- NMR-based assignment of isoleucine: Vs. allo -isoleucine stereochemistry
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A simple 1H and 13C NMR spectrometric analysis is demonstrated that permits differentiation of isoleucine and allo-isoleucine residues by inspection of the chemical shift and coupling constants of the signals associated with the proton and carbon at the α-stereocentre. This is applied to the estimation of epimerisation during metal-free N-arylation and peptide coupling reactions.
- Anderson, Zoe J.,Hobson, Christian,Needley, Rebecca,Song, Lijiang,Perryman, Michael S.,Kerby, Paul,Fox, David J.
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- Repurposing the 3-Isocyanobutanoic Acid Adenylation Enzyme SfaB for Versatile Amidation and Thioesterification
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Genome mining of microbial natural products enables chemists not only to discover the bioactive molecules with novel skeletons, but also to identify the enzymes that catalyze diverse chemical reactions. Exploring the substrate promiscuity and catalytic mechanism of those biosynthetic enzymes facilitates the development of potential biocatalysts. SfaB is an acyl adenylate-forming enzyme that adenylates a unique building block, 3-isocyanobutanoic acid, in the biosynthetic pathway of the diisonitrile natural product SF2768 produced by Streptomyces thioluteus, and this AMP-ligase was demonstrated to accept a broad range of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). Herein, we repurpose SfaB to catalyze amidation or thioesterification between those SCFAs and various amine or thiol nucleophiles, thereby providing an alternative enzymatic approach to prepare the corresponding amides and thioesters in vitro.
- Zhu, Mengyi,Wang, Lijuan,He, Jing
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p. 2030 - 2035
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- A modular approach towards drug delivery vehicles using oxanorbornane-based non-ionic amphiphiles
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The self-assembly of non-ionic amphiphiles with a hydroxylated oxanorbornane head-group was controlled using amino acid units as spacers between hydrophilic and lipophilic domains to get spherical supramolecular aggregates. The ability of these systems to harbour therapeutic agents like ibuprofen, and their drug-release profiles were evaluated. Apart from directing the assembly, the intervening amino acid unit was found to help in drug entrapment as well. The presence of cholesterol improved their drug-loading ability, and an encapsulation efficiency of up to 66% was shown by the formulation containing the phenylalanine residue as the spacer (NC1c). There was no burst release, and 45% drug release was observed at the end of 24 h in this case (cf. soyaphosphatidylcholine based formulation = 49%). The results from SEM, Cryo-TEM, PXRD and confocal microscopic studies with some insights into molecular packing in this class of aggregates are also included.
- Janni, D. Sirisha,Reddy, U. Chandrasekhar,Saroj, Soumya,Muraleedharan
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- Antimicrobial Preservative Compositions for Personal Care Products
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A personal product antimicrobial preservative composition for preservation of topical personal care formulations is provided and includes [A] one or more undecylenic acid derivatives depicted by Formula (I), [B] one or more octanoic acid derivatives depicted by Formula (II), and [C] 2-phenoxy ethanol or 2-ethyl hexyl glyceryl ether or mixture of these two ‘liquid alcohol ethers’; wherein, each of the two components [A] and [B] is present in the range of 5 to 20% by weight and together [A] and [B] constitute 10 to 30% by weight and the ‘liquid alcohol ether’, component [C], is present 70 to 90% by weight of the total preservative composition. A method for preserving personal care product from microbial attack is provided containing an aqueous phase comprising three component composition from about 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of the total personal care formulation.
