Sulfhydryl groups acetylation

All the individual steps are catalyzed by enzymes NAD" (Section 15 11) is required as an oxidizing agent and coenzyme A (Figure 26 16) is the acetyl group acceptor Coen zyme A is a thiol its chain terminates m a sulfhydryl (—SH) group Acetylation of the sulfhydryl group of coenzyme A gives acetyl coenzyme A... 

We can descnbe the major elements of fatty acid biosynthesis by considering the for mation of butanoic acid from two molecules of acetyl coenzyme A The machinery responsible for accomplishing this conversion is a complex of enzymes known as fatty acid synthetase Certain portions of this complex referred to as acyl carrier protein (ACP), bear a side chain that is structurally similar to coenzyme A An important early step m fatty acid biosynthesis is the transfer of the acetyl group from a molecule of acetyl coenzyme A to the sulfhydryl group of acyl carrier protein... 

Figure 1.63 Deprotection with hydroxylamine of the acetylated thiol of SATA-modified proteins yields a free sulfhydryl group.

Figure 1.68 N-Acetyl homocysteine thiolactone spontaneously reacts with amine groups on proteins to create sulfhydryl groups.

Figure 1.69 SAMSA is an anhydride compound containing a protected thiol. Reaction with protein amine groups yields amide bond linkages. Deprotection of the acetylated thiol produces free sulfhydryl groups for conjugation.

To deprotect the acetylated sulfhydryl group of SAMSA-modified proteins, add 100 pi of 0.5 M hydroxylamine hydrochloride in 50 mM sodium phosphate, 25 mM EDTA, pH 7.5, to each ml of protein solution. 

SAMSA-fluorescein, 5- [2(and 3)-5-(acetylmercapto)-succinoyl]amino fluorescein, is a fluorescent probe containing a protected sulfhydryl group. In its protected state, the compound is unre-active. The acetyl-protecting group can be removed by treatment with dilute NaOH at pH 10.0 (Figure 9.9). The resulting free sulfhydryl derivative can be used to label thiol-reactive crosslinkers or to couple with sulfhydryl residues on proteins and other molecules. After activating... 

Figure 20.6 Available amine groups on an antibody molecule may be modified with the NHS ester end of SATA to produce amide bond derivatives containing terminal protected sulfhydryls. The acetylated thiols may be deprotected by treatment with hydroxylamine at alkaline pH. Reaction of the thiolated antibody with a maleimide-activated enzyme results in thioether crosslinks.

Deprotect the acetylated sulfhydryl groups on the SATA-modified antibody according to the following protocol ... 

Figure 20.13 The thiolation reagent SATA can be used to create sulfhydryl groups on Fab fragments. After deprotection of the acetylated thiol of SATA with hydroxylamine, conjugation with a maleimide-activated enzyme can take place, producing thioether linkages.

Figure 8-2. Pathway for synthesis of palmitate by the fatty acid synthase (FAS) complex. Schematic representation of a single cycle adding two carbons to the growing acyl chain. Formation of the initial acetyl thioester with a cysteine residue of the enzyme preceded the first step shown. Acyl carrier protein (ACP) is a component of the FAS complex that carries the malonate covalently attached to a sulfhydryl group on its phosphopantatheine coenzyme (-SH in the scheme).

We have previously reviewed some of the evidence for conformational changes induced by ligands, including the protection by substrate against dinitrophenylation of sulfhydryl groups and by both substrate and AMP against acetylation of specific tyrosine residues. The pK values for some tyrosine residues in the protein may be shifted by more than one pH unit on addition of the substrate (see above). The addition of AMP will also induce small changes in the ionization constants for the tyrosine residues with the lowest p.K values (40). 

Several mucolytics reduce the viscosity of mucus by cleaving the disulfide bonds that maintain the gel structure. N- Acetyl-L-cysteine [616-91-1] (19), introduced in 1963, and mesna [19677-45-5] (20), developed in Europe in the eady 1970s (20,21), are effective compounds in this class. Whereas most mucolytics must be administered by aerosol, carbocysteine [638-23-6] (21), which contains a derivatized sulfhydryl group, has shown activity by the oral route (22,23). However, carbocysteine does not reduce mucus viscosity, as does acetylcysteine, but appears to have a direct action on mucus glycoprotein production (24). 

Oligonucleotides containing amine groups introduced by enzymatic or chemical means may be modified with SATA (Chapter 1, Section 4.1) to produce protected sulfhydryl derivatives. The NHS ester end of SATA reacts with a primary amine to form a stable amide bond. After modification, the acetyl protecting group can be removed as needed by treatment with hydroxylamine under mildly alkaline conditions (Fig. 401). The result is terminal sulfhydryl groups that can be used for subsequent labeling with thiol-reactive probes or activated-enzyme derivatives (Kumar and Malhotra, 1992). 

Figure 5 Covalent coupling of cyclic peptide moieties to human serum albumin (HSA). The depicted cyclic peptide, C SRNLIDC, in which C denotes the cyclizing cysteine residues, mimics the receptor binding site of PDGF-BB. First, a sulfhydryl group is introduced to the cyclic peptide by a reaction with succinimide-acetyl thioacetate (SATA). The primary amino groups of lysine in HSA are derivitized with maleimide-hexoyl-At-hydroxysuccinimide ester (MHS). Subsequently, the cyclic peptide is coupled to HSA. In this latter reaction, hydroxyl amine is used to remove the protecting acetate group from the sulfhydryl group of the cyclic peptide.

CoA to form malonyl CoA using C02 in the form of bicarbonate HC03 (Fig. 2). This reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme acetyl CoA carboxylase which has biotin as a prosthetic group, a common feature in C02-binding enzymes. One molecule of ATP is hydrolyzed in the reaction, which is irreversible. The elongation steps of fatty acid synthesis all involve intermediates linked to the terminal sulfhydryl group of the phosphopantetheine reactive unit in ACP phosphopantetheine is also the reactive unit in CoA. Therefore, the next steps are the formation of acetyl-ACP and malonyl-ACP by the enzymes acetyl transacylase and malonyl transacylase, respectively (Fig. 2). (For the synthesis of fatty acids with an odd number of carbon atoms the three-carbon propionyl-ACP is the starting point instead of malonyl-ACP.)... 

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