the scope of DBU-promoted amidations of 7-methoxycarbonylpterin
Bockman, Anna R.,Pruet, Jeffrey M.
, p. 509 - 514 (2020)
The synthetic utility of pterins is often hampered by the notorious insolubility of this heterocycle, slowing the development of medicinally relevant pteridine derivatives. Reactions which expedite the development of new pterins are thus of great importance. Through a dual role of diazabicycloundecene (DBU), 7-carboxymethylpterin is converted to the soluble DBU salt, with additional DBU promoting an ester-to-amide transformation. We have explored this reaction to assess its scope and identify structural features in the amines which significantly affect success, monitored the reaction kinetics using a pseudo-first order kinetics model, and further adapted the reaction conditions to allow for product formation in as little as 5 min, with yields often >80%.
Sulfur incorporation generally improves Ricin inhibition in pterin-appended glycine-phenylalanine dipeptide mimics
Wiget, Paul A.,Manzano, Lawrence A.,Pruet, Jeff M.,Gao, Grace,Saito, Ryota,Monzingo, Arthur F.,Jasheway, Karl R.,Robertus, Jon D.,Anslyn, Eric V.
supporting information, p. 6799 - 6804 (2014/01/06)
Several 7-aminoamido-pterins were synthesized to evaluate the electronic and biochemical subtleties observed in the 'linker space' when N-{N-(pterin-7-yl)carbonylglycyl}-l-phenylalanine 1 was bound to the active site of RTA. The gylcine-phenylalanine dipeptide analogs included both amides and thioamides. Decarboxy gly-phe analog 2 showed a 6.4-fold decrease in potency (IC50 = 128 μM), yet the analogous thioamide 7 recovered the lost activity and performed similarly to the parent inhibitor (IC50 = 29 μM). Thiourea 12 exhibited an IC50 nearly six times lower than the oxo analog 13. All inhibitors showed the pterin head-group firmly bound in their X-ray structures yet the pendants were not fully resolved suggesting that all pendants are not firmly bound in the RTA linker space. Calculated log P values do not correlate to the increase in bioactivity suggesting other factors dominate.
7-Substituted pterins provide a new direction for ricin A chain inhibitors
Pruet, Jeff M.,Jasheway, Karl R.,Manzano, Lawrence A.,Bai, Yan,Anslyn, Eric V.,Robertus, Jon D.
, p. 3608 - 3615 (2011/11/01)
Ricin is a potent toxin found in castor seeds. The A chain, RTA, enzymaticlly depurinates a specific adenosine in ribosomal RNA, inhibiting protein synthesis. Ricin is a known chemical weapons threat having no effective antidote. This makes the discovery of new inhibitors of great importance. We have previously used 6-substituted pterins, such as pteroic acid, as an inhibitor platform with moderate success. We now report the success of 7-carboxy pterin (7CP) as an RTA inhibitor; its binding has been monitored using both kinetic and temperature shift assays and by X-ray crystallography. We also discuss the synthesis of various derivatives of 7CP, and their binding affinity and inhibitory effects, as part of a program to make effective RTA inhibitors.