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- Structure and thermotropic phase behavior of a homologous series of n -Acylglycines: Neuroactive and antinociceptive constituents of biomembranes
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N-Acylglycines (NAGs) with different acyl chains have been found in the mammalian brain and other tissues. They exhibit significant biological and pharmacological properties and appear to play important roles in communication and signaling pathways within and between cells. In view of this, a homologous series of NAGs have been synthesized and characterized in the present study. Differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) studies show that the transition enthalpies and entropies of dry as well as hydrated NAGs exhibit a linear dependence on the acyl chain length. Most of the NAGs show a minor transition below the chain-melting phase transition, suggesting the presence of polymorphism in the solid state. Structures of N-myristoylglycine (NMG) and N-palmitoylglycine (NPG) were solved in monoclinic system with C2/c and P21 space groups, respectively. Analysis of the crystal structures show that NAGs are organized in a bilayer fashion, with head-to-head (and tail-to-tail) arrangement of molecules. The acyl chains in both structures are essentially perpendicular to the bilayer plane, which is consistent with a lack of odd-even alternation in the thermodynamic properties. The bilayer is stabilized by strong hydrogen bonding interactions between COOH groups of the molecules from opposite leaflets as well as N-H···O hydrogen bonds between the amide groups of adjacent molecules in the same leaflet and dispersion interactions among the acyl chains. Powder X-ray diffraction data show that the d-spacings for the NAGs with different acyl chains (n = 8-20) exhibit a linear dependence on the chain length, suggesting that all the NAGs investigated here adopt a similar packing arrangement in the crystal lattice. These observations are relevant for understanding the role of N-acylglycines in biological membranes.
- Reddy, S. Thirupathi,Krovi, Krishna Prasad,Swamy, Musti J.
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- ANTIMICROBIAL PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS
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A personal product antimicrobial preservative composition for preservation of topical personal care formulations is provided comprising [A] one or more undecylenic acid derivatives depicted by Formula (I), [B] one or more octanoic acid derivatives depicted by Formula (II), and [C] 2-phenoxy ethanol or 2-ethyl hexyl glyceryl ether or mixture of these two ‘liquid alcohol ethers’; wherein, each of the two components [A] and [B] is present in the range of 5 to 20% by weight and together [A] and [B] constitute 10 to 30% by weight and the ‘liquid alcohol ether’, component [C], is present 70 to 90% by weight of the total preservative composition. A method for preserving personal care product from microbial attack is provided containing an aqueous phase comprising three component composition from about 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of the total personal care formulation.
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- The relationship between the structure and properties of amino acid surfactants based on glycine and serine
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Two series of surfactants based on glycine and serine were synthesized with aproic acid, octanoic acid, decanoic acid, dodecanoic acid, tetradecanoic acid and hexadecanoic acid. All the surfactants were characterized by MS and 1H NMR, the structures of the synthesized surfactants are correct and the signals in MS and 1H NMR can be explained. The reaction conditions, surface properties and foam properties were studied. For the two series of surfactants, critical micelle concentration (CMC) and γ CMC (surface tension at CMC) decrease and surface activity is enhanced as the length of carbon chain increases. The surfactants with tetradecanoyl and hexadecanoyl groups show a good foaming property and especially, the long-chain acyl-serine performs better. These are all related to the hydromethyl group in the serine.
- Qiao, Weihong,Qiao, Yangyang
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- ANTIMICROBIAL PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS
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A personal product antimicrobial preservative composition for preservation of topical personal care formulations is provided comprising [A] one or more undecylenic acid derivatives depicted by Formula (I), [B] one or more octanoic acid derivatives depicted by Formula (II), and [C] 2-phenoxy ethanol or 2-ethyl hexyl glyceryl ether or mixture of these two 'liquid alcohol ethers'; wherein, each of the two components [A] and [B] is present in the range of 5 to 20 % by weight and together [A] and [B] constitute 10 to 30 % by weight and the 'liquid alcohol ether', component [C], is present 70 to 90 % by weight of the total preservative composition. A method for preserving personal care product from microbial attack is provided containing an aqueous phase comprising three component composition from about 0.5 to 2.5 % by weight of the total personal care formulation.
