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Journot G, Neier R, Gualandi A. Hydrogenation of Calix[4]pyrrole: From the Formation to the Synthesis of Calix[4]pyrrolidine. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Chemistry University of Neuchâtel Avenue Bellevaux 51 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician” Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna Via Selmi 2 I-40126 Bologna Italy
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Jadhav PD, Shen J, Burnett PG, Yang J, Sammynaiken R, Reaney MJT. Methionine epimerization in cyclic peptides. RSC Adv 2021; 11:20859-20864. [PMID: 35479339 PMCID: PMC9034004 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra04260b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bioactive flax cyclic octa- and nona-peptides containing single methionine (Met) and its oxidized forms were treated under mild alkaline conditions to perform regio-selective epimerization. Cyclic peptide epimerization at the Met α-proton in a single chemical step has not been reported previously. The epimerization rate varies among Met oxidation states and ring size. These d-amino isomers along with the developed Met alkylation strategy will enable an approach to novel chemical functionalization of biomolecules. The amino acid configurations were confirmed by Marfey derivatizations, and cytotoxicity studies show the difference among the isomers. These d-amino analogs can act as a potential biomarker in plant protein processing and biomedical applications. One step regioselective methionine epimerization in cyclic peptides followed by selective functionalization leads to chemical novelty.![]()
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- Pramodkumar D Jadhav
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8 Canada
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8 Canada
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8 Canada
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- Drug Discovery and Development Research Group, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan 107 Wiggins Road Saskatoon SK S7N 5E5 Canada
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- Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre, University of Saskatchewan 110 Science Place Saskatoon SK S7N 5C9 Canada
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8 Canada .,Prairie Tide Diversified Inc. 102 Melville Street Saskatoon Saskatchewan S7J 0R1 Canada.,Guangdong Saskatchewan Oilseed Joint Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Engineering, Jinan University 601, Huangpu Avenue West Guangzhou Guangdong 510632 China
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Tsybizova A, Brenig C, Kieninger C, Kräutler B, Chen P. Surprising Homolytic Gas Phase Co-C Bond Dissociation Energies of Organometallic Aryl-Cobinamides Reveal Notable Non-Bonded Intramolecular Interactions. Chemistry 2021; 27:7252-7264. [PMID: 33560580 PMCID: PMC8251903 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Aryl-cobalamins are a new class of organometallic structural mimics of vitamin B12 designed as potential 'antivitamins B12 '. Here, the first cationic aryl-cobinamides are described, which were synthesized using the newly developed diaryl-iodonium method. The aryl-cobinamides were obtained as pairs of organometallic coordination isomers, the stereo-structure of which was unambiguously assigned based on homo- and heteronuclear NMR spectra. The availability of isomers with axial attachment of the aryl group, either at the 'beta' or at the 'alpha' face of the cobalt-center allowed for an unprecedented comparison of the organometallic reactivity of such pairs. The homolytic gas-phase bond dissociation energies (BDEs) of the coordination-isomeric phenyl- and 4-ethylphenyl-cobinamides were determined by ESI-MS threshold CID experiments, furnishing (Co-Csp 2 )-BDEs of 38.4 and 40.6 kcal mol-1 , respectively, for the two β-isomers, and the larger BDEs of 46.6 and 43.8 kcal mol-1 for the corresponding α-isomers. Surprisingly, the observed (Co-Csp 2 )-BDEs of the Coβ -aryl-cobinamides were smaller than the (Co-Csp 3 )-BDE of Coβ -methyl-cobinamide. DFT studies and the magnitudes of the experimental (Co-Csp 2 )-BDEs revealed relevant contributions of non-bonded interactions in aryl-cobinamides, notably steric strain between the aryl and the cobalt-corrin moieties and non-bonded interactions with and among the peripheral sidechains.
