D W Aksnes, C Athanassopoulos, V Magafa, A Aaberg, G W Francis, D Papaioannou
{"title":"Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and analogues incorporating D-histidine and 4-hydroxy-L-proline.","authors":"D W Aksnes, C Athanassopoulos, V Magafa, A Aaberg, G W Francis, D Papaioannou","doi":"10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0411","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>NMR studies have been used to examine conformational effects in thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), the epimer incorporating D-His, and their analogues where trans- and cis-4-hydroxy-L-proline replace L-proline (Pro). In all six compounds the observed overall conformation of the major conformer around the Pro-His amide bond, and the observed increase of the cis/trans ratio between the conformers when L-His is replaced by D-His, can be accommodated by assuming that a ten-membered ring is formed by hydrogen bonding between the N-H of the Pro carboxamide function and the N pi-atom of the His imidazole nucleus.</p>","PeriodicalId":76966,"journal":{"name":"Acta chemica Scandinavica (Copenhagen, Denmark : 1989)","volume":"50 5","pages":"411-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19612379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nickel-catalyzed oxidations: from hydrocarbons to DNA.","authors":"C J Burrows, J G Muller, G T Poulter, S E Rokita","doi":"10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0337","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nickel(II) complexes of tetradentate ligands such as cyclam and salen are catalysts for olefin epoxidation using PhIO and NaOCl, respectively. In order to understand the lack of enantioselectivity observed with chiral cyclam and salen complexes, studies of DNA and RNA oxidation were carried out in which evidence for diffusible oxidants might be found. A variety of square-planar, tetradentate nickel(II) complexes were observed to mediate guanine-specific modification in the presence of KHSO5 or magnesium monoperphthalate. In particular, the cationic complex, [(2,12-dimethyl-3,7,11,17-tetraazabicyclo [11.3.1]heptadeca-1(17),2,11,13,15-pentaenato)nickel]2+, [NiCR]2+, has been studied as a probe of nucleic acid folding. The extent of guanine reaction depends upon the exposure of N7, a good transition metal binding site, thus implicating nickel-guanine binding during DNA oxidation. If this is the case, related systems should be able to confer enantioselectivity during the use of chiral nickel complexes and achiral substrates for oxidation. Mechanistic studies, including radical quenching and DNA enantioselectivity, are described and their mechanistic implications discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":76966,"journal":{"name":"Acta chemica Scandinavica (Copenhagen, Denmark : 1989)","volume":"50 4","pages":"337-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19616982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antibody catalysis of pericyclic reactions.","authors":"H D Ulrich, E M Driggers, P G Schultz","doi":"10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0328","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In an effort to increase our insight into the catalysis of pericyclic reactions we have initiated a detailed study of an antibody that catalyzes an oxy-Cope rearrangement. We have determined the stereochemistry of the antibody-catalyzed reaction, and experiments are in progress to determine the conformation of the substrate bound in the antibody combining site. The genes encoding the variable regions of this antibody have been cloned and sequenced, and we have made use of a bacterial expression system to produce this antibody as a Fab fragment in recombinant form, making it amenable to genetic manipulations such as site-directed mutagenesis. The recombinant Fab fragment has been crystallized in the presence of its transition state analog, and we are now in the process of determining its active site structure.</p>","PeriodicalId":76966,"journal":{"name":"Acta chemica Scandinavica (Copenhagen, Denmark : 1989)","volume":"50 4","pages":"328-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19617058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antibody catalysis via strategic use of haptenic charge.","authors":"K Kikuchi, D Hilvert","doi":"10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0333","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>General acid-base catalysis contributes substantially to the efficacy of many enzymes. Similar effects can be exploited in antibody catalysis by taking advantage of charge complementarity between immunoglobulin and hapten (the template used to induce the antibody) to elicit functional groups in the combining site. This strategy has proved useful in the catalysis of a diverse set of chemical transformations, including elimination reactions. Provided that hapten design is optimized and the immune response is screened extensively, the efficiency of the resulting antibody catalysts can rival that of analogous natural enzymes.</p>","PeriodicalId":76966,"journal":{"name":"Acta chemica Scandinavica (Copenhagen, Denmark : 1989)","volume":"50 4","pages":"333-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19617059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemoenzymatic synthesis: application to the study of carbohydrate recognition.","authors":"C H Wong","doi":"10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0211","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reported here are useful strategies recently developed for the large-scale synthesis of complex and polyfunctional molecules using native or engineered enzymes as catalysts. Several important issues in the field regarding the problems of substrate specificity, product inhibition, reaction reversibility, enzyme stability and catalytic efficiency are addressed in the representative synthesis of carbohydrates and carbohydrate mimetics designed for use to study carbohydrate-mediated cell adhesion.</p>","PeriodicalId":76966,"journal":{"name":"Acta chemica Scandinavica (Copenhagen, Denmark : 1989)","volume":"50 3","pages":"211-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19867362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stereochemical aspects of fatty acid oxidation: hydroperoxide isomerases.","authors":"M Hamberg","doi":"10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lipoxygenases catalyze dioxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids to produce fatty-acid hydroperoxides. The reaction involves initial stereospecific abstraction of a hydrogen atom from a bis-allylic methylene group followed by antarafacial attack by dioxygen at one of the terminal carbon atoms of the pentadienyl radical. 