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- Enzymatic characterization and elucidation of the catalytic mechanism of a recombinant bovine glycine N-acyltransferase
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Glycine conjugation, a phase II detoxification process, is catalyzed by glycine N-acyltransferase (GLYAT; E.C. 2.3.1.13). GLYAT detoxifies various xenobiotics, such as benzoic acid, and endogenous organic acids, such as isovaleric acid, which makes GLYAT important in the management of organic acidemias in humans. We cloned the open reading frame encoding the bovine ortholog of GLYAT from bovine liver mRNA into the bacterial expression vector pColdIII. The recombinant enzyme was expressed, partially purified, and enzymatically characterized. Protein modeling was used to predict Glu 226 of bovine GLYAT to be catalytically important. This was assessed by constructing an E226Q mutant and comparing its enzyme kinetics to that of the wild-type recombinant bovine GLYAT. The Michaelis constants for benzoyl-CoA and glycine were determined and were similar for wild-type recombinant GLYAT, E226Q recombinant GLYAT, and GLYAT present in bovine liver. At pH 8.0, the E226Q mutant GLYAT had decreased activity, which could be compensated for by increasing the reaction pH. This suggested a catalytic mechanism in which Glu226 functions to deprotonate glycine, facilitating nucleophilic attack on the acyl- CoA. The recombinant bovine GLYAT enzyme, combined with this new understanding of its active site and reaction mechanism, could be a powerful tool to investigate the functional significance of GLYAT sequence variations. Eventually, this should facilitate investigations into the impact of known and novel sequence variations in the human GLYAT gene. Copyright
- Badenhorst, Christoffel P. S.,Jooste, Maritza,Van Dijk, Alberdina A.
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- Evidence for substrate preorganization in the peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase reaction describing the contribution of ground state structure to hydrogen tunneling
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Peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) is a bifunctional enzyme which catalyzes the post-translational modification of inactive C-terminal glycine-extended peptide precursors to the corresponding bioactive α-amidated peptide hormone. This conversion involves two sequential reactions both of which are catalyzed by the separate catalytic domains of PAM. The first step, the copper-, ascorbate-, and O2-dependent stereospecific hydroxylation at the α-carbon of the C-terminal glycine, is catalyzed by peptidylglycine α-hydroxylating monooxygenase (PHM). The second step, the zinc-dependent dealkylation of the carbinolamide intermediate, is catalyzed by peptidylglycine amidoglycolate lyase. Quantum mechanical tunneling dominates PHM-dependent Cα-H bond activation. This study probes the substrate structure dependence of this chemistry using a set of N-acylglycine substrates of varying hydrophobicity. Primary deuterium kinetic isotope effects (KIEs), molecular mechanical docking, alchemical free energy perturbation, and equilibrium molecular dynamics were used to study the role played by ground-state substrate structure on PHM catalysis. Our data show that all N-acylglycines bind sequentially to PHM in an equilibrium-ordered fashion. The primary deuterium KIE displays a linear decrease with respect to acyl chain length for straight-chain N-acylglycine substrates. Docking orientation of these substrates displayed increased dissociation energy proportional to hydrophobic pocket interaction. The decrease in KIE with hydrophobicity was attributed to a preorganization event which decreased reorganization energy by decreasing the conformational sampling associated with ground state substrate binding. This is the first example of preorganization in the family of noncoupled copper monooxygenases.
- McIntyre, Neil R.,Lowe Jr., Edward W.,Belof, Jonathan L.,Ivkovic, Milena,Shafer, Jacob,Space, Brian,Merkler, David J.
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- N-Acyl glycinates as acyl donors in serine protease-catalyzed kinetic resolution of amines. Improvement of selectivity and reaction rate
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Enzymatic kinetic resolution of aliphatic and benzylic amines leading to (S)-amides was achieved by using alkaline protease as the catalyst and N-octanoyl glycine trifluoroethyl ester as the acyl donor; enantioselectivity ranged between 4 to 244, while reaction times were dramatically shortened and ranged between 15 min to 6 h. The 2008 Royal Society of Chemistry.