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- Alexandra Tsybizova
- Laboratorium für Organische ChemieDepartment of Chemistry and Applied BiosciencesETH ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry & Center of Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry & Center of Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry & Center of Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Laboratorium für Organische ChemieDepartment of Chemistry and Applied BiosciencesETH ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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The recently delineated structure- and reactivity-based concept of antivitamins B12 has begun to bear fruit by the generation, and study, of a range of such B12 -dummies, either vitamin B12 -derived, or transition metal analogues that also represent potential antivitamins B12 or specific B12 -antimetabolites. As reviewed here, this has opened up new research avenues in organometallic B12 -chemistry and bioinorganic coordination chemistry. Exploratory studies with antivitamins B12 have, furthermore, revealed some of their potential, as pharmacologically interesting compounds, for inducing B12 -deficiency in a range of organisms, from hospital resistant bacteria to laboratory mice. The derived capacity of antivitamins B12 to induce functional B12 -deficiency in mammalian cells and organs also suggest their valuable potential as growth inhibitors of cancerous human and animal cells.
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- Bernhard Kräutler
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
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Kieninger C, Wurst K, Podewitz M, Stanley M, Deery E, Lawrence AD, Liedl KR, Warren MJ, Kräutler B. Replacement of the Cobalt Center of Vitamin B
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by Nickel: Nibalamin and Nibyric Acid Prepared from Metal‐Free B
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Ligands Hydrogenobalamin and Hydrogenobyric Acid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202008407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Christoph Kieninger
- Institute of Organic Chemistry University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
- Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- Institute of General Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
- Institute of General Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- School of Biosciences University of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NJ UK
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- School of Biosciences University of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NJ UK
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- Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
- Institute of General Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- School of Biosciences University of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NJ UK
- Quadram Institute Bioscience Norwich Science Park Norwich NR4 7UQ UK
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
- Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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Kieninger C, Wurst K, Podewitz M, Stanley M, Deery E, Lawrence AD, Liedl KR, Warren MJ, Kräutler B. Replacement of the Cobalt Center of Vitamin B 12 by Nickel: Nibalamin and Nibyric Acid Prepared from Metal-Free B 12 Ligands Hydrogenobalamin and Hydrogenobyric Acid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:20129-20136. [PMID: 32686888 PMCID: PMC7693184 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The (formal) replacement of Co in cobalamin (Cbl) by NiII generates nibalamin (Nibl), a new transition-metal analogue of vitamin B12 . Described here is Nibl, synthesized by incorporation of a NiII ion into the metal-free B12 ligand hydrogenobalamin (Hbl), itself prepared from hydrogenobyric acid (Hby). The related NiII corrin nibyric acid (Niby) was similarly synthesized from Hby, the metal-free cobyric acid ligand. The solution structures of Hbl, and Niby and Nibl, were characterized by spectroscopic studies. Hbl features two inner protons bound at N2 and N4 of the corrin ligand, as discovered in Hby. X-ray analysis of Niby shows the structural adaptation of the corrin ligand to NiII ions and the coordination behavior of NiII . The diamagnetic Niby and Nibl, and corresponding isoelectronic CoI corrins, were deduced to be isostructural. Nibl is a structural mimic of four-coordinate base-off Cbls, as verified by its ability to act as a strong inhibitor of bacterial adenosyltransferase.
