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Crystalline solid m.p. 35-36 "C, b.p. 154--156 C, prepared by oxidizing A,A -dicycIo-hexylthiourea with HgO in carbon disulphide solution, also obtained from cyclohexylamine and phosgene at elevated temperatures. Used as a mild dehydrating agent, especially in the synthesis of p>eptides from amino-acids. Potent skin irritant. 

If you synthesized the tnpeptide Leu Phe Ser from amino acids prepared by the Strecker synthesis how many stereoisomers would you expect to be formed ... 

As shown in Figure 45.1, the bases appear in complementary pairs, A with T and G with C in this particular example, the sequence for one strand of DNA is A-T-C-G-T- while the other strand is -T-A-G-C-A-. The sequences of the bases attached to the sugar-phosphate backbone direct the production of proteins from amino acids. Along each strand, groups of three bases, called codons, correspond to individual amino acids. For example, in Figure 45.1, the triplet CGT, acting as a codon, would correspond to the amino acid serine. One codon, TAG, indicates where synthesis should begin in the DNA strand, and other codons, such as ATT, indicate where synthesis should stop. 

Mass spectral fragmentation patterns of alkyl and phenyl hydantoins have been investigated by means of labeling techniques (28—30), and similar studies have also been carried out for thiohydantoins (31,32). In all cases, breakdown of the hydantoin ring occurs by a-ftssion at C-4 with concomitant loss of carbon monoxide and an isocyanate molecule. In the case of aryl derivatives, the ease of formation of Ar—NCO is related to the electronic properties of the aryl ring substituents (33). Mass spectrometry has been used for identification of the phenylthiohydantoin derivatives formed from amino acids during peptide sequence determination by the Edman method (34). 

Substitution of alkaline cyanates by isocyanates allows the preparation of 3-substituted hydantoias, both from amino acids (64) and amino nitriles (65). The related reaction between a-amino acids and phenyl isothiocyanate to yield 5-substituted 3-phenyl-2-thiohydantoiQS has been used for the analytical characterization of amino acids, and is the basis of the Edman method for the sequential degradation of peptides with concomitant identification of the /V-terminal amino acid. 

Licjuid Crystals. Ferroelectric Hquid crystals have been appHed to LCD (Uquid crystal display) because of their quick response (239). Ferroelectric Hquid crystals have chiral components in their molecules, some of which are derived from amino acids (240). Concentrated solutions (10—30%) of a-helix poly(amino acid)s show a lyotropic cholesteric Hquid crystalline phase, and poly(glutamic acid ester) films display a thermotropic phase (241). Their practical appHcations have not been deterrnined. 

Thiostrepton family members are biosynthesized by extensive modification of simple peptides. Thus, from amino acid iacorporation studies, the somewhat smaller (mol wt 1200) nosiheptide, which contains five thiazole rings, a trisubstituted iadole, and a trisubstituted pyridine, is speculated to arise from a simple dodecapeptide. This work shows that the thiazole moieties arise from the condensation of serine with cysteiae (159,160). Only a few reports on the biosynthesis of the thiostrepton family are available (159,160). Thiostrepton is presently used ia the United States only as a poly antimicrobial vetetinary ointment (Panalog, Squibb), but thiazole antibiotics have, ia the past, been used as feed additives ia various parts of the world. General (158) and mechanism of action (152) reviews on thiostrepton are available. 

The picolyl ester has been prepared from amino acids and picolyl alcohol (DCC / CH2CI2, 20°, 16 h, 60% yield) or picolyl chloride (DMF, 90-100°, 2 h, 50% yield). It is cleaved by reduction (H2/Pd-C, aq.= FtOH, 10 h, 98% yield Na/NH3, 1.5 h, 93% yield) and by basic hydrolysis (1 NaOH, dioxane, 20°, 1 h, 93% yield). The basic site in a picolyl ester allows its ready separation by extraction into an acidic medium. ... 

The pentaaminecobalt(III) complex has been prepared from amino acids to protect the carboxyl group during peptide synthesis [(H20)Co(NH3)5(C104)3, 70 , H2O,... 

Phenylhydrazides have been prepared from amino acid esters and phenylhydrazine in 70% yield they are cleaved by oxidation [Cu(OAc)2, 95°, 10 min, 67% yield FeCyi NHCl, 96°, 14 min, 85% yield ]. 

The MMTr derivative is easily prepared from amino acids, and is readily cleaved by acid hydrolysis (5% CCI3CO2H, 4°, 5 min, 100% yield). ... 

The Fcm derivative is prepared from amino acids on treatment with formylferro-cene and Pd-phthalocyanine by reductive alkylation (60-89% yield). It is cleaved with 2-thionaphthol/CF3COOH. Its primary advantage is its color, making it easily detected. ... 

These transition metal carbenes, prepared in 66-97% yield from amino acid esters, are cleaved by acid hyrolysis (CF3CO2H, 20°, 80% yield 80% AcOH M = W, BBr3, -25°). ... 

Dibenzyl phosphoramidates have been prepared from amino acids and the j)hos-phoryl chloride, (Bn0)2P(0)Cl. ° A diphenyl phosphoramidate has been prepared from a glucosamine it is converted by transesterification into a dibenzyl derivative to facilitate cleavage. ... 

Different side chains have been found to have weak but definite preferences either for or against being in a helices. Thus Ala (A), Glu (E), Leu (L), and Met (M) are good a-helix formers, while Pro (P), Gly (G), Tyr (Y), and Ser (S) are very poor. Such preferences were central to all early attempts to predict secondary structure from amino acid sequence, but they are not strong enough to give accurate predictions. 

Since the outside of the barrel faces hydrophobic lipids of the membrane and the inside forms the solvent-exposed channel, one would expect the P strands to contain alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic side chains. This requirement is not strict, however, because internal residues can be hydrophobic if they are in contact with hydrophobic residues from loop regions. The prediction of transmembrane p strands from amino acid sequences is therefore more difficult and less reliable than the prediction of transmembrane a helices. 

Transmembrane a helices can be predicted from amino acid sequences... 

The acetyl-CoA derived from amino acid degradation is normally insufficient for fatty acid biosynthesis, and the acetyl-CoA produced by pyruvate dehydrogenase and by fatty acid oxidation cannot cross the mitochondrial membrane to participate directly in fatty acid synthesis. Instead, acetyl-CoA is linked with oxaloacetate to form citrate, which is transported from the mitochondrial matrix to the cytosol (Figure 25.1). Here it can be converted back into acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate by ATP-citrate lyase. In this manner, mitochondrial acetyl-CoA becomes the substrate for cytosolic fatty acid synthesis. (Oxaloacetate returns to the mitochondria in the form of either pyruvate or malate, which is then reconverted to acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate, respectively.)... 

Phenylhydrazides have been prepared from amino acid esters and phenylhy-drazine in 70% yield. ... 

The MMTr derivative is easily prepared from amino acids and is readily... 

More recent examples have employed a milder reagent system, triphenyl-phosphine and dibromotetrachloroethane to generate a bromo-oxazoline, which is subsequently dehydrohalogenated. Wipf and Lim utilized their method to transform intermediate 11 into the 2,4-disubstituted system of (+)-Hennoxazole k Subsequently, Morwick and coworkers reported a generalized approach to 2,4-disubstituted oxazoles from amino acids using a similar reagent combination, triphenylphosphine and hexachloroethane. ... 

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