- Nechab, Malek,El Blidi, Lahssen,Vanthuyne, Nicolas,Gastaldi, Stephane,Bertrand, Michele P.,Gil, Gerard
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- Process for converting primary amidoalcohols to amidocarboxylic acids in high yield
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The invention relates to an improved process for oxidizing a primary amidoalcohol to the corresponding amidocarboxylic acid in high yield.
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A composition suitable for topical application to mammalian skin and hair for inducing, maintaining or increasing hair growth comprises a hair growth promoter chosen from glutamine derivatives and salts thereof. The composition preferably also comprises an activity enhancer which may be chosen from hair growth stimulants, penetration enhancers and cationic polymers.
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A composition for topical application to human hair or skin contains a chemical analogue of dihydroxyphenyl alanine (DOPA). This chemical analogue can be absorbed by skin or by a hair follicle and metabolised in-vivo, thus leading to the formation of melanin in skin or to the growth of melanin-pigmented hair. Consequently the composition can give controlled skin darkening to mimic sun-induced tanning or can bring about the growth of dar hair in place of the grey or white hair.
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Process for preparing 1-acyl substituted acetylated sugars from fully acetylated sugars in a one step reaction.
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A composition suitable for topical application to mammalian skin and hair for inducing, maintaining or increasing hair growth comprises a hair growth promoter chosen from glutamic acid derivatives and salts thereof. The composition preferably also comprises an activity enhancer which may be chosen from hair growth stimulants, penetration enhancers and cationic polymers.
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Triesters of citric acid are used for inducing, maintaining or increasing hair growth. Compositions for topical application to mammalian hair or scalp comprise an effective amount of from 1% to 99% by weight of an ester of citric acid having the structure (1): where, R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent a branched or unbranched alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl group, each said group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R4 represents -H, or a branched or unbranched saturated or unsaturated acyl, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl or aylalkyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, in the presence of a cosmetically acceptable vehicle for the citric acid ester and in the absence of solid absorbent for the ester;, said effective amount of said ester being sufficient to increase hair growth in the rat, when said composition is applied topically thereto over a period of no more than three months, by at least 10% more than that obtainable using a control composition from which the said ester has been omitted, in accordance with the Rat Hair Growth Test.
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A composition suitable for topical application to mammalian skin and hair for inducing, maintaining or increasing hair growth comprises a hair growth promoter chosen from N-acylated amino-acids, in which the acyl group has from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, together with a cosmetically acceptable vehicle for the hair growth promoter.
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- Bicycloheptane substituted diamide and its congener prostaglandin analogs
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Bicycloheptane substituted amide prostaglandin analogs are provided having the structural formula STR1 wherein m is 0 to 4; A is --CH=CH-- or --CH2 --CH2 --; n is 1 to 5; Q is --CH=CH--, --CH2 --, STR2 or a single bond; R is CO2 H, CO2 alkyl, CO2 alkali metal, CO2 polyhydroxyamine salt, --CH2 OH, STR3 wherein R4 and R5 are the same or different and are H, lower alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy or aryl, at least one of R4 and R5 being other than hydroxy and lower alkoxy; p is 1 to 4; R1 is H or lower alkyl; q is 1 to 12; R2 is H or lower alkyl; and R3 is H, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, lower alkoxy, aryloxy, arylalkyloxy, amino, alkylamino arylamino, arylalkylamino, lower alkyl-S-, aryl-S-, arylalkyl-S-, STR4 (wherein n' is 0, 1 or 2), alkylaminoalkyl, arylaminoalkyl, arylalkylaminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl or arylalkoxyalkyl. The compounds are cardiovascular agents useful, for example, in the treatment of thrombotic disease.