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- Christoph Kieninger
- Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
- Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of GeneralInorganic and Theoretical ChemistryUniversity of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
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- Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
- Institute of GeneralInorganic and Theoretical ChemistryUniversity of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of KentCanterburyCT2 7NJUK
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of KentCanterburyCT2 7NJUK
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- Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
- Institute of GeneralInorganic and Theoretical ChemistryUniversity of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of KentCanterburyCT2 7NJUK
- Quadram Institute BioscienceNorwich Science ParkNorwichNR4 7UQUK
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
- Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
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Chen R, Shen Y, Yang S, Zhang Y. Conformational Design Principles in Total Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Renzhi Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, iChEM College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, iChEM College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, iChEM College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, iChEM College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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Chen R, Shen Y, Yang S, Zhang Y. Conformational Design Principles in Total Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:14198-14210. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Renzhi Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, iChEM College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, iChEM College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, iChEM College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, iChEM College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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Kieninger C, Baker JA, Podewitz M, Wurst K, Jockusch S, Lawrence AD, Deery E, Gruber K, Liedl KR, Warren MJ, Kräutler B. Zinc Substitution of Cobalt in Vitamin B 12: Zincobyric acid and Zincobalamin as Luminescent Structural B 12‐Mimics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201908428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Christoph Kieninger
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- School of Biosciences University of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NJ UK
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- School of Biosciences University of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NJ UK
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences University of Graz Austria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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Kieninger C, Baker JA, Podewitz M, Wurst K, Jockusch S, Lawrence AD, Deery E, Gruber K, Liedl KR, Warren MJ, Kräutler B. Zinc Substitution of Cobalt in Vitamin B 12 : Zincobyric acid and Zincobalamin as Luminescent Structural B 12 -Mimics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:14568-14572. [PMID: 31420932 PMCID: PMC6790578 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
Replacing the central cobalt ion of vitamin B12 by other metals has been a long-held aspiration within the B12 -field. Herein, we describe the synthesis from hydrogenobyric acid of zincobyric acid (Znby) and zincobalamin (Znbl), the Zn-analogues of the natural cobalt-corrins cobyric acid and vitamin B12 , respectively. The solution structures of Znby and Znbl were studied by NMR-spectroscopy. Single crystals of Znby were produced, providing the first X-ray crystallographic structure of a zinc corrin. The structures of Znby and of computationally generated Znbl were found to resemble the corresponding CoII -corrins, making such Zn-corrins potentially useful for investigations of B12 -dependent processes. The singlet excited state of Znby had a short life-time, limited by rapid intersystem crossing to the triplet state. Znby allowed the unprecedented observation of a corrin triplet (ET =190 kJ mol-1 ) and was found to be an excellent photo-sensitizer for 1 O2 (ΦΔ =0.70).
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- Christoph Kieninger
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of KentCanterburyCT2 7NJUK
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- Institute for Molecular BiosciencesUniversity ofGrazAustria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck6020InnsbruckAustria
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Kieninger C, Deery E, Lawrence AD, Podewitz M, Wurst K, Nemoto-Smith E, Widner FJ, Baker JA, Jockusch S, Kreutz CR, Liedl KR, Gruber K, Warren MJ, Kräutler B. The Hydrogenobyric Acid Structure Reveals the Corrin Ligand as an Entatic State Module Empowering B 12 Cofactors for Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:10756-10760. [PMID: 31115943 PMCID: PMC6771967 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201904713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The B12 cofactors instill a natural curiosity regarding the primordial selection and evolution of their corrin ligand. Surprisingly, this important natural macrocycle has evaded molecular scrutiny, and its specific role in predisposing the incarcerated cobalt ion for organometallic catalysis has remained obscure. Herein, we report the biosynthesis of the cobalt-free B12 corrin moiety, hydrogenobyric acid (Hby), a compound crafted through pathway redesign. Detailed insights from single-crystal X-ray and solution structures of Hby have revealed a distorted helical cavity, redefining the pattern for binding cobalt ions. Consequently, the corrin ligand coordinates cobalt ions in desymmetrized "entatic" states, thereby promoting the activation of B12 -cofactors for their challenging chemical transitions. The availability of Hby also provides a route to the synthesis of transition metal analogues of B12 .
