Amino acid phosphate derivatives

Toropov et al.76-79 developed QSPR models for the complexes of nine alkaline-earth and transition metals with some amino acids, phosphate derivatives of adenosine, and heterocyclic compounds based on topological indices. Although the numbers of examples in the datasets were big enough, 11076 and 150,79 they involved only a few different ligands (17 and 25 molecules, respectively). The validation calculations were performed on the test sets containing the same ligands as in the training sets, which could explain the well observed performance of the predictions.7679... 

Research to date focused on isolating insecticidal prototype leads from marine origin has resulted in the report of about 40 active compounds.44 In an attempt to summarize these compounds and their activity margins, they have been categorized into seven classes of chemical structures polyhalogenated monoterpenes, polyhalogenated C15-metabolites, diterpenes, peptides and amino acids, phosphate esters, sulfur-containing derivatives, and macrolides. 

All amino acids are derived from intermediates in glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, or the pentose phosphate pathway (Fig. 22-9). Nitrogen enters these pathways by way of glutamate and glutamine. Some pathways are simple, others are not. Ten of the amino acids are just one or several steps removed from the common metabolite from which they are derived. The biosynthetic pathways for others, such as the aromatic amino acids, are more complex. 

The six carbons of the benzene ring of the aromatic amino acids are derived from the four carbons of erythrose 4-phosphate and two of the three carbons of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP). The initial step in the pathway (Fig. 25-1, step a) is the condensation of erythrose 4-P with PEP and is catalyzed by 3-deoxy-D-arafrmo-heptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase. Closely analogous to an aldol condensation, the mechanism provides a surprise.10 When PEP containing lsO in the oxygen bridge to the phospho group reacts, the lsO is retained in the eliminated phosphate biochemical intuition would suggest that it should stay in the... 

The amino acids differ from other classes of biomolecules in that each member of this class is synthesized by a unique pathway. Despite the tremendous diversity of amino acid synthetic pathways, they have one common feature. The carbon skeleton of each amino acid is derived from commonly available metabolic intermediates. Thus in animals, all NAA molecules are derivatives of either glyc-erate-3-phosphate, pyruvate, a-ketoglutarate, or oxaloacetate. Tyrosine, synthesized from the essential amino acid phenylalanine, is an exception to this rule. 

The structurally similar amino acid-RNA derivatives also react rapidly with hydroxylamine and are energy-rich compounds, since they are in reversible equilibrium with ATP (Hoagland et al, 1958 Mager and Lipmann, 1958 Holley and Goldstein, 1959). Within the acyl phosphate series, acetyl adenylate (1737 cm ) has a free energy of hydrolysis at pH 7 which is similar to that of acetylimidazole and is... 

Cytidine 2, 3 -cyclicphosphate, polymeric complexes of Cd" and Cu" and cytidine 5 -phosphate, l-(j8-D-arabinofuranosyl)cytosine Pt complex. Adenosine complexed with 5-bromouracil, iS-methyl-5 -thioadenosine, 2, 3 -0-isopropyIideneadenosine, 2, 3 -0-(2-carboxyethyl)ethylideneadeno-sine, the amino-acid adenosine derivatives (5) and (6) which are constitutents of tRNA, 8-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]adenosine 3, 5 -cyclic phosphate. 8-Iodoguanosine, 2-JV-methylguanosine, a guanosine Hg" complex, 2, 35 -tri-(9-acetyl-6-0-(mesitylenesulphonyl)-guanosine, guanosine 5 -phosphate, Cu" complex. ... 

Many enzymes employ exogenous molecules known as cofactors to assist in executing their chemistry. Sometimes these cofactors are covalently bound to the enzyme and sometimes not. Many types of cofactors are known, and here we will focus on a well-studied example called pyri-doxal phosphate (PLP), which often participates in the metabolism of amino acids. PLP, derived from vitamin Bg, is a covalently bound cofactor it is attached to lysine residues by means of a Schiff base or imine linkage as shown at right. 

Introduction of the cobalt atom into the corrin ring is preceeded by conversion of hydrogenobyrinic acid to the diamide (34). The resultant cobalt(II) complex (35) is reduced to the cobalt(I) complex (36) prior to adenosylation to adenosylcobyrinic acid i7,i -diamide (37). Four of the six remaining carboxyhc acids are converted to primary amides (adenosylcobyric acid) (38) and the other amidated with (R)-l-amino-2-propanol to provide adenosylcobinamide (39). Completion of the nucleotide loop involves conversion to the monophosphate followed by reaction with guanosyl triphosphate to give diphosphate (40). Reaction with a-ribazole 5 -phosphate, derived biosyntheticaHy in several steps from riboflavin, and dephosphorylation completes the synthesis. 

Preparation of PhAcOZ amino acids proceeds from the chloroformate, and cleavage is accomplished enzymatically with penicillin G acylase (pH 7 phosphate buffer, 25°, NaHS03, 40-88% yield). In a related approach, the 4-ace-toxy derivative is used, but in this case deprotection is achieved using the lipase, acetyl esterase, from oranges (pH 7, NaCl buffer, 45°, 57-70% yield). 

Most amino acids lose their nitrogen atom by a transamination reaction in which the -NH2 group of the amino acid changes places with the keto group of ct-ketoglutarate. The products are a new a-keto acid plus glutamate. The overall process occurs in two parts, is catalyzed by aminotransferase enzymes, and involves participation of the coenzyme pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), a derivative of pyridoxine (vitamin UJ. Different aminotransferases differ in their specificity for amino acids, but the mechanism remains the same. 

In 1994, Wang et al. reported the DKR of amino acid derivatives by using pyridoxal 5-phosphate as the racemization catalyst [51]. The enzyme employed to catalyze the... 

Phosphazene polymers can act as biomaterials in several different ways [401, 402,407]. What is important in the consideration of skeletal properties is that the -P=N- backbone can be considered as an extremely stable substrate when fluorinated alcohols [399,457] or phenoxy [172] substituents are used in the substitution process of the chlorine atoms of (NPCl2)n> but it becomes highly hydrolytically unstable when simple amino acid [464] or imidazole [405-407] derivatives are attached to the phosphorus. In this case, an extraordinary demolition reaction of the polymer chain takes place under mild hydrolytic conditions transforming skeletal nitrogen and phosphorus into ammonium salts and phosphates, respectively [405-407,464]. This opens wide perspectives in biomedical sciences for the utilization of these materials, for instance, as drug delivery systems [213,401,405,406,464] and bioerodible substrates [403,404]. 

The effects of glyphosate on phenolic compound production are two-fold 1) accumulation of phenolic compounds that are derivatives of aromatic amino acids is reduced and 2) pools of phenolic compounds derived from constituents of the shikimate pathway prior to 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate become larger. Assays that do not distinguish between effects on these two groups, such as that for hydroxyphenolics of Singleton and Rossi (18), can lead to equivocal and difficult to interpret results (e.g. 3-5). 

Along with stomach, bile, and lactic acids, there are many other acids in the human body These include, but are not limited to, nucleic acids, amino acids, fatty acids, and vitamins such as folic and ascorbic acids. Nucleic acids, including RNA (ribonucleic acid) and DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), are long chains of phosphates and sugar to which nucleotide bases are attached. The phosphate molecules in the backbone of RNA and DNA are derived from phosphoric acid. Therefore, DNA is very weakly acidic. 

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