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- Composition containing a penem or carbapenem antibiotic and the use of the same
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Administration of an N-acylated amino acid in association with a penem or carbapenem antibiotic relieves or eliminates the renal problems associated with administration of the antibiotic alone. The amino acid derivative and antibiotic may be formulated together as a composition or administered separately, either simultaneously or sequentially.
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- Enhancement of the rectal absorption of sodium ampicillin by N-acylamino acids in rats
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The promoting efficacies of N-acyl derivatives of amino acids on the rectal absorption of sodium ampicillin were investigated using the rat rectal loop technique. N-Acyl derivatives with longer carbon chains in the acyl moiety showed a greater promoting potency. The promoting potencies of N-acyl derivatives of phenylglycine and phenyl-alanine were greater than those of glycine and alanine derivatives when compared at the same length of carbon chain in their acyl moieties. The promoting action of N-acylamino acids was not influenced by the presence of N-ethylmaleimide or ouabain. The promoting potencies of N-acylamino acids were depressed in the presence of calcium chloride in the rectal loop. The contribution of the calcium ion sequestration capacity of N-acylamino acids to their promoting efficacies is discussed.
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- 7-OXABICYCLOHEPTANE SUBSTITUTED DIAMIDE AND ITS CONGENER PROSTAGLANDIN ANALOGS USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF THROMBOTIC DISEASE
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7-Oxabicycloheptane substituted amide prostaglandin analogs are provided having the structural formula STR1 wherein m is 0 to 4; A is--CH=CH--or--CH 2--CH 2--; n is 1 to 5; Q is--CH=CH--,--CH 2--, STR2 or a single bond; R is CO 2 H, CO 2 alkyl, CO 2 alkali metal, CO 2 polyhydroxyamine salt,--CH 2 OH, STR3 wherein R. sup.4 and R 5 are the same or different and are H, lower alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy or aryl, at least one of R 4 and R 5 being other than hydroxy and lower alkoxy; p is 1 to 4; R. sup.1 is H or lower alkyl; q is 1 to 12; R 2 is H or lower alkyl; and R 3 is H, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, lower alkoxy, aryloxy, arylalkyloxy, amino, alkylamino arylamino, arylalkylamino, STR4 (wherein n' is 0, 1 or 2), alkylaminoalkyl, arylaminoalkyl, arylalkylaminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl or arylalkoxyalkyl.The compounds are cardiovascular agents useful, for example, in the treatment of thrombotic disease.
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Administration of an N-acylated amino acid in association with a penem or carbapenem antibiotic relieves or eliminates the renal problems associated with administration of the antibiotic alone. The amino acid derivative and antibiotic may be formulated together as a composition or administered separately, either simultaneously or sequentially. The composition may be prepared by simple mixing.
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- Aminolysis and Hydrolysis of Chromonyl Oxazolones and Some Condensation Reactions of 2-Methylchromone leading to Novel Chromones
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The aminolysis of 4--2-phenyl-1,3-oxazol-5(4H)-one with diethylamine gave N-benzamide.The hydrolysis of 2-methyl-4--1,3-oxazol-5(4H)-one gave the α-keto-acid, which could be converted into amino-acid derivatives.Condensation of 2-methylchromone with diethyl oxalate, 2-formyl-NN-diethylbenzamide, and 2-formylbenzoic acid gave the α-keto-acid, (E)-NN-diethyl-2-benzamide, and (E)-2-benzoic acid, respectively.
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- Dermatological compositions containing an acylamino-carboxylic acid or an alkyl ester thereof
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Topical dermatological compositions containing an acylamino-carboxylic acid compound of the formula STR1 wherein R1 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, trifluoromethyl, phenyl, halo-phenyl, nitro-phenyl or biphenylyl, R2 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R3 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, methylthio-(alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms) or benzyl, R4 is alkyl of 10 to 22 carbon atoms, n is 0, 1 or 2, R5 is alkyl of 8 to 22 carbon atoms, phenyl or biphenylyl, and R6 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms; the compositions are useful for the care of the skin.
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