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- Christoph Kieninger
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Austria
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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Kieninger C, Deery E, Lawrence AD, Podewitz M, Wurst K, Nemoto‐Smith E, Widner FJ, Baker JA, Jockusch S, Kreutz CR, Liedl KR, Gruber K, Warren MJ, Kräutler B. Die Hydrogenobyrsäure‐Struktur enthüllt den Corrin‐Liganden als entatisches Zustandsmodul zur Steigerung der Katalyseaktivität von B
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‐Cofaktoren. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201904713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Christoph Kieninger
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NJ Großbritannien
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NJ Großbritannien
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NJ Großbritannien
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NJ Großbritannien
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI)University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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- Institute for Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of Graz Österreich
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NJ Großbritannien
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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Brenig C, Prieto L, Oetterli R, Zelder F. Ein NiII
-haltiges Vitamin-B12
-Derivat mit einem Kofaktor-F430-artigen π-System. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201810983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Christopher Brenig
- Institut für Chemie; Universität Zürich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zürich Schweiz
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- Institut für Chemie; Universität Zürich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zürich Schweiz
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- Institut für Chemie; Universität Zürich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zürich Schweiz
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- Institut für Chemie; Universität Zürich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zürich Schweiz
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Brenig C, Prieto L, Oetterli R, Zelder F. A Nickel(II)-Containing Vitamin B12
Derivative with a Cofactor-F430-type π-System. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:16308-16312. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201810983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Christopher Brenig
- Department of Chemistry; University of Zurich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Zurich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Zurich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Zurich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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Erhart T, Vergeiner S, Kreutz C, Kräutler B, Müller T. Chlorophyllabbau im Farn - Entdeckung von Phyllobilin-Isomeren mit umgelagertem Kohlenstoffgerüst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201807818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Theresia Erhart
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Zentrum für, Molekulare Biowissenschaften (CMBI); Universität Innsbruck; Innrain 80-82 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Zentrum für, Molekulare Biowissenschaften (CMBI); Universität Innsbruck; Innrain 80-82 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Zentrum für, Molekulare Biowissenschaften (CMBI); Universität Innsbruck; Innrain 80-82 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Zentrum für, Molekulare Biowissenschaften (CMBI); Universität Innsbruck; Innrain 80-82 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Zentrum für, Molekulare Biowissenschaften (CMBI); Universität Innsbruck; Innrain 80-82 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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Erhart T, Vergeiner S, Kreutz C, Kräutler B, Müller T. Chlorophyll Breakdown in a Fern-Discovery of Phyllobilin Isomers with a Rearranged Carbon Skeleton. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:14937-14941. [PMID: 30144281 PMCID: PMC6220952 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201807818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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All structure-based information on chlorophyll (Chl) breakdown in the higher plants relies on studies with angiosperms. Herein, the first investigation of a fern is reported, revealing a novel type of Chl catabolites (phyllobilins) in leaves of this large division of the vascular plants, and providing structural insights into an astounding metabolic process of the higher plants that appears to have played a role even in early phases of plant evolution. The tetrapyrrolic Chl catabolites in the cosmopolitan bracken fern were discovered to be phyllobilin isomers with an unprecedented skeleton, proposed to be the striking result of a rearrangement of a hypothetical phyllobilin precursor.
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- Theresia Erhart
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of InnsbruckInnrain 80–826020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of InnsbruckInnrain 80–826020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of InnsbruckInnrain 80–826020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of InnsbruckInnrain 80–826020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of InnsbruckInnrain 80–826020InnsbruckAustria
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- Dieter Weiß
- Friedrich‐Schiller‐Universität JenaInstitut für Organische Chemie Humboldtstr. 10 07743 Jena
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EL-Atawy MA, Ferretti F, Ragaini F. A Synthetic Methodology for Pyrroles from Nitrodienes. European J Org Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201701814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Mohamed A. EL-Atawy
- Dipartimento di Chimica; Università degli Studi di Milano; Via Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
- Chemistry Department; Faculty of Science; Alexandria University; P.O. 426 Ibrahemia 21321 Alexandria Egypt
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Università degli Studi di Milano; Via Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Università degli Studi di Milano; Via Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
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Widner FJ, Lawrence AD, Deery E, Heldt D, Frank S, Gruber K, Wurst K, Warren MJ, Kräutler B. Total Synthesis, Structure, and Biological Activity of Adenosylrhodibalamin, the Non-Natural Rhodium Homologue of Coenzyme B12. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:11281-6. [PMID: 27355790 PMCID: PMC5103170 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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B12 is unique among the vitamins as it is biosynthesized only by certain prokaryotes. The complexity of its synthesis relates to its distinctive cobalt corrin structure, which is essential for B12 biochemistry and renders coenzyme B12 (AdoCbl) so intriguingly suitable for enzymatic radical reactions. However, why is cobalt so fit for its role in B12 -dependent enzymes? To address this question, we considered the substitution of cobalt in AdoCbl with rhodium to generate the rhodium analogue 5'-deoxy-5'-adenosylrhodibalamin (AdoRbl). AdoRbl was prepared by de novo total synthesis involving both biological and chemical steps. AdoRbl was found to be inactive in vivo in microbial bioassays for methionine synthase and acted as an in vitro inhibitor of an AdoCbl-dependent diol dehydratase. Solution NMR studies of AdoRbl revealed a structure similar to that of AdoCbl. However, the crystal structure of AdoRbl revealed a conspicuously better fit of the corrin ligand for Rh(III) than for Co(III) , challenging the current views concerning the evolution of corrins.
