scholarly journals Investigations into the synthesis of a nucleotide dimer via mechanochemical phosphoramidite chemistry

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Johnston ◽  
C. Hardacre ◽  
M. E. Migaud
Keyword(s):  
Product Formation ◽  
Drastic Reduction ◽  
Hydrolytic Product ◽  
Phosphoramidite Chemistry ◽  
Mechanochemical Reactions

Liquid-assisted mechanochemistry as a versatile approach for the coupling of a nucleoside phosphoramidite with a 5′-OH partially protected nucleoside has been investigated. Noted advantages over reported methods were a simplified reaction protocol, a drastic reduction in the use of toxic solvents, the facilitation of mechanochemical reactions through the improved mixing of solid reagents, and low hydrolytic product formation.

Amidolytic Detection of Prothrombin Activation Products after SDS-Gel Electrophoresis

1989 ◽  
Vol 61 (03) ◽  
pp. 386-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Tans ◽  
Truus Janssen-Claessen ◽  
Jan Rosing
Keyword(s):  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Activated Protein C ◽  
Factor Xa ◽  
Coagulation Factors ◽  
Product Formation ◽  
Chromogenic Substrate ◽  
Nitrocellulose Membrane ◽  
Activation Products ◽  
Factor Xia ◽  
Prothrombin Activation

SummaryIn this paper we report a method via which enzymatically active products formed during prothrombin activation can be detected by simple photographic means after SDS-gel electrophoresis, blotting onto a nitrocellulose membrane and visualization with the chromogenic substrate, S2238. After amidolytic detection the same nitrocellulose membrane can also be used for immunologic detection of prothrombin activation products, thus allowing a complete description of product formation during prothrombin activation.The detection limit of the so-called “amidoblot” is approximately 3 ng thrombin per gel sample which is comparable to the sensitivity of immunoblotting.It is further shown that the amidoblot technique can also be applied to other coagulation factors for which a suitable chromogenic substrate is available (factor XIIa, kallikrein, factor XIa, factor Xa, plasmin and activated protein C).

THE INFLUENCE OF ETHANOL ON THE CONVERSION OF PREGNENOLONE TO PROGESTERONE BY HUMAN PLACENTAL MICROSOMES

1974 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Lübbert ◽  
K. Pollow ◽  
R. Wagner ◽  
J. Hammerstein
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Enzyme Preparation ◽  
Ethanol Concentration ◽  
Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase ◽  
Product Formation ◽  
Linear Increase ◽  
Maximal Velocity ◽  
Microsomal Enzyme ◽  
Temperature Optima ◽  
Substrate Concentrations

ABSTRACT The effects of ethanol on kinetic parameters of placental Δ5-3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase were studied. In the presence of high pregnenolone concentrations (50 μm, [S] > Km) the microsomal enzyme preparation exhibited an almost linear increase in activity as the ethanol concentration in the medium was raised from 2.5 to 15 % (v/v). At lower substrate concentrations ([S] << Km) ethanol caused inhibition. Other effects of ethanol were: linearity of product formation with time was prolonged; the maximal velocity was markedly increased; the Km for pregnenolone slightly decreased with increasing ethanol concentrations (2.5 to 10 %, v/v) whereas the Km for NAD remained the same. The pH and temperature optima of the reaction were unaffected by ethanol. Other organic solvents caused similar effects.

Phosphino-Triazole Ligands for Palladium-Catalysed Cross-Coupling

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Zhao ◽  
Huy van Nguyen ◽  
Louise Male ◽  
Philip Craven ◽  
Benjamin R. Buckley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Cross Coupling ◽  
Product Formation ◽  
Coupling Reactions ◽  
Volume Determination ◽  
Online Tool ◽  
Triazole Derivatives ◽  
Cross Coupling Reactions ◽  
Modelling Approaches

<div>Twelve 1,5-disubtituted and fourteen 5-substituted 1,2,3-triazole derivatives bearing diaryl or dialkyl phosphines at the 5-position were synthesised and used as ligands for palladium-catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions. Bulky substrates were tested, and lead-like product formation was demonstrated. The online tool SambVca 2.0 was used to assess steric parameters of ligands and preliminary buried volume determination using XRD obtained data in a small number of cases proved to be informative. Two modelling approaches were compared for the determination of</div><div>the buried volume of ligands where XRD data was not available. An approach with imposed steric restrictions was found to be superior in leading to buried volume determinations that closely correlate with observed reaction conversions. The online tool LLAMA was used to determine lead-likeness of potential Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling products, from which ten of the most lead-like were successfully synthesised. Thus, confirming these readily accessible triazole-containing phosphines as highly suitable ligands for reaction screening and optimisation in drug discovery campaigns.</div>

