- Synthesis, characterization and docking studies of anti-HCV molecules
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The present study reports the synthesis and characterization of novel molecules inhibiting the spread of hepatitis C. The molecules were designed as to block the NS3/4A protease enzyme on HCV RNA. The molecules were synthesized using usual peptide synthesis techniques. Compounds with purity more than 95% were characterized and docking studies were also performed. All the compounds were characterized using physico-chemical techniques such as determination of melting point by DSC and NMR, mass, IR spectral studies. The docking studies were also conducted to assess the activity of molecules for inhibition of hepatitis C virus.
- Kumar, Satish,Santra,Dwivedi,Aryan
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p. 1221 - 1229
(2020/06/09)
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- Enantioselective inclusion of pyrene-1-sulfonate salts of α-amino acids with crystals of α-cyclodextrin
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Enantioselective inclusion of α-amino acids with crystals of α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) has been achieved by converting the amino acids into sulfonate salts with pyrene-1-sulfonic acid (PyS). For example, crystals of α-CD selectively include L-leucine/PyS (1:1) salt in a host/guest ratio of ~1 with 92%ee from a solution of the racemic salt in ethanol/N-methylformamide (91:9) at 40 °C. Under conditions optimized for individual amino acids, the PyS salts of valine, phenylalanine, and methionine are also included with good enantioselectivities (up to 86%ee). Mechanistic studies for the inclusion of leucine/PyS salt reveals that the enantioselectivity originates from the difference in stability between the inclusion complexes of D- and L-leucine/PyS salts with α-CD in crystals.
- Hattori, Tetsutaro,Kitamoto, Yuichi,Maeda, Tetsuya,Miyoshi, Ikuko,Morohashi, Naoya
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- Inhibition of norovirus 3CL protease by bisulfite adducts of transition state inhibitors
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Noroviruses are the most common cause of acute viral gastroenteritis, accounting for >21 million cases annually in the US alone. Norovirus infections constitute an important health problem for which there are no specific antiviral therapeutics or vaccines. In this study, a series of bisulfite adducts derived from representative transition state inhibitors (dipeptidyl aldehydes and α-ketoamides) was synthesized and shown to exhibit anti-norovirus activity in a cell-based replicon system. The ED 50 of the most effective inhibitor was 60 nM. This study demonstrates for the first time the utilization of bisulfite adducts of transition state inhibitors in the inhibition of norovirus 3C-like protease in vitro and in a cell-based replicon system. The approach described herein can be extended to the synthesis of the bisulfite adducts of other classes of transition state inhibitors of serine and cysteine proteases, such as α-ketoheterocycles and α-ketoesters.
- Mandadapu, Sivakoteswara Rao,Gunnam, Mallikarjuna Reddy,Tiew, Kok-Chuan,Uy, Roxanne Adeline Z.,Prior, Allan M.,Alliston, Kevin R.,Hua, Duy H.,Kim, Yunjeong,Chang, Kyeong-Ok,Groutas, William C.
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- Primary amino acid derivatives: Compounds with anticonvulsant and neuropathic pain protection activities
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Pharmacological management remains the primary method to treat epilepsy and neuropathic pain. We have advanced a novel class of anticonvulsants termed functionalized amino acids (FAAs). In this study, we examine FAA derivatives from which the terminal acetyl moiety was removed and termed these compounds primary amino acid derivatives (PAADs). Twenty-seven PAADs were prepared; the central C(2) R-substituent was varied, including C(2) stereochemistry, and the compounds were tested in rodent models of seizures and neuropathic pain. C(2)-Hydrocarbon N-benzylamide PAADs were potent anticonvulsants and excellent anticonvulsant activity (mice, ip; rat, po) was observed for C(2) R-substituted PAADs in which the R group was ethyl, isopropyl, or tert-butyl, and the C(2) stereochemistry conformed to the d-amino acid configuration ((R)-stereoisomer). These values surpassed the activities of several clinical antiepileptic drugs. The C(2) (R)-ethyl and C(2) (R)-isopropyl PAADs also displayed excellent activities in the mouse (ip) formalin neuropathic pain model. Significantly, unlike the FAA structure-activity relationship, PAAD anticonvulsant activity increased upon substitution of a methylene unit for a heteroatom in the R-substituent that was one atom removed from the C(2) site, suggesting that these PAADs function by a different pathway than FAAs.
- King, Amber M.,Salomé, Christophe,Dinsmore, Jason,Salomé-Grosjean, Elise,De Ryck, Marc,Kaminski, Rafal,Valade, Anne,Kohn, Harold
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 4815 - 4830
(2011/10/01)
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- Resolution of non-proteinogenic amino acids via microbial lipase-catalyzed enantioselective transesterification
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A number of non-proteinogenic amino acids bearing aliphatic side chains were resolved with moderate to good enantioselectivities (E = 15-42) through the Burkholderia cepacia lipase-catalyzed enantioselective transesterification of the 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl esters of their N-benzyloxycarbonyl derivatives with methanol as a nucleophile in diisopropyl ether.
