Search results for "Dehydroalanine"
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Broad Spectrum Thiopeptide Recognition Specificity of theStreptomyces lividans TipAL Protein and Its Role in Regulating Gene Expression
1999
Microbial metabolites isolated in screening programs for their ability to activate transcription of the tipA promoter (ptipA) in Streptomyces lividans define a class of cyclic thiopeptide antibiotics having dehydroalanine side chains ("tails"). Here we show that such compounds of heterogeneous primary structure (representatives tested: thiostrepton, nosiheptide, berninamycin, promothiocin) are all recognized by TipAS and TipAL, two in-frame translation products of the tipA gene. The N-terminal helix-turn-helix DNA binding motif of TipAL is homologous to the MerR family of transcriptional activators, while the C terminus forms a novel ligand-binding domain. ptipA inducers formed irreversible…
Conformational investigation of alpha,beta-dehydropeptides. VIII. N-acetyl-alpha,beta-dehydroamino acid N'-methylamides: conformation and electron de…
2009
The Fourier transform infrared spectra are analyzed in the regions of Vs(N-H), amide I, amide II and Vs(C alpha = C beta) bands for a series of Ac-delta Xaa-NHMe, where delta Xaa = delta Ala, (Z)-delta Abu, (Z)-delta Leu, (Z)-delta Phe and delta Val, to determine the predominant solution conformation of these alpha,beta-dehydropeptide-related molecules and the electron distribution perturbation in their amide bonds. The measurements were performed in dichloromethane (DCM). To confirm and rationalize the assignments, the spectra of the respective series of saturated Ac-Xaa-NHMe, recorded in DCM, and the spectra of these two series of unsaturated and saturated compounds, recorded in acetonitr…
Synthesis of peptides with α,β‐dehydroamino acids, V. coupling experiments with C‐terminal dehydrophenylalanine and dehydroalanine residues
1986
N-Protected model dipeptides of C-terminal (Z)-ΔPhe and ΔAla couple with glycine esters after activation with either diphenyl phosphorazidate (DPPA), N-cyclohexyl-N′-[2-(N-methylmorpholinio)ethyl]carbodiimide p-toluenesulfonate (WSC), N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide + 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (DCC + HOBt), or the mixed anhydride (MA) with isobutyl chlorocarbonate to give in good or mostly moderate yields the (Z)-ΔPhe-containing tripeptides 1 – 9 and ΔAla-containing tripeptides 11 – 19, respectively. In the MA and DPPA methods, further acylation products 20a – d are formed to a great extent, expecially during the ΔAla peptide syntheses. (E)-TFA-Gly-ΔPhe and Gly-OtBu, irrespective of the activati…
Synthesis of Tetrapeptides Containing Dehydroalanine, Dehydrophenylalanine and Oxazole as Building Blocks for Construction of Foldamers and Bioinspir…
2022
The incorporation of dehydroamino acid or fragments of oxazole into peptide chain is accompanied by a distorted three-dimensional structure and additionally enables the introduction of non-typical side-chain substituents. Thus, such compounds could be building blocks for obtaining novel foldamers and/or artificial enzymes (artzymes). In this paper, effective synthetic procedures leading to such building blocks—tetrapeptides containing glycyldehydroalanine, glycyldehydrophenylalanine, and glycyloxazole subunits—are described. Peptides containing serine were used as substrates for their conversion into peptides containing dehydroalanine and aminomethyloxazole-4-carboxylic acid while consideri…
Crystal structure of N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)phenylalanyldehydroalanine isopropyl ester (Boc–Phe–ΔAla–OiPr)
2014
In the crystal structure of the dehydrodipeptide (Boc-Phe-ΔAla-OiPr), the molecule has a trans configuration of the N-methylamide group. Its geometry is different from saturated peptides but is in excellent agreement with other dehydroalanine compounds. In the crystal, an N—H⋯O hydrogen bond links the molecules in a herringbone packing arrangement.
Addition of thiols to the double bond of dipeptide C-terminal dehydroalanine as a source of new inhibitors of cathepsin C.