Nickel-Catalyzed Inter- and Intramolecular Carbon-Sulfur Bond Metathesis by Reversible Arylation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristan Delcaillau ◽  
Alessandro Bismuto ◽  
Zhong Lian ◽  
Bill Morandi
Keyword(s):  
Good Yield ◽  
Functional Group ◽  
Product Formation ◽  
Single Bond ◽  
Ring Closing Metathesis ◽  
Catalytic Systems ◽  
Metathesis Reactions ◽  
New Applications ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Sulfur Bond

A nickel-catalyzed carbon-sulfur bond metathesis has been developed to access high-value thioethers. 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane (dcype) is essential to promote this highly functional group tolerant reaction. Further, synthetically challenging macrocycles could be obtained in good yield in an unusual example of ring-closing metathesis which does not involve alkene bonds. In-depth organometallic studies support a reversible Ni(0)-Ni(II) pathway to product formation. Overall, this work does not only disclose a more sustainable and more functional group tolerant alternative to previous catalytic systems based on Pd, but also presents new applications and mechanistic information which are highly relevant to the further development and application of unusual single bond metathesis reactions.

Isolation and Characterization of Leishmanial Adenine Aminohydrolase as a Drug target

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Firdous Butt ◽  
Masoom Yasinzai ◽  
Shaukat Iqbal Malik ◽  
Anum Munir
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Parameter ◽  
Drug Target ◽  
Product Formation ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
Structural And Functional Properties ◽  
Coefficient Corrélation ◽  
Hyperbolic Curve ◽  
Km Value

Background:: Search for new drug targets is becoming imperative these days given that marketed chemotherapeutic drugs have lost their efficacy against harmful agents because of adaptability to climatic changes and co-evolving vectors to new hosts. In the wake of such challenge prominence of biochemical studies is increasing by way of exploring selective enzymes and investigating their structural and functional properties through biochemical kinetic parameter Km for the application of IC50 using designed drugs. Recently discovered Adenine Aminohydrolase [EC 3.5.4.2) in Leishmania has been found to be absent in mammalian purine salvage pathway and thus considered as a promising drug target against infectious agents. Objective:: The objective of this study is to isolate and characterize AAH by learning its kinetic mode of action using preferred substrate Adenine and additives estimated through expected product formation Hypoxanthine. Bioassays designed to measure exact Enzyme kinetic parameter Km value through establishing hyperbolic curve of enzyme reaction with the use of exact values of cellular quantities for IC50 application under experimental conditions devised by presteady state approach for SSA validity. Methods:: Following saturation kinetic, the plot of hyperbolic equilibrium curve developed using initial rates of product formation as a function of [Si] through forward shift under circumstance dG0 the system allows product and reactant favored reactions in relation to[Ef]1≈[E=KM] until complete saturation and estimates Km and Vmax of enzyme system under applied conditions. M-M equation used to assess experimental initial rate data for estimation of Km on excel using Solver and nonlinear least square coefficient correlation “R2”using logarithmic equation for nonlinear curve assessment. Results:: UV/Vis spectrophotometer selectively analyzed reacting components confirming Enzyme characteristic reaction constant Km equal toi15.0 ± 2 μ mol acquired from the Hyperbolic curve developed through use of exact [Si] ranges at selected parameter Km and Vmax. The curve assessed by Michaelis Menten equation provide Km value=14.99 μmol and non-linear least square coefficient correlation “R2” value equal to 0.9895,.along with that optimized lysis buffer formulation. In the docked complexes, the interactive amino acids identified were MSE441, ALA 364, GLN363, MSE518, VAL362, GLY517, ASP538, ALA445, TYR521, and TYR444. 2D interactions revealed hydrophobic and alkyl interactions at non-competitive binding site of the enzyme and therefore recommended as a potential inhibitors against 3ICS protein. Conclusion:: This study encourages biochemical analysis of the novel enzymes with the use of presteady state rationale in association with the computational tools as an effective way of designing drugs in short time against selective enzymes to meet the current challenge efficiently.

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