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- Florian J Widner
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Centrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (CMBI), Universität Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.,Plant and Microbial Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Institut für Molekulare Biowissenschaften, Universität Graz, Austria
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- Institut für Allgemeine, Anorganische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Innsbruck, Austria
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK.
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Centrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (CMBI), Universität Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Widner FJ, Lawrence AD, Deery E, Heldt D, Frank S, Gruber K, Wurst K, Warren MJ, Kräutler B. Totalsynthese, Struktur und biologische Aktivität von Adenosylrhodibalamin, dem unnatürlichen Rhodiumhomologen von Coenzym B12. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201603738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Florian J. Widner
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Centrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (CMBI); Universität Innsbruck; 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
- Plant and Microbial Biology Department; University of California; Berkeley USA
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- School of Biosciences; University of Kent; Canterbury CT2 7NJ Großbritannien
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- School of Biosciences; University of Kent; Canterbury CT2 7NJ Großbritannien
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- School of Biosciences; University of Kent; Canterbury CT2 7NJ Großbritannien
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- School of Biosciences; University of Kent; Canterbury CT2 7NJ Großbritannien
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- Institut für Molekulare Biowissenschaften; Universität Graz; Österreich
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- Institut für Allgemeine, Anorganische und Theoretische Chemie; Universität Innsbruck; Österreich
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- School of Biosciences; University of Kent; Canterbury CT2 7NJ Großbritannien
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Centrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (CMBI); Universität Innsbruck; 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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Kräutler B. Breakdown of Chlorophyll in Higher Plants--Phyllobilins as Abundant, Yet Hardly Visible Signs of Ripening, Senescence, and Cell Death. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:4882-907. [PMID: 26919572 PMCID: PMC4950323 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Fall colors have always been fascinating and are still a remarkably puzzling phenomenon associated with the breakdown of chlorophyll (Chl) in leaves. As discovered in recent years, nongreen bilin-type Chl catabolites are generated, which are known as the phyllobilins. Collaborative chemical-biological efforts have led to the elucidation of the key Chl-breakdown processes in senescent leaves and in ripening fruit. Colorless and largely photoinactive phyllobilins are rapidly produced from Chl, apparently primarily as part of a detoxification program. However, fluorescent Chl catabolites accumulate in some senescent leaves and in peels of ripe bananas and induce a striking blue glow. The structural features, chemical properties, and abundance of the phyllobilins in the biosphere suggest biological roles, which still remain to be elucidated.
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- Bernhard Kräutler
- Institute of Organic Chemistry & Center of Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Gruber K, Kräutler B. Coenzyme B12 Repurposed for Photoregulation of Gene Expression. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:5638-40. [PMID: 27010518 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201601120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Old cofactor, new tricks: In enzymes, coenzyme B12 has a well-known function as a radical initiator through homolysis of the Co-C bond. It has recently been shown that nature has repurposed this cofactor as a photosensitive switch for the regulation of bacterial carotenoid biosynthesis. Co-C bond breakage is again the key event in this process, triggering huge conformational changes in the B12 -binding protein.