2017
Addition of thiols to double bond of glycyl-dehydroalanine and phenyl-dehydroalanine esters provided micromolar inhibitors of cathepsin C. The structure-activity studies indicated that dipeptides containing N-terminal phenylalanine exhibit higher affinity towards the enzyme. A series of C-terminal S-substituted cysteines are responsible for varying interaction with S1 binding pocket of cathepsin C. Depending on diastereomer these compounds most likely act as slowly reacting substrates or competitive inhibitors. This was proved by TLC analysis of the medium in which interaction of methyl (S)-phenylalanyl-(R,S)-(S-adamantyl)cysteinate (7i) with the enzyme was studied. Molecular modeling enabl…
Synthesis of peptides with α,β‐dehydroamino acids, I. synthesis of N‐benzyloxycarbonyl and N‐trifluoroacetyl dipeptides of dehydroalanine and dehydro…
1984
Condensation of amides of N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)- and N-(trifluoroacetyl)amino acid with pyruvic and phenylpyruvic acid yields, in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid as a catalyst, N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)- and N-(trifluoroacetyl)dehydro dipeptides with C-terminal Δ Ala and ΔPhe, respectively (Table 2 and 3). Synthese von Peptiden mit α,β-Dehydroaminosauren, I. - Synthese von N-(Benzyloxycarbonyl)-und N-(Trifluoracetyl) dipeptiden von Dehydroalanin und Dehydrophenylalanin Die Kondensation von Nα-(Benzyloxycarbonyl)- und Nα-(Trifluoracetyl)aminosaureamiden mit Brenztrauben- und Phenylbrenztraubensaure in Gegenwart von p-Toluolsulfonsaure als Katalysator fuhrt zu N-(Benzyloxycarbonyl)- und N-…
Conformation of dehydropentapeptides containing four achiral amino acid residues - controlling the role of L-valine.
2014
Structural studies of pentapeptides containing an achiral block, built from two dehydroamino acid residues (ΔZPhe and ΔAla) and two glycines, as well as one chiral L-Val residue were performed using NMR spectroscopy. The key role of the L-Val residue in the generation of the secondary structure of peptides is discussed. The obtained results suggest that the strongest influence on the conformation of peptides arises from a valine residue inserted at the C-terminal position. The most ordered conformation was found for peptide Boc-Gly-ΔAla-Gly-ΔZPhe-Val-OMe (3), which adopts a right-handed helical conformation.
Synthesis of Peptides with α,β-Dehydroamino Acids, II. Synthesis oftert-Butyloxycarbonyldipeptides of Dehydroalanine and Dehydrophenylalanine
1985
Condensation of amides of Boc-amino acids3) with pyruvic acid leads to Boc-dipeptides 1 – 3 of dehydroalanine and 1-Boc-5-alkyl-2-methyl-4-oxo-2-imidazolidinecarboxylic acids 8 – 10. The amides, however, do not condense with phenylpyruvic acid. Boc-dipeptides of dehydroalanine (1 – 3) and dehydrophenylalanine (4 – 7) are synthesized using (Boc)2O and dehydrodipeptides with a free unmasked N-terminal amino group. Synthese von Peptiden mit α,β-Dehydroaminosauren, II1). – Synthese von tert-Butyloxycarbonyldipeptiden von Dehydroalanin und Dehydrophenylalanin2) Die Kondensation von Boc-Aminosaureamiden3) mit Brenztraubensaure fuhrt zu Boc-Dipeptiden 1 – 3 des Dehydroalanins und 1-Boc-5-alkyl-2-m…
Thiazole–amino acids: influence of thiazole ring on conformational properties of amino acid residues
2021
Abstract Post-translational modified thiazole–amino acid (Xaa–Tzl) residues have been found in macrocyclic peptides (e.g., thiopeptides and cyanobactins), which mostly inhibit protein synthesis in Gram + bacteria. Conformational study of the series of model compounds containing this structural motif with alanine, dehydroalanine, dehydrobutyrine and dehydrophenylalanine were performed using DFT method in various environments. The solid-state crystal structure conformations of thiazole–amino acid residues retrieved from the Cambridge Structural Database were also analysed. The studied structural units tend to adopt the unique semi-extended β2 conformation; which is stabilised mainly by N–H⋯N…