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NADのピリジン環は,非酵素的環状反応によって形成されます
Keri L Colabroy1, Tadhg P Begley
1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 20, 2005
まとめ
トリプトファンからキノリニン酸の生物合成が明確にされる. 酵素3-ヒドロキシアントラニラート-3,4-二酸化酵素 (HAD) がリングを開き,その結果生成された中間体は,電循環反応を通じたエノールタウトメール経由で循環する.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 有機化学 オーガニック・ケミストリー
背景:
- キノリネート (3) は,NADの前駆体であり,既知の2つの経路で合成されます.
- 1つの経路は,アスパルテートとジヒドロキシアセトンリン酸を含む.
- もう1つの経路は,5段階のトリプトファン分解で,3-ヒドロキシアンタニラート-3,4-二酸化原酶 (HAD) が含まれる.
研究 の 目的:
- トリプトファンからキノリナート生物合成のメカニズムを解明する.
- 最終段階では,3-ヒドロキシアンタニラート-3,4-二酸化原酶 (HAD) の役割を調査する.
- 2-アミノ-3-カルボキシムコンセミアルデヒド (ACMS) のサイクルメカニズムを特定するために.
主な方法:
- 酵素測定は,ACMSサイクリングにおけるHADの触媒活性を決定する.
- ACMSのイソメリズムとタウトメリゼーションを研究するための光譜分析.
- サイクル化メカニズムを調査するためのモデル反応の研究.
主要な成果:
- ACMSのキノリナートへのサイクル化は,HADによって触媒化されません.
- 溶液中の最も安定したACMSイソメールは,そのエノールタウトメールを介してイソメリゼーションするオールトランス形態です.
- モデル研究によると,ACMSのサイクリングは,そのエノルタウトメアを通って,電気サイクリング反応を介して行われます.
結論:
- キノリニン酸のトリプトファン依存生物合成には,環状反応が伴う.
- この発見は,天然製品の生物合成メカニズムに関する既知のレパートリーを拡大します.
- この研究は,トリプトファンからNAD前駆体合成の最終段階を明らかにしています.
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