Der Phenylacetyl-(PhAc-)Rest als enzymatisch ablösbare Schutzgruppe für Peptide und Kohlenhydrate: Selektive Schutzgruppenabspaltungen mit Penicillin-Acylase

The use of Fmoc-Lys(Pac)-OH and penicillin G acylase in the preparation of novel semisynthetic insulin analogs

In this paper, we present the detailed synthetic protocol and characterization of Fmoc-Lys(Pac)-OH, its use for the preparation of octapeptides H-Gly-Phe-Tyr-N-MePhe-Thr-Lys(Pac)-Pro-Thr-OH and H-Gly-Phe-Phe-His-Thr-Pro-Lys(Pac)-Thr-OH by solid-phase synthesis, trypsin-catalyzed condensation of these octapeptides with desoctapeptide(B23-B30)-insulin, and penicillin G acylase catalyzed cleavage of phenylacetyl (Pac) group from Nepsilon-amino group of lysine to give novel insulin analogs [TyrB25, N-MePheB26,LysB28,ProB29]-insulin and [HisB26]-insulin. These new analogs display 4 and 78% binding affinity respectively to insulin receptor in rat adipose membranes.

Structural analysis of partially acetylated glycosides by refocused-decoupled insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer (INEPT) experiments: a qualitative and quantitative method

The application of the refocused-decoupled INEPT pulse sequence in 13C-NMR spectroscopy allows, in conjonction with computer simulations, a straightforward editing of the spectra of a raw mixture of glycosidic compounds.

An enzyme-labile safety catch linker for synthesis on a soluble polymeric support

The development of new and broadly applicable linker groups which are stable under a variety of reaction conditions and allow release of the desired products from the solid support under very mild conditions is of great interest in organic synthesis and combinatorial chemistry. We describe an enzyme-labile safety-catch linker which releases alcohols and amines through i) enzymatic cleavage of an amino group and ii) subsequent lactam formation. The linker group was investigated on different polymeric supports: TentaGel. PEGA, CPG-beads and the soluble polymer POE-6000. From these linker-polymer conjugates 2-methoxy-5-nitrobenzyl alcohol was released by penicillin G acylase catalysed cleavage of a phenylacetamide and attack of the liberated benzylamine on the neighbouring ester group in ortho position. The model study revealed that only in the case of soluble POE-6000 conjugate high yields for the cleavage could be achieved. In the case of the other solid supports the enzyme does not have access to the interior of the polymer matrix. The application of the POE-6000 linker conjugate was investigated for various esters in Pd0-catalysed Heck-, Suzuki- and Sonogashira reactions as well as in a Mitsunobu reaction and cycloadditions. These studies proved that the linker is stable under a broad variety of reaction conditions and that the enzymatic method allows for release of the desired product alcohols under extremely mild conditions at pH 7 and 37 degrees C. In addition, the enzymatic reaction proceeds with complete chemoselectivity, that is other esters or amides are not attacked by the biocatalyst. In addition to alcohols amines can also be cleaved by means of the enzyme-initiated two-step process. In these cases the higher stability of amides as compared to esters requires warming to 60 degrees C to induce cyclization and release of the desired product.

Synthesis of acylated methyl beta-D-xylopyranosides and their enzymic deacylations by rabbit serum esterases

Selective pivaloylations of methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside have been studied under various reaction conditions. Partially pivaloylated products were submitted to additional acetylations. The structures were established by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Representatives of acylated methyl beta-D-xylopyranosides (acyl being pivaloyl, acetyl, or a combination of both) were submitted to hydrolysis catalyzed by rabbit serum and esterases isolated from rabbit serum.

Catalytic properties of rabbit serum esterases hydrolyzing esterified monosaccharides

Rabbit serum and one enzyme fraction isolated from rabbit serum by column chromatography (Fraction II) were used as catalysts in regioselective hydrolysis of radiolabelled pivaloylated monosaccharides (Piv = Me3CCO). The hydrolysis of 14C-labelled methyl 2-O-pivaloyl-(2-MP)-, 6-O-pivaloyl (6-MP)-, 2,6-di-O-pivaloyl-(2,6-DP) alpha-D- glucopyranosides and methyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-3,6- di-O-pivaloyl-(3,6-DPNAc) alpha-D-glucopyranosides, was studied, as well as that of the non-sugar substrates butyrylthiocholine, thiophenylbutyrate, phenylacetate and paraoxon. The specific activities of 2,6-DP, 3,6-DPNAc, butyrylthiocholine and thiophenylbutyrate were higher in Fraction II than in native sera, while those of phenylacetate and paraoxon were lower. Inhibition studies were done using the substrates mentioned and five different inhibitors, namely bis(p-nitrophenyl phosphate) (BNPP), eserine, paraoxon, HgCl2 and EDTA. The hydrolysis of 2,6-DP and 3,6-DPNAc was not inhibited by HgCl2 and only slightly by EDTA. Paraoxon, eserine and BNPP were progressive inhibitors of the hydrolysis of the two sugar substrates, and the pattern of inhibition resembled closely the inhibition of butyrylthiocholine and thiophenylbutyrate hydrolysis. This result applied to both, native serum and Fraction II. It was concluded that esterases in rabbit serum which hydrolyze pivaloylated sugar substrates belong to the category of serine esterases. Kinetic parameters (KM and Vmax), effects of temperature and pH on activity of esterases from Fraction II were also determined for the hydrolysis of sugar substrates.

Stabilizing effect of penicillin G sulfoxide, a competitive inhibitor of penicillin G acylase: Its practical applications

We have found that penicillin G sulfoxide (pen G SO) behaves as a general stabilizing agent of two bacterial penicillin G acylases (PGAs) from E. coli and from K. citrophila), and this role is related to a strong inhibitory effect on the enzymes. The stabilizing effect has been observed during two different inactivation processes: (i) thermal inactivation of soluble enzymes at alkaline pH, and (ii) inactivation of immobilized enzymes as a consequence of covalent multiinteraction with highly activated agarose aldehyde gels. At the same time, pen G SO behaves as a strong competitive inhibitor of these two enzymes. The inhibition constant is more than 10-fold lower than the one corresponding to another smaller competitive inhibitor, phenylacetic acid (PAA), the structure of which is exactly the acyl donor moiety corresponding to pen G SO. In turn, PAA hardly exerts any stabilizing effect on PGAs. The stabilizing effect of pen G SO allowed the preparation of derivatives of these PGAs preserving full catalytic activity in spite of being 1,400- and 650-fold more stable than the corresponding soluble or one-point attached immobilized enzymes.