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- Karl Gruber
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstraße 50/3, 8010, Graz, Austria.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Gruber K, Kräutler B. Coenzym B12- umfunktioniert für die Photoregulation der Genexpression. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201601120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Karl Gruber
- Institut für Molekulare Biowissenschaften; Universität Graz; Humboldtstraße 50 8010 Graz Österreich
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Zentrum für molekulare Biowissenschaften (CMBI); Universität Innsbruck; Innrain 80/82 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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Kräutler B. Der Chlorophyllabbau in höheren Pflanzen - Phyllobiline als weitverbreitete, aber kaum sichtbare Zeichen von Reifung, Seneszenz und Zelltod. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201508928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Bernhard Kräutler
- Institut für Organische Chemie & Centrum für MolekulareBiowissenschaften (CMBI); Universität Innsbruck; 6020 Innsbruck Österreich
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Sutherland JD. The Origin of Life--Out of the Blue. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:104-21. [PMID: 26510485 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201506585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Either to sustain autotrophy, or as a prelude to heterotrophy, organic synthesis from an environmentally available C1 feedstock molecule is crucial to the origin of life. Recent findings augment key literature results and suggest that hydrogen cyanide--"Blausäure"--was that feedstock.
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- John D Sutherland
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH (UK).
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A concise synthesis of Ni-didecarboxysirohydrochlorin hexamethylester—a model compound for key intermediates in heme d1 and heme biosynthesis. Tetrahedron Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.10.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Vu NH, Damke JE, Borrmann T, Latos-Grażyński L, Montforts FP. First Synthesis of Azachlorins and Azacorrins with a N-Atom inβ-Pyrrolic Positions. Helv Chim Acta 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201300303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Noe CR, Freissmuth J, Richter P, Miculka C, Lachmann B, Eppacher S. Formaldehyde-a key monad of the biomolecular system. Life (Basel) 2013; 3:486-501. [PMID: 25369818 PMCID: PMC4187169 DOI: 10.3390/life3030486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Revised: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Experiments will be presented and reviewed to support the hypothesis that the intrinsic reactivity of formaldehyde may lead to the formation of a rather comprehensive set of defined biomolecules, including D-glucose, thus fostering concepts of evolution considering the existence of a premetabolic system as a primordial step in the generation of life.
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- Christian R. Noe
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Life Science University of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, Vienna 1090, Austria; E-Mail:
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +43-676-7315051; Fax: +43-4277-9551
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, Frankfurt D-60438, Germany; E-Mails: (J.F.); (P.R.); (C.M.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, Frankfurt D-60438, Germany; E-Mails: (J.F.); (P.R.); (C.M.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, Frankfurt D-60438, Germany; E-Mails: (J.F.); (P.R.); (C.M.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Life Science University of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, Vienna 1090, Austria; E-Mail:
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Life Science University of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, Vienna 1090, Austria; E-Mail:
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Diederich F. 125 Years of Chemistry in the Mirror of “Angewandte”. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:2714-42. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201300056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Zhou K, Oetterli RM, Brandl H, Lyatuu FE, Buckel W, Zelder F. Chemistry and Bioactivity of an Artificial Adenosylpeptide B12Cofactor. Chembiochem 2012; 13:2052-5. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Kräutler B. 7-Decarboxymethyl-cobyrinates: Vitamin B12-Derivatives that Lack the c-Side Chain. Chemistry 2012; 18:9032-45. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ruetz M, Fedosov SN, Kräutler B. Wiederherstellung des B12-Makrocyclus durch radikalischen Ringschluss eines blauen Secocorrins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201202878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ruetz M, Fedosov SN, Kräutler B. Reconstitution of the B12Macrocycle by Radical Ring Closure of a Blue Secocorrin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:6780-4. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201202878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Menor-Salván C, Marín-Yaseli MR. Prebiotic chemistry in eutectic solutions at the water-ice matrix. Chem Soc Rev 2012; 41:5404-15. [PMID: 22660387 DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35060b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A crystalline ice matrix at subzero temperatures can maintain a liquid phase where organic solutes and salts concentrate to form eutectic solutions. This concentration effect converts the confined reactant solutions in the ice matrix, sometimes making condensation and polymerisation reactions occur more favourably. These reactions occur at significantly high rates from a prebiotic chemistry standpoint, and the labile products can be protected from degradation. The experimental study of the synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles at the ice-water system showed the efficiency of this scenario and could explain the origin of nucleobases in the inner Solar System bodies, including meteorites and extra-terrestrial ices, and on the early Earth. The same conditions can also favour the condensation of monomers to form ribonucleic acid and peptides. Together with the synthesis of these monomers, the ice world (i.e., the chemical evolution in the range between the freezing point of water and the limit of stability of liquid brines, 273 to 210 K) is an under-explored experimental model in prebiotic chemistry.
