THE SYNTHESIS AND STABILITY OF AZIRIDINO-GLUTAMATE, AN IRREVERSIBLE INHIBITOR OF GLUTAMATE RACEMASE

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TANNER, ME
MIAO, SC
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[1] Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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10.1016/S0040-4039(00)73115-7
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O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
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Aziridino-glutamate (2-(2-carboxyethyl)aziridine-2-carboxylic acid, (+/-)4) was synthesized by heating alpha-fluoromethylglutamate in base. In neutral solution, 4 was shown to cyclize to the gamma-lactone 5 with a half life of 4 minutes. Aziridino-glutamate was shown to irreversibly inactivate glutamate racemase by alkylating an active site cysteine residue, Electrospray mass spectrometry was used to establish that a covalent bond had famed and that this bond protects one of the enzyme's two cysteine residues from reacting with iodoacetate under denaturing conditions.
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