scholarly journals Synthesis of some side-chain homologues of 1.ALPHA.,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and investigation of their biological activities.

1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 4508-4515 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROSHI SAI ◽  
SUGURU TAKATSUTO ◽  
NOBUO IKEKAWA ◽  
YOKO TANAKA ◽  
HECTOR F. DELUCA
1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (9) ◽  
pp. 1963-1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Hlaváček ◽  
Václav Čeřovský ◽  
Jana Pírková ◽  
Pavel Majer ◽  
Lenka Maletínská ◽  
...  

In a series of analogues of the cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) the amino acid residues were gradually modified by substituting Gly by Pro in position 4, Trp by His in position 5, Met by Cle in position 6, or the Gly residue was inserted between Tyr and Met in positions 2 and 3 of the peptide chain, and in the case of the cholecystokinin heptapeptide (CCK-7) the Met residues were substituted by Nle or Aib. These peptides were investigated from the point of view of their biological potency in the peripheral and central region. From the results of the biological tests it follows that the modifications carried out in these analogues and in their Nα-Boc derivatives mean a suppression of the investigated biological activities by 2-3 orders of magnitude (at a maximum dose of the tested substance of 2 . 10-2 mg per animal).This means that a disturbance of the assumed biologically active conformation of CCK-8, connected with a considerable decrease of the biological potency of the molecule, takes place not only after introduction of the side chain into its centre (substitution of Gly4), but also after the modification of the side chains of the amino acids or by extension of the backbone in further positions around this central amino acid.


2018 ◽  
Vol 293 (47) ◽  
pp. 18296-18308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chelsea Vickers ◽  
Feng Liu ◽  
Kento Abe ◽  
Orly Salama-Alber ◽  
Meredith Jenkins ◽  
...  

Fucoidans are chemically complex and highly heterogeneous sulfated marine fucans from brown macro algae. Possessing a variety of physicochemical and biological activities, fucoidans are used as gelling and thickening agents in the food industry and have anticoagulant, antiviral, antitumor, antibacterial, and immune activities. Although fucoidan-depolymerizing enzymes have been identified, the molecular basis of their activity on these chemically complex polysaccharides remains largely uninvestigated. In this study, we focused on three glycoside hydrolase family 107 (GH107) enzymes: MfFcnA and two newly identified members, P5AFcnA and P19DFcnA, from a bacterial species of the genus Psychromonas. Using carbohydrate-PAGE, we show that P5AFcnA and P19DFcnA are active on fucoidans that differ from those depolymerized by MfFcnA, revealing differential substrate specificity within the GH107 family. Using a combination of X-ray crystallography and NMR analyses, we further show that GH107 family enzymes share features of their structures and catalytic mechanisms with GH29 α-l-fucosidases. However, we found that GH107 enzymes have the distinction of utilizing a histidine side chain as the proposed acid/base catalyst in its retaining mechanism. Further interpretation of the structural data indicated that the active-site architectures within this family are highly variable, likely reflecting the specificity of GH107 enzymes for different fucoidan substructures. Together, these findings begin to illuminate the molecular details underpinning the biological processing of fucoidans.


1979 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 904-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiichi Ishizuka ◽  
Kiyoshi Bannai ◽  
Tatsuyuki Naruchi ◽  
Yoshinobu Hashimoto

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 4277-4294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masato Shimizu ◽  
Yukiko Miyamoto ◽  
Emi Kobayashi ◽  
Mika Shimazaki ◽  
Keiko Yamamoto ◽  
...  

MedChemComm ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1156-1172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Yang ◽  
Zicheng Li ◽  
Zhenling Wang ◽  
Zitai Sang ◽  
Haiyue Long ◽  
...  

Monofluoro- (39), difluoro- (40) and trifluoro- (41) substituted analogues showed different biological activities, and 40 is a potent antibacterial agent in animal models.


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2641-2644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Sigüeiro ◽  
Miguel A. Maestro ◽  
Antonio Mouriño

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