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Synthetic and Conformational Studies of Active Site Peptides of Amino Acid Racemases

Research Project

Project/Area Number 01571155
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Chemical pharmacy
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokushima

Principal Investigator

TAKEDA Yoshio  Professor of Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokushima, 総合科学部, 教授 (70025716)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ICHIHARA Teruyoshi  Assistant of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokushima (un, 薬学部, 助手 (10167257)
Project Period (FY) 1989 – 1990
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1990)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Keywordsamino acid / racemization / active site / peptide / synthesis / conformation
Research Abstract

D-alanine, an essential constituent of bacterial cell wall pepti-deglycan, is biosynthesized from L-Alanine by the mediation of amino acid racemase. Amog the amino acid racemase, a thermostable alanine racemase from Bacillus stearothermophilus, two alanine racemases coded by dad B and dal genes fromSalmonella typhimurium, and amino acid racemase from Pseudomonas striata were relatively well studied enzymatically. The amino acid sequences around the lysine residue to which the cofactor pyridoxal phosphate linked were elucidated as follows.
B. stearothermophilus : Ala-ValーVal-Lys-Asn-Asn-Ala-Tyr (former sequence : AlaーPro-ProーLys-Ala-Asn-Ala-Tyr) ; Salmonella typhimurium : dad B Val-Trp-Ser-Val-ValーLys-Ala-Asn-Ala-Tyr-Gly-His-Gly-Ile, dal Leu-Val-Ala-Val-Val-Lys Ala-Asn-Ala-Tyr-Gly-His-Gly-Leu ; P. striata : Leu-Thr-Ala-Val-Leu-Lys-Ala-Ala-Asp-Ala-Try-Gly-His-GlyーIle.
In order to obtain the basic concept in developing new inhibitor (antibacterial agents), We started the synthetic and conformational studies of active site peptides of these enzymes as model active site. At first, we compared the amino acid sequences and divided the sequences in several fragment peptides. The synthetic fragment peptides were then condensed to give protected two kinds of octapeptides and three kinds of tetradecapeptides. All the synthetic procedures were performed in the solution phase. After the N-protective group was converted to N-acetyl group, the protective groups were then removed by treatment of trimethylsilyltriflate-thioanisole system to give acetyl derivatives of two octa-and three tetradecapeptides corresponding to the amino acid sequences of active sites of above mentioned racemases. The conformational studies using NMR spectroscopy for Boc-Leu-Thr-Ala-Val-Leu-OMe and Boc-Ala-Pro-Pro-Lys (Z) -Ala-Asn-Ala-Tyr (Bzl) -OBzl were also performed.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1990 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1989 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1989-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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