Biochemical isomerization

The pharmacopeia states that our notions about purity are likely to change with time and that purity is closely related to current developments in analytical chemistry. Therefore, what we regard as pure today may be considered impure at some future time if methods are found that can determine other components in a particular compound. Inorganic, organic, biochemical, isomeric, or polymeric components may all be considered impurities. The following terms have been used to describe impurities ... 

ISOMERIZATION REACTIONS Isomerization reactions involve the intramolecular shift of atoms or groups. One of the most common biochemical isomerizations is the interconversion between aldose and ketose sugars (Figure 1.19). 

Boric acid. HPLC was used for the analysis of ribose, arabinose and ribulose mixtures obtained from chemical and biochemical isomerization processes (22). These processes have gained importance since the molecules can be used for the synthesis of antiviral therapeutics. 

Increasingly, biochemical transformations are used to modify renewable resources into useful materials (see Microbial transformations). Fermentation (qv) to ethanol is the oldest of such conversions. Another example is the ceU-free enzyme catalyzed isomerization of glucose to fmctose for use as sweeteners (qv). The enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose is a biochemical competitor for the acid catalyzed reaction. 

Beyer, R, Mayer, M., and Kleinig, K., Molecular oxygen and the state of geometric isomerism of intermediates are essential in the carotene desaturation and cyclization reactions in daffodil chromoplasts, Eur. J. Biochem. 184, 141, 1989. 

Schechter, M.D. MDMA as a diseriminative stimulus Isomeric comparisons. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 27 41-44, 1987. 

The existence of isomeric polycyclic aromatic diol epoxide compounds provides rich opportunities for attempting to correlate biological activities with the physico-chemical reaction mechanisms, and conformational and biochemical properties of the covalent DNA adduct8 which are formed. 

Ethoxylated sorbitan ester surfactant mixtures like Tween 20 (cf. Fig. 2.9.38) were often used in biochemical applications. Detergents of this type were analysed by MALDI MS. The aim was to compare the separation results of TLC and RP-LC and to detect impurities within these ethoxylated sorbitan esters [30], Tween 20, the ethoxylated sorbitan carboxylate was ionised resulting in [M + Na]+ and [M + K]+ ions. The Tween 20 isomeric and homologue molecules contained a varying number of ethoxylate units. The number of EO units (-CH2CH2O-) was determined from 18 to 34 resulting in Am/z 44 equally spaced signals [30]. 

M. J. Hardman, Biochem. J. 197, 773 (1981) Pressure-jump combined with protein fluorescence changes are used to study LADH catalyzed reduction of acetaldehyde. The results show that the rate determining step is isomerization. 

Figure 11.10 Structure of ds-octadecenoic and trans-octadecenoic add (an example o/cis-trans isomerism). The common name for trans-octadecenoic acid is elaidic acid it is one of the few naturally occurring trans fatty acids. The common name for c/s-octadecenoic acid is oleic acid. Note that the two hydrocarbon chains are separated by the double bond which prevents rotation of the position of the two chains. The structure of the trans fatty acid is biochemically unusual and therefore biochemically excluded. ...

Isomers are compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulas. Some organic and biochemical compounds may exist in different isomeric forms, and these different isomers have different properties. The two most common types of isomers in organic systems are cis-trans isomers and isomerism due to the presence of a chiral Ccirbon. 

Lippiello L, Mankin HJ (1971) Thin-layer chromatographic separation of the isomeric chon-droitin sulfates, dermatan sulfate and keratan sulfate. Anal Biochem 39 54-58... 

Zhang, Z., Tillekeratne, L.M.V., Kirchhoff, J.R., and Hudson, R.A., High performance liquid chromatographic separation and pH-dependent electrochemical properties of pyrroloquinoline quinone and three closely related isomeric analogs, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 212, 41, 1995. 

Castro, C. E., and E. W. Bartnicki, Conformational isomerism and effective redox geometry in the oxidation of heme proteins by alkyl halides, cytochrome C, and cytochrome oxidase , Biochem., 14,498-503 (1975). 

The primary photochemical process of vision is therefore the cis-trans isomerization of retinal in rhodopsin. The free protein opsin then leads to the production of the nerve impulse through a secondary biochemical process... 

There is considerable and widespread interest in the metal complexes of these anions and current research topics comprise for example (i) the spectroscopic study of the binding in these anions (linkage isomerism) and their complexes, (ii) the synthesis of regular polymers of their transition metal complexes and study of the semiconducting properties of these polymers, (iii) the use of the pseudohalides in pharmacological (e.g. low toxicity of —SCN) and biochemical studies (easy complexation of SCN- to metals), and (iv) the use of the activation of these triatomic anions by coordination to metals for their selective conversion in organic synthesis. 

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