NMR and x-ray evidence for the chair conformation of six-membered rings attached diequatorially to five-coordinate phosphorus. Implications for reported transition-state analogs of nucleoside cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate hydrolysis

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (10) ◽  
pp. 4031-4039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yande Huang ◽  
Alan E. Sopchik ◽  
Atta M. Arif ◽  
Wesley G. Bentrude
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Chair Conformation ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Transition State Analogs

An allolactose trapped at the lacZ β-galactosidase active site with its galactosyl moiety in a 4H3 conformation provides insights into the formation, conformation, and stabilization of the transition state

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 531-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Wheatley ◽  
Reuben E. Huber
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Active Site ◽  
Axial Position ◽  
Transition State Analog ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Transition State Analogs ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Sugar Ring ◽  
Oxocarbenium Ion ◽  
Ring Distortion

When lactose was incubated with G794A-β-galactosidase (a variant with a “closed” active site loop that binds transition state analogs well) an allolactose was trapped with its Gal moiety in a 4H3 conformation, similar to the oxocarbenium ion-like conformation expected of the transition state. The numerous interactions formed between the 4H3 structure and β-galactosidase indicate that this structure is representative of the transition state. This conformation is also very similar to that of d-galactono-1,5-lactone, a good transition state analog. Evidence indicates that substrates take up the 4H3 conformation during migration from the shallow to the deep mode. Steric forces utilizing His418 and other residues are important for positioning the O1 leaving group into a quasi-axial position. An electrostatic interaction between the O5 of the distorted Gal and Tyr503 as well as C–H–π bonds with Trp568 are also significant. Computational studies of the energy of sugar ring distortion show that the β-galactosidase reaction itinerary is driven by energetic considerations in utilization of a 4H3 transition state with a novel 4C1-4H3-4C1 conformation itinerary. To our knowledge, this is the first X-ray crystallographic structural demonstration that the transition state of a natural substrate of a glycosidase has a 4H3 conformation.

On the rational design of renin inhibitors: x-ray studies of aspartic proteinases complexed with transition-state analogs

Biochemistry ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 26 (18) ◽  
pp. 5585-5590 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. Blundell ◽  
J. Cooper ◽  
S. I. Foundling ◽  
D. M. Jones ◽  
B. Atrash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Aspartic Proteinases ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Renin Inhibitors ◽  
Transition State Analogs

Crystal structure determination of the conformation of two bicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-ones

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 1166-1169 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Richardson ◽  
Ted S. Sorensen
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Direct Methods ◽  
Chair Conformation ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Boat Conformation ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Space Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Final Agreement

The molecular structures of exo-7-methylbicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-3-one, 3, and the endo-7-methyl isomer, 4, have been determined using X-ray-diffraction techniques. Compound 3 crystallizes in the space group [Formula: see text] with a = 15.115(1), c = 7.677(2) Å, and Z = 8 while 4 crystallizes in the space group P21 with a = 6.446(1), b = 7.831(1), c = 8.414(2) Å, β = 94.42(2)°, and Z = 2. The structures were solved by direct methods and refined to final agreement factors of R = 0.041 and R = 0.034 for 3 and 4 respectively. Compound 3 exists in a chair–chair conformation and there is no significant flattening of the chair rings. However, in 4, the non-ketone ring is forced into a boat conformation. These results are significant in interpreting what conformations may be present in the related sp2-hybridized carbocations.

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