Amino acids conjugate addition

FIGURE 7.13 Reaction sequence leading to amino acid conjugation, the type of carboxylic acids that are substrates, and the type of amino acids that can conjugate. An example is the addition of glycine to benzoic acid to form hippuric acid. 

Polymastiamide A (579), an antimicrobial steroid with an unusual side chain modification involving an amide bond to a non-protein amino acid, was isolated from the Norwegian marine sponge Polymastia boletiformis. The structure of polymastiamide A (579) was elucidated by analysis of spectroscopic data and chemical interconversions [470]. Polymastiamides B-F (580-584), additional amino acid conjugates of steroids, were later isolated from the same sponge [471],... 

Conjugation involves addition of an endogenous moiety to a foreign molecule, which may be a product of a phase 1 reaction. Major phase 2 routes conjugation with glucuronic acid, sulfate, glutathione amino acids acetylation methylation. Enzymes involved are transferases except in the case of amino acid conjugation where the first step is catalyzed by an acyl CoA synthetase, then a transferase is involved. 

M. expansa, H. diminuta and F. hepatica failed to form hippurate, the glycine conjugate of benzoic acid (8), although small amounts of this product were detected in M. benedeni (60). Given that several other amino acids besides glycine can often serve as acyl acceptors particularly in invertebrate species (3), additional studies are needed before concluding that amino acid conjugation is not a pathway of parasite xenobiotic metabolism. 

Aceiyltransferases catalyze the addition of acetyl groups to xenobiotics containing amino or hydroxyl groups. Two types of acctyltransfera,ses arc involved. The first involves the addition of acetyl CoA to the xcnobiotic and the second involves the activation of a xcnobiotic to form an acyl CoA intermediate, which then reacts with an amino acid to form an amino acid conjugate. 

In addition to amino acids, conjugated proteins contain a nonprotein moiety, called the prosthetic group. Such groups include carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, metals, chromogens, heme groups, and phosphate residues. For the calculation of the partial specific volume of native conjugated proteins, the characteristics of these nonprotein components must be taken into account. The protein volume can be assumed to be composed additively from the volumes of the constituents ... 

Conjugate addition of strong nucleophiles to the >C=N—C=C< moiety, followed by ring opening of the resulting saturated 5 4H)-oxazolone. Thus, 57 reacts with simple or peptidic amino acid esters [Eq. (31)]. Similarly, 62 gives 63 in methanolic 7i-propylamine, and... 

Quite a number of asymmetric thiol conjugate addition reactions are known [84], but previous examples of enantioselective thiol conjugate additions were based on the activation of thiol nucleophiles by use of chiral base catalysts such as amino alcohols [85], the lithium thiolate complex of amino bisether [86], and a lanthanide tris(binaphthoxide) [87]. No examples have been reported for the enantioselective thiol conjugate additions through the activation of acceptors by the aid of chiral Lewis acid catalysts. We therefore focussed on the potential of J ,J -DBFOX/ Ph aqua complex catalysts as highly tolerant chiral Lewis acid catalyst in thiol conjugate addition reactions. 

Attachment of a basic amino group to the side chain leads to a compound with antiparkinsonian activity. Alkylation of the carbanion from phenylacetonitrile with 2-chlorotriethylamine affords the product, 36. Conjugate addition of the anion from this to acrylonitrile gives the glutarodinitrile (37). Partial hydrolysis of this in a mixture of sulfuric and acetic acid leads to phenglutarimide (38). ... 

Small tfbiquitin-like modifier represents a family of evolutionary conserved proteins that are distantly related in amino-acid sequence to ubiquitin, but share the same structural folding with ubiquitin proteins. SUMO proteins are covalently conjugated to protein substrates by an isopeptide bond through their carboxyl termini. SUMO addition to lysine residues of target proteins, termed SUMOylation, mediates post-transla-tional modification and requires a set of enzymes that are distinct from those that act on ubiquitin. SUMOylation regulates the activity of a variety of tar get proteins including transcription factors. 

Thus, the dianion derived from a-amino acid substitutes the /1-chloride to give the ester of 2-(phenylsulfonyl)ethenyl amino acid and subsequent desulfonylation provides N-(benzoyl)vinylalanine methyl ester (62) (equation 61). The conjugate addition of enolates to methyl styryl sulfone (63) and subsequent intramolecular addition to the carbonyl moiety provide a synthetically valuable method for the construction of bicyclic and tricyclic skeletons52. Desulfonylation of the cyclization product 64 with sodium in ethanol-THF gives the diene 65 in good yield (equation 62). 

Alternatively, to avoid difficult separation of diastereomers 18a and epi-18a, the Fmoc-y9 -amino acid of unlike configuration 26 can be obtained as a single dia-stereoisomer in a three-step reaction sequence via conjugate addition of the Li-amide derived from (S)-N-benzyl-l-phenylethylamine (Davies methodology [113]) to tert-butyl tiglate [105] (Scheme 2.3). 

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