Amino phosphoryl

Characteristics of toxicity for a number of metals are presented in Table 7.5. While the exact tissue and molecular site of the toxic action of each metal is different, toxicity generally results from interaction of the metal with specific functional groups on macromolecules in the cell. These groups include sulfhydryl, carboxyl, amino, phosphoryl, and phenolic moieties. Interactions of such groups with metals can lead to disruption of enzyme activities and transport processes and eventually... 

Hydroxy-(l-methoxycarbonyl-2-phenyI-ethyl-amino)-phosphoryl]-2, 3 -isopropyliden- XII/2, 399... 

AMINO-3-PHENYL-1-BIS (DIMETHYL-AMINO)-PHOSPHORYLE-1,2,4-TRIAZOLE (FRENCH) see AIXOOO... 

Ferris, L., Haigh, D., and Moody, C.J., N-H Insertion reactions of rhodium carbenoids. Part 2. Preparation of TV-substituted amino(phosphoryl)acetates (TV-substimted phosphorylglycine esters), J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. I, 2885, 1996. 

Mercury is a reactive element and its toxicity is probably due to interaction with proteins. Mercury has a particular affinity for sulphydryl groups in proteins and consequently is an inhibitor of various enzymes such as membrane ATPase, which are sulphydryl dependent. It can also react with amino, phosphoryl and carboxyl groups. Brain pyruvate metabolism is known to be inhibited by mercury, as are lactate dehydrogenase and fatty acid synthetase. The accumulation of mercury in lysosomes increases the activity of lysomal acid phosphatase which may be a cause of toxicity as lysosomal damage releases various hydrolytic enzymes into the cell, which can then cause cellular damage. Mercury accumulates in the kidney and is believed to cause uncoupling of oxidative phsophorylation in the mitochondria of the kidney cells. Thus, a number of mitochondrial enzymes are inhibited by Hg2+. These effects on the mitochondria will lead to a reduction of respiratory control in the renal cells and their functions such as solute reabsorption, will be compromised. 

TABLE 6.1 Permeability Values P under Membrane Transport of Metals Ions by Means of Amino Phosphoryl Compounds. 

Thereby, it can be said that amino phosphorylic derivative of sarcosine (1) is a substance of interest as a potential extracting agent selective on ions of Cu(ll), allowing to separate it from cations of Fe(III), Ni(II), and Co(II), when extracting from strong acid media. However, the possibility of its practical application requires more detailed study. 

For second-order NLO applications, the films need to be noncentrosymmetric. 4-Di(2-hydroxyethyl)amino-4 -a2oben2enephosphonate was used to form SAMs on 2irconium-treated phosphorylated surfaces. Further reaction with POCl and hydrolysis created a new phosphorylated surface that could be treated with 2irconium salt (341—343). The principal advantage of the phosphate systems is high thermal stabiUty, simple preparation, and the variety of substrates that can be used. The latter is especially important if transparent substrates are required. Thiolate monolayers are not transparent, and alkyltrichlorosilanes have a serious stabiUty disadvantage. 

Amino-5-iodo-2, 5 -dideoxyuridine [56045-73-9] (13) C2H22IN2O4, was synthesized ia 1975 (27) and was found effective against herpes keratitis ia rabbits (28). This compound is markedly less cytotoxic than IdU, iadicating that it may have a safer and more specific mode of antiviral activity. A potential limitation of this group of nucleosides is their specificity, for they fail to inhibit all strains of herpes vimses. The specific antiviral activity of (13) is considered to be a result of the incorporation of the 5 -Ai-phosphate into both viral and host DNA in infected cells, but not into the DNA of normal cells. Phosphorylation of (13) occurs only in herpes vims-infected cells, brought about by a vims-induced thymidine kinase (29). 

The procedure described is essentially that of Shioiri and Yamada. Diphenyl phosphorazidate is a useful and versatile reagent in organic synthesis. It has been used for racemlzatlon-free peptide syntheses, thiol ester synthesis, a modified Curtius reaction, an esterification of a-substituted carboxylic acld, formation of diketoplperazines, alkyl azide synthesis, phosphorylation of alcohols and amines,and polymerization of amino acids and peptides. - Furthermore, diphenyl phosphorazidate acts as a nitrene source and as a 1,3-dipole.An example in the ring contraction of cyclic ketones to form cycloalkanecarboxylic acids is presented in the next procedure, this volume. 

The phosducin polypeptide chmn, of some 240 amino acids, is folded into two domains (Figure 13.16). The N-terminal domain is mostly a-helical and appears to be quite flexible since only a weak electron density is obtained in the structure determination. The actual path of the polypeptide chain from the end of helix to the beginning of helix Ba is tentative due to slight disorder. This region is close to serine 73 at the beginning of Ba, which also becomes disordered on phosphorylation. 

The American authors suggested (X) or (XI), already considered by Spath and Nikawitz for vasicine, and support for a formula of type (XI) was provided by Spath, Kuffner and Platzer, who, by condensing o-nitrobenzyl chloride with methyl y-aminobutyrate to o-nitrobenzyl-pyrrolidone (XII), reduction of this to the amino-compound (XII NOa —> NHj) and ring-closure in presence of phosphoryl chloride obtained the base d -pegene (XIII), m.p. 99-100°, identical with the product formed by the reduction of deoxychloropeganine. The same substance... 

FIGURE 15.2 Enzymes regulated by covalent modification are called interconvertible enzymes. The enzymes protein kinase and protein phosphatase, in the example shown here) catalyzing the conversion of the interconvertible enzyme between its two forms are called converter enzymes. In this example, the free enzyme form is catalytically active, whereas the phosphoryl-enzyme form represents an inactive state. The —OH on the interconvertible enzyme represents an —OH group on a specific amino acid side chain in the protein (for example, a particular Ser residue) capable of accepting the phosphoryl group. 

Pyruvate kinase possesses allosteric sites for numerous effectors. It is activated by AMP and fructose-1,6-bisphosphate and inhibited by ATP, acetyl-CoA, and alanine. (Note that alanine is the a-amino acid counterpart of the a-keto acid, pyruvate.) Furthermore, liver pyruvate kinase is regulated by covalent modification. Flormones such as glucagon activate a cAMP-dependent protein kinase, which transfers a phosphoryl group from ATP to the enzyme. The phos-phorylated form of pyruvate kinase is more strongly inhibited by ATP and alanine and has a higher for PEP, so that, in the presence of physiological levels of PEP, the enzyme is inactive. Then PEP is used as a substrate for glucose synthesis in the pathway (to be described in Chapter 23), instead... 

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