116130-11-1Relevant articles and documents
Uncatalyzed and Chorismate Mutase Catalyzed Claisen Rearrangement of (Z)-9-Methylchorismic Acid
Lesuisse, Dominique,Berchtold, Glenn A.
, p. 4992 - 4997 (2007/10/02)
A synthesis of (-)- and (+/-)-(Z)-9-methylchorismic acid (3) is reported.The half-life for the uncatalyzed Claisen rearrangement of (+/-)-3 in H2O (pH 7.5, 30 deg C) is 5.7 h.Chorismate analogue (-)-3 was a modest substrate for chorismate mutase (chorismate mutase-prephenate dehydrogenase from E. coli): Km = 4.0 mM, kcat./kuncat. = 4.2*104.It was established that the enzyme-catalyzed Claisen rearrangement of (-)-3 proceeds through a chairlike transition state in similar fashion to the chorismate mutase catalyzed rearrangement of (-)-chorismic acid (1).