53766-80-6Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Molybdopterin biosynthesis: Trapping an unusual purine ribose adduct in the MoaA-catalyzed reaction
Mehta, Angad P.,Abdelwahed, Sameh H.,Begley, Tadhg P.
, p. 10883 - 10885 (2013)
MoaA/MoaC catalyze a remarkable rearrangement reaction in which guanosine-5′-triphosphate (GTP) is converted to cyclic pyranopterin monophosphate (cPMP). In this reaction, the C8 of GTP is inserted between the C2′ and the C3′ carbons of the GTP ribose. Previous experiments with GTP isotopomers demonstrated that the ribose C3′ hydrogen atom is abstracted by the adenosyl radical. This led to a novel mechanistic proposal involving an intermediate with a bond between the C8 of guanine and C3′ of the ribose. This paper describes the use of 2′,3′-dideoxyGTP to trap this intermediate.
Synthesis and anti-HIV activity of different sugar-modified pyrimidine and purine nucleosides
Herdewijn,Balzarini,Baba,Pauwels,Van Aerschot,Janssen,De Clerq
, p. 2040 - 2048 (2007/10/02)
A series of base-modified pyrimidine 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxynucleosides and 3'-substituted purine and pyrimidine 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides have been synthesized and evaluated for their inhibitory activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication in MT-4 cells. The following pyrimidine derivatives emerged as the most potent and/or selective inhibitors of HIV-induced cytopathogenicity (in order of decreasing selectivity: 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT), 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxyuridine (AzddUrd), 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxy-5-methylcytidine (AzddMeCyd), 3'-fluoro-ddUrd (FddUrd), 3'-fluoro-ddThd (FddThd), the N4-hydroxylated derivative of AzddMeCyd and the N4-methylated derivative of AzddMeCyd. Among the purine 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides, 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxyguanosine (AzddGuo), 3'-fluoro-ddGuo (FddGuo), and 3'-fluoro-2,6-diaminopurine 2',3'-dideoxynucleoside (FddDAPR) were the most selective inhibitors of HIV replication.
