85550-10-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Versatile and stereoselective syntheses of orthogonally protected β-methylcysteine and β-methyllanthionine
Narayan, Radha S.,VanNieuwenhze, Michael S.
, p. 2655 - 2658 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Lantibiotics are a class of lanthionine (and/or β-methyllanthionine)-containing peptides with antibioitic activity against Gram-positive bacteria. As part of our research effort directed toward the synthesis and mechanistic s
Biomimetic stereoselective formation of methyllanthionine.
Zhou, Hao,van der Donk, Wilfred A
, p. 1335 - 1338 (2007/10/03)
Fmoc-(2R,3S)-3-methyl-Se-phenylselenocysteine was used for the synthesis of dehydrobutyrine (Dhb)-containing peptides. Biomimetic cyclization via Michael addition of Cys to a Dhb yielded the B-ring of the lantibiotic subtilin as a single diastereomer. The methyllanthionine product was shown to have the natural configuration by preparation of the authentic stereoisomer. The formation of a single isomer suggests that the prepeptide has a strong intrinsic preference for the stereochemistry observed in lantibiotics. [reaction: see text]
Synthesis of threo-3-Methylcysteine from Threonine
Wakamiya, Tateaki,Shimbo, Kuniaki,Shiba, Tetsuo,Nakajima, Kiichiro,Neya, Masahiro,Okawa, Kenji
, p. 3878 - 3881 (2007/10/02)
threo-3-Methyl-D-cysteine as a moiety of β-methyllanthionine in the peptide antibiotic nisin was synthesized stereospecifically.The reaction of (2R,3R)-3-methyl-2-aziridinecarboxylic acid derivative prepared from D-threonine with thiobenzoic acid gave the
