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Nucleoside Triphosphates - From Synthesis to Biochemical Characterization
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发射性合成辅因子:同态,同功能和响应性NAD+类型
Alexander R Rovira1, Andrea Fin1, Yitzhak Tor1
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093-0358, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 19, 2017
概括
一种新的光NAD+类似物NtzAD+被合成,并被证明是关键酶的可行基质. 它的光在酶反应期间发生变化,使得与原生NAD+不同的是实时监测.
科学领域:
- 生物化学
- 化学生物学
- 生物物理化学
背景情况:
- 尼古丁胺二核酸 (NAD+) 是许多代谢过程中的关键辅助因子.
- 由于NAD+和NADH的非光性质,实时监测NAD+依赖的酶反应具有挑战性.
研究的目的:
- 为生物化学应用合成和表征光NAD+模拟物NtzAD+.
- 评估NtzAD+作为酶反应的基质的有用性,并评估其光物理性质.
- 通过光光谱检测实时监测NtzAD+的酶变化.
主要方法:
- 基于异醇[4,3-d]胺核的光NAD+模拟物的合成 (NtzAD+).
- 使用酵母醇脱酶和乳酸脱酶与NtzAD+的酶测定.
- 对NtzAD+及其减少形式 (NtzADH) 的光物理特征.
- 对NADase和 riboyl转移酶 (ART5,CTA) 的基质评价
主要成果:
- NtzAD+和NtzADH作为酒精和乳酸脱酶的基质,其反应速度与原生NAD+/NADH相比.
- 光的减少伴随着NtzAD+转化为NtzADH,反映了NAD+/NADH的行为.
- 通过NADase和核糖转移酶 (ART5,CTA) 处理NtzAD+,产生tzADP- 核糖.
- 使用NtzAD+的酶反应很容易通过光光谱检测.
结论:
- NtzAD+是NAD+的功能光类型,适用于生物化学研究.
- NtzAD+/NtzADH的互补光物理行为允许实时光监测酶反应.
- 对于研究NAD+依赖酶和途径而言,NtzAD+比非光NAD+具有显著的优势.
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