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Aminopyrazine Pathway to the Moco Metabolite Dephospho Form A
Anne Klewe1, Tobias Kruse2, Thomas Lindel1
1Institute of Organic Chemistry, TU Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany.
Abstract:
An efficient synthesis of the molybdopterin/molybdenum cofactor (Moco) oxidation product dephospho Form A is described that assembles the pteridinone system starting from an iodinated aminopyrazine. The sodium salt of dephospho Form A could be purified by precipitation from methanol, which paved the way to the title compound in the 100 mg range. By HPLC, the synthetic material was compared with a sample isolated from a recombinant Moco containing protein. Analysis of dephospho Form A is the only method that allows the quantification of the Moco content of crude cell extracts and recombinant protein preparations.
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