Nucleoside, cleavage

Few detailed studies have been done on the purine salvage enzymes of procyclic African trypanosomes. Tb. gambiense has high levels of guanine deaminase and lacks adenine and adenosine deaminase activities (8). Tb. brucei, T.b. gambiense and T.b. rhodesiense convert allopurinol into aminopyrazolopyrimidine nucleotides and incorporates these into RNA (49). This indicates that HPRTase, succino-AMP synthetase, and succino-AMP lyase are present. At least three nucleoside cleavage activities are present (Berens, unpublished results) two are hydrolases, of which one is specific for purine ribonucleosides and the other is specific for purine deoxyribonucleosides. The third nucleoside cleavage activity is a methylthioadenosine/adenosine phosphorylase. The adenosine kinase is similar to that of L. donovani (Berens, unpublished results). 

Little is known about pyrimidine metabolism in Leishmania amastigotes. Pyrimidine nucleoside cleavage and orotate PRTase activities have been found in L.m. mexicana... 

Bibose-l-phosphate is quite labile in acid, in contrast to stable ribose-5-phosphate. With extracts of some organisms, it had been noted that the product of nucleoside cleavage in the presence of inorganic phosphate was an acid-stable compound, eventually identified as ribose-5-phosphate. This pointed to the existence of a phpsphoribomutase, analogous to phos-phoglucomutase, and the active coenzyme, ribose-1,5-diphosphate, catar lyzing the reaction shown in Fig. 20. 

CF3COOH, r-BuOH, 20°, 2-30 min, then Bio-Rad 1x2 (OH ) resin.These conditions were used to cleave the trityl group from the 5 -hydroxyl of a nucleoside. Bio-Rad resin neutralizes the hydrolysis and minimizes cleavage of,glycosyl bonds. 

This group was developed for protection of the 5 -OH group in nucleosides. The derivative is prepared from the corresponding triaiylmethyl chloride, and is cleaved by reductive cleavage (Zn/AcOH) of the phenacyl ether to the p-hydroxyphenyl-diphenylmethyl ether followed by acidic hydrolysis with formic acid. ... 

Protective group chemistry for these amines has been separated from the simple amines because chemically they behave quite differently with respect to protective group cleavage. The increased acidity of these aromatic amines makes it easier to cleave the various amide, carbamate, and sulfonamide groups that are used to protect this class. A similar situation arises in the deprotection of nucleoside bases (e.g., the isobutanamide is cleaved with methanolic ammonia ), again, because of the increased acidity of the NH group. 

In the field of nucleosides, an interesting example of a cleavage of a nonfluor-inated six-membered cyclic ether containing oxygen and nitrogen atoms to give a fluoro nucleoside has been reported [5] (equation 5)... 

DNA is not susceptible to alkaline hydrolysis. On the other hand, RNA is alkali labile and is readily hydrolyzed by dilute sodium hydroxide. Cleavage is random in RNA, and the ultimate products are a mixture of nucleoside 2 - and 3 -monophosphates. These products provide a clue to the reaction mechanism (Figure 11.29). Abstraction of the 2 -OH hydrogen by hydroxyl anion leaves a 2 -0 that carries out a nucleophilic attack on the phosphorus atom of the phosphate moiety, resulting in cleavage of the 5 -phosphodiester bond and formation of a cyclic 2, 3 -phosphate. This cyclic 2, 3 -phosphodiester is unstable and decomposes randomly to either a 2 - or 3 -phosphate ester. DNA has no 2 -OH therefore DNA is alkali stable. 

In a quest to develop the perfect nucleoside protection scheme, the Cpeoc group was devised for protection of the 5 -OH. It is introduced through the chloro-formate in 58-83% yield. Cleavage is achieved with 0.1 M DBU with half-lives of 7-14 sec, depending on the nucleoside. ... 

Kaneko C., Katagiri N., Nomura M., Sato H. A New Method for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Nucleosides by Means of Sodium Borohydride Mediated Reductive C-C or C-N Bond Cleavage Reaction Isr. J. Chem. 1991 31 247-259 Keywords carbohydrates... 

The susceptibilities of some of these fluorinated purine nucleosides to the action of enzymes are now described. In contrast to the inertness of the 2 -deoxy-2 -fluoro- and 3 -deoxy-3 -fluorocytidine analogs 739, 744, and 821 towards cytidine deaminase, the adenosine compounds 867, 883, and 906 are readily deaminated - by the adenosine deaminase in erythrocytes and calf intestine, but the resulting (deaminated) inosine compounds (from 867 and 883), as well as 888, are highly resistant - to cleavage by purine nucleoside phosphorylase (to give hypoxanthine base for the first two). The reason was discussed. Both 867 and 883 can form the 5 -triphosphates, without deamination, in human erythrocytes or murine sarcoma cells in the presence of 2 -deoxycoformycin, an adenosine deaminase inhibitor, but... 

Figure 4. Reaction Mechanism for N-Acetoxy Arylamines (V). Ac, acetyl RSCH3 methionine RNH2, N2-guanine-nucleosides, -nucleotides, or -nucleic acids RCH, C8-guanine-nucleo-sides, -nucleotides, or -nucleic acids. Pathways and heterolytic cleavages a and b are discussed in the text. Dashed arrows indicate proposed pathways.

A rapid access to carbocyclic nucleosides, containing a fused isoxazoline ring has been proposed, starting from cyclopentadiene. The route involves a het-ero Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction of nitrosocarbonylbenzene followed by a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides, cleavage of the N-0 tether and transformation of the heterocyclic aminols into nucleosides via construction of purine and pyrimidine heterocycles (457). 

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