- Miyazawa, Toshifumi,Mio, Motoe,Watanabe, Yuko,Yamada, Takashi
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p. 219 - 224
(2008/09/20)
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- Deuterated hepatitis C protease inhibitors
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A deuterated α-ketoamido steric specific compound of the formula wherein D denotes a deuterium atom on a steric specific carbon atom.
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Page/Page column 16
(2010/11/28)
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- Enantioselective synthesis and absolute configuration of (-)-1-(benzofuran-2-yl)-2-propylaminopentane, ((-)-BPAP), a highly potent and selective catecholaminergic activity enhancer
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Enantioselective synthesis and absolute configuration of (-)-1-(benzofuran-2-yl)-2-propylaminopentane ((-)-BPAP), which is a highly potent and selective catecholaminergic activity enhancer (CAE) substance, are described. The synthetic approach consists of the coupling reaction of benzofuran with (R)-N-tosyl-2-propylazirizine or (R)-N-methoxy-N-methylnorvaliamide, followed by appropriate modifications of the resulting coupling products. As the results, (-)-BPAP turned out to have the R configuration, which was finally confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis.
- Oka, Takahiro,Yasusa, Takuya,Ando, Takashi,Watanabe, Mayumi,Yoneda, Fumio,Ishida, Toshimasa,Knoll, Joseph
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p. 1213 - 1219
(2007/10/03)
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- Enzymatic reaction in supercritical fluid carbon dioxide using dry-ice
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New enzymatic reactions in supercritical fluid carbon dioxide catalyzed by lipases (PPL, Lipase MY, Candida cylindracea Lipase), and Proteases (subtilisin Carlsberg, subtilisin 8397, immobilized papain) with high efficiency and yields in a simple high pressure reactor using readily available dry-ice have been developed.
- Yu, Hui-Ming
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p. 647 - 650
(2007/10/03)
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- Porcine Pancreatic Lipase Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrolysis of Esters of N-Protected Unusual Amino Acids
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Porcine pancreatic lipase catalyzed the highly enantioselective hydrolysis of a kind of α-substituted carboxylic esters, i.e., the 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl esters of the N-benzyloxycarbonyl derivatives of unusual amino acids.
- Miyazawa, Toshifumi,Iwanaga, Hitoshi,Ueji, Shinichi,Yamada,Takashi,Kuwata, Shigeru
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p. 2219 - 2222
(2007/10/02)
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- Optical Resolution of Unusual Amino-Acids by Lipase-catalysed Hydrolysis
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The 2-chloroethyl esters of the N-benzyloxycarbonyl (Z) derivatives of several unusual amino-acids are converted by Aspergillus niger lipase into enantiomerically enriched Z-amino-acids with fairly high optical purities, the L-enantiomers being preferentially hydrolysed.
- Miyazawa, Toshifumi,Takitani, Tadanori,Ueji, Shinichi,Yamada, Takashi,Kuwata, Shigeru
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p. 1214 - 1216
(2007/10/02)
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- Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of antibacterial phosphonopeptides incorporating (1-aminoethyl)phosphonic acid and (aminomethyl)phosphonic acid
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Phosphonodipeptides and phosphonooligopeptides based on L- and D-(1-aminoethyl)phosphonic acids L-Ala(P) and D-Ala(P) and (aminomethyl)phosphonic acid Gly(P) at the acid terminus have been synthesized and investigated as antibacterial agents, which owe their activity to the inhibition of bacterial cell-wall biosynthesis. A method for large-scale synthesis of the potent antibacterial agent L-Ala-L-Ala(P) (1,Alafosfalin) is described. Structure-activity relationships in the dipeptide series have been studied by systematic variation of structure 1. L stereochemistry is generally required for both components. Changes in the L-Ala(P) moiety mostly lead to loss of antibacterial activity, but the phosphonate analogues of L-phenylalanines, L-Phe(P), and L-serine, L-Ser(P), give rise to weakly active L-Ala-L-Phe(P) and L-Ala-L-Ser(P). Replacement of L-Ala in 1 by common and are amino acids can give rise to more potent in vitro antibacterials such as L-Nva-L-Ala(P). Synthetic variation of these more potent dipeptides leads to decreased activity. Phosphonooligopeptides such as (L-Ala)2-L-Ala(P) have a broader in vitro antibacterial spectrum than their phosphonodipeptide precursor, but this is not expressed in vivo, presumably due to rapid metabolism to 1. Stabilized compounds such as Sar-L-Nva-L-Nva-L-Ala(P) have been developed that are more potent in vivo and have a broader in vivo antibacterial spectrum than the parent phosphonodipeptide.
- Atherton,Hassall,Lambert
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