8(R)-Dioxygenase, recently discovered in the fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis, catalyzes formation of 8-hydroperoxy derivatives of linoleic and oleic acids by abstracting one hydrogen from C-8 and inserting dioxygen at the same carbon atom. Isotope-labeling studies show that the configuration at C-8 is inverted during this process. The fungus Saprolegnia parasitica, a fish parasite, contains an omega 6-lipoxygenase and an epoxy alcohol synthase. The latter enzyme catalyzes isomerization of fatty acid hydroperoxides into alpha,beta- and gamma,delta-epoxy alcohols. Experiments with 18O-labelled hydroperoxides demonstrate that the hydroperoxide --> epoxy alcohol conversion consists of intramolecular transfer of the terminal hydroperoxide oxygen to either of the two conjugated double bonds. The reactions proceed with retention of geometrical configuration, i.e. epoxidation of the alpha,beta (E) and gamma,delta (Z) double bonds of the parent fatty acid hydroperoxide gives rise to trans and cis epoxides, respectively. G. graminis, as well as the marine red alga Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis, contain vicinal diol synthases that catalyze isomerization of fatty-acid hydroperoxides into vicinal dihydroxy fatty acids. Studies using 18O-labelled hydroperoxides show that the hydroperoxide --> diol conversions occur by intramolecular transfer of the terminal hydroperoxide oxygen to the vicinal methylene group. Experiments with stereospecifically deuteriated fatty-acid hydroperoxides demonstrate that the intramolecular hydroxylations catalyzed by the two vicinal diol synthases proceed with retention of absolute configuration of the carbon hydroxylated.</p>","PeriodicalId":76966,"journal":{"name":"Acta chemica Scandinavica (Copenhagen, Denmark : 1989)","volume":"50 3","pages":"219-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19867363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The potential of catalytic antibodies.","authors":"A J Kirby","doi":"10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0203","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The idea that antibodies raised against transition state analogues should show specific catalytic activity is beautiful and seductive. In the tenth year since the idea became an experimental reality it is possible to make at least a preliminary assessment of their potential. It is concluded that their high stereoselectivity makes abzymes excellent prospects for asymmetric synthesis, though their practical usefulness is currently limited by their catalytic efficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":76966,"journal":{"name":"Acta chemica Scandinavica (Copenhagen, Denmark : 1989)","volume":"50 3","pages":"203-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19867361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"pH and ionic strength effects on electron transfer rate constants and reduction potentials of the bacterial di-heme protein Pseudomonas stutzeri cytochrome c4.","authors":"J J Karlsson, T E Rostrup, J Ulstrup","doi":"10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0284","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have investigated the ionic strength (0.1-0.5 M NaCl) and pH dependence (4.0-7.5) of the electron transfer (ET) rate constants for oxidation and reduction of the bacterial di-heme protein cytochrome c4 (cyt c4; Pseudomonas stutzeri, ATCC No. 11607) by [Co(bipy)3]3+/2+ (bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine). The kinetics is bi- or tri-phasic, and a mechanism based on cooperative ET at both hemes, slow intramolecular ET and electrostatically dominated inter-heme interaction is presently best in line with all the available data. The ionic strength and pH dependence of the rate constants and reduction potentials is weak. The rate constants mostly decrease by 0-50% in the ionic strength range 0.1-0.5 M. The macroscopic potentials decrease by < 10 mV. Three of the microscopic potentials increase by 10-25 mV, while the fourth one decreases by 50 mV, but the accuracy of the microscopic reduction potential values is low. There is no pH dependence of the rate constants in the range 6.0-7.5, but most rate constants drop to half the 6.0-7.5 value in the range 4.0-6.0, leaving the reduction potentials almost unaffected. The small effects are unexpected in view of the highly charged and strongly dipolar character, and the many hydrogen bond contacts of cyt c4. These small effects must be related to the detailed rather the overall charge distribution of cyt c4.</p>","PeriodicalId":76966,"journal":{"name":"Acta chemica Scandinavica (Copenhagen, Denmark : 1989)","volume":"50 3","pages":"284-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19866028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S A Benner, T M Jermann, J G Opitz, S A Raillard, T R Zankel, K Trautwein-Fritz, J Stackhouse, M I Ciglic, M Haugg, N Trabesinger-Rüf, E G Weinhold
{"title":"Developing new synthetic catalysts. How nature does it.","authors":"S A Benner, T M Jermann, J G Opitz, S A Raillard, T R Zankel, K Trautwein-Fritz, J Stackhouse, M I Ciglic, M Haugg, N Trabesinger-Rüf, E G Weinhold","doi":"10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0243","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Paleomolecular biochemistry is a new field of science that seeks to understand how life emerged and developed in interaction with its geophysical surroundings. It is an experimental science, involving reconstruction of extinct biomolecules in the laboratory, studying their properties in the laboratory, and inferring details of their behavior and function in the context of geological data. An outline is provided of some tools of this field, together with its application to the study of two specific systems, ribonuclease and alcohol dehydrogenase.</p>","PeriodicalId":76966,"journal":{"name":"Acta chemica Scandinavica (Copenhagen, Denmark : 1989)","volume":"50 3","pages":"243-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19867364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis and 5HT modulating activity of stereoisomers of 3-phenoxymethyl-4-phenylpiperidines.","authors":"M Engelstoft, J B Hansen","doi":"10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.50-0164","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A series of pairs of enantiomers of substituted 3-phenoxymethyl-4-phenylpiperidines has been prepared from arecoline or alpha-methylstyrene by a combination of stereospecific reactions and optical resolutions. The ability of the compounds to modulate serotonin (5HT) neurotransmission in vitro was determined. Several derivatives, among which is the antidepressant paroxetine, are very potent inhibitors of 5HT reuptake. These compounds exhibit a pronounced steric requirement for inhibition of 5HT reuptake and binding to 5HT2A and 5HT2C receptors.</p>","PeriodicalId":76966,"journal":{"name":"Acta chemica Scandinavica (Copenhagen, Denmark : 1989)","volume":"50 2","pages":"164-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19787617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}