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- César Menor-Salván
- Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC), INTA, E-28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain.
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Eschenmoser A. Ätiologie potentiell primordialer Biomolekül-Strukturen: Vom Vitamin B12 zu den Nukleinsäuren und der Frage nach der Chemie der Entstehung des Lebens - ein Rückblick. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201103672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Eschenmoser A. Etiology of potentially primordial biomolecular structures: from vitamin B12 to the nucleic acids and an inquiry into the chemistry of life's origin: a retrospective. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:12412-72. [PMID: 22162284 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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"We'll never be able to know" is a truism that leads to resignation with respect to any experimental effort to search for the chemistry of life's origin. But such resignation runs radically counter to the challenge imposed upon chemistry as a natural science. Notwithstanding the prognosis according to which the shortest path to understanding the metamorphosis of the chemical into the biological is by way of experimental modeling of "artificial chemical life", the scientific search for the route nature adopted in creating the life we know will arguably never truly end. It is, after all, part of the search for our own origin.
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- Albert Eschenmoser
- Organisch-chemisches Laboratorium der ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 10, CHI H309, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Kräutler B, Puffer B. More Radical Magic with B12: B12-Catalyzed, Light-Induced Cleavage of DNA. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:9791-2. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Kräutler B, Puffer B. Magische Radikalchemie mit B12: B12-katalysierte lichtinduzierte Spaltung von DNA. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201103373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Qin B, Shen S, Sun C, Du Z, Zhang K, Zeng H. One-Pot Multimolecular Macrocyclization for the Expedient Synthesis of Macrocyclic Aromatic Pentamers by a Chain Growth Mechanism. Chem Asian J 2011; 6:3298-305. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201100409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kräutler B. A new factor in life's quest for energy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:2439-41. [PMID: 21341348 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201007339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Bernhard Kräutler
- Institute of Organic Chemistry & Center of Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Rudolph M, Jäger EG. Untersuchungen zur Kinetik der Elektronenübertragung auf Bis(3-oxo-1-enaminato)-nickel(II)-Chelatkomplexe. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/zfch.19890291116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Murtaza S, Ruetz M, Gruber K, Kräutler B. Isovitamin B12: A Vitamin B12 Derivative That Flips Its Tail. Chemistry 2010; 16:10984-8. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Vitamin-B12-Mimetika mit einem Peptidrückgrat und einstellbaren Koordinations- und Redoxeigenschaften. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201001928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Zhou K, Zelder F. Vitamin B12 Mimics Having a Peptide Backbone and Tuneable Coordination and Redox Properties. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010; 49:5178-80. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201001928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Kräutler B. Congratulations to Professor Albert Eschenmoser on his 85th Birthday. HETEROCYCLES 2010. [DOI: 10.3987/com-10-s(e)foreword_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Montforts FP, Damke JE, König T, Haake G, Latos-Grażyński L. Unusual Oxidation in the Course of Synthesis of N-Confused Nickel Tetrahydrobilins. HETEROCYCLES 2010. [DOI: 10.3987/com-10-s(e)104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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