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蘇雅頌 and Ngar-chung Nellie So. "Pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis in adult angiostrongylus Cantonensis (Nematoda : Metastrongyloidea)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3123320X.
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Bean, Heather D. "Prebiotic synthesis of nucleic acids." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28259.
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Thesis (M. S.)--Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.Committee Chair: Hud, Nicholas V.; Committee Member: Fox, Ronald F.; Committee Member: Lynn, David G.; Committee Member: Powers, James C.; Committee Member: Wartell, Roger M.; Committee Member: Williams, Loren D.
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Rayala, Ramanjaneyulu. "Design and Synthesis of Novel Nucleoside Analogues: Oxidative and Reductive Approaches toward Synthesis of 2'-Fluoro Pyrimidine Nucleosides." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2172.
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Fluorinated nucleosides, especially the analogues with fluorine atom(s) in the ribose ring, have been known to exert potent biological activities. The first part of this dissertation was aimed at developing oxidative desulfurization-fluorination and reductive desulfonylation-fluorination methodologies toward the synthesis of 2'-mono and/or 2',2'-difluoro pyrimidine nucleosides from the corresponding 2'-arylthiopyrimidine precursors. Novel oxidative desulfurization-difluorination methodology was developed for the synthesis of α,α-difluorinted esters from the corresponding α-arylthio esters, wherein the arylthio group is present on a secondary internal carbon. For the reductive desulfonylation studies, cyclic voltammetry was utilized to measure the reduction potentials at which the sulfone moiety of substrates can be cleaved.
The 5-bromo pyrimidine nucleosides and 8-bromo purine nucleosides act as crucial intermediates in various synthetic transformations. The second part of the present dissertation was designed to develop a novel bromination methodology using 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DBH). Various protected and deprotected pyrimidine and purine nucleosides were converted to their respective C5 and C8 brominated counterparts using DBH. The effect of Lewis acids, solvents, and temperature on the efficiency of bromination was studied. Also, N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) or DBH offered a convenient access to 8-bromotoyocamycin and 8-bromosangivamycin.
Third part of this research work focuses on the design and synthesis of 6-N-benzylated derivatives of 7-deazapurine nucleoside antibiotics, such as tubercidin, sangivamycin and toyocamycin. Target molecules were synthesized by two methods. First method involves treatment of 7-deazapurine substrates with benzylbromide followed by dimethylamine-promoted Dimroth rearrangement. The second method employs fluoro-diazotization followed by SNAr displacement of the 6-fluoro group by a benzylamine. The 6-N-benzylated 7-deazapurine nucleosides showed type-specific inhibition of cancer cell proliferation at micromolar concentrations and weak inhibition of human equilibrative nucleoside transport protein (hENT1).
In the fourth part of this dissertation, syntheses of C7 or C8 modified 7-deazapurine nucleosides, which might exhibit fluorescent properties, were undertaken. 8-Azidotoyocamycin was synthesized by treatment of 8-bromotoyocamycin with sodium azide. Strain promoted click chemistry of 8-azidotoyocamycin with cyclooctynes gave the corresponding 8-triazolyl derivatives. Alternatively, 7-benzotriazolyl tubercidin was synthesized by iodine catalyzed CH arylation of tubercidin with benzotriazole.
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Barbosa, Sara Isabel Cadinha. "Compostos que interferem no metabolismo dos purina- e pirimidina-nucleótidos: utilização como agentes terapêuticos." Master's thesis, [s.n.], 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/5160.
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Projeto de Pós-Graduação/Dissertação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciências FarmacêuticasO conteúdo deste trabalho será desenvolvido em dois temas principais, um referente à utilização de compostos que interferem no metabolismo dos purina- e pirimidinanucleótidos como agentes antineoplásicos e outro referente à sua utilização como agentes antivirais. A síntese dos nucleótidos envolve a construção de ácidos nucleicos e a inserção dos derivados de nucleótidos noutras vias bioquímicas, sendo responsável por inúmeras funções do metabolismo celular. Existem patologias que envolvem enzimas essenciais do metabolismo dos nucleótidos, o que levou à síntese de novos fármacos. As doenças oncológicas continuam a matar milhares de pessoas e um tratamento eficaz e com sucesso tem sido um desafio. O mesmo se passa com algumas infeções virais, nomeadamente infeções provocadas pelo HIV. Para contornar os obstáculos enfrentados na terapia destas doenças têm sido usados análogos de nucleótidos e/ou nucleósidos como agentes terapêuticos. Estes têm o propósito de inibir a síntese de novo dos nucleótidos em determinadas etapas, estando envolvidos na replicação e síntese do RNA e DNA nas células em divisão. Atuam por inibição específica de enzimas no metabolismo dos nucleótidos/nucleósidos ou ainda por incorporação no DNA ou no RNA. This study will be developed into two main subjects; one related to the use of compounds which interfere with the metabolism of purine- and pyrimidine- nucleotides as antineoplastic agents; another related to their use as antiviral agents. The nucleotides’ synthesis involves the construction of nucleic acids and the introduction of the nucleotides’ derivatives into other biochemical pathways and it is responsible for numerous functions of cellular metabolism. There are pathologies involving key enzymes from the nucleotides’ metabolism, which led to the synthesis of new drugs. Cancer is a disease that continues killing thousands of people, an effective and successful treatment has been a challenge. The same happens with some viral infections, mainly infections caused by HIV. To overcome the obstacles faced in the therapy of these diseases it has been used nucleotide and/or nucleoside analogues as therapeutic agents. These agents have the purpose of inhibiting the de novo nucleotide synthesis in certain steps, by being involved in RNA and DNA replication and synthesis in dividing cells. They act by specific enzymes inhibition in nucleotide/nucleoside metabolism and by incorporation into DNA or RNA.
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Berthod, Thomas. "Synthèse d'oligonucléotides comportant des lésions radio- et photo-induites des bases pyrimidiques." Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble ; 1971-2015), 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996GRE10224.
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De nombreuses modifications des bases de l'adn peuvent etre generees par divers facteurs comme les agents oxydants ou cancerigenes, les rayonnements afin d'evaluer les consequences biologiques et physico-chimiques de ces dommages, il est necessaire de posseder des modeles plus complexes de ceux-ci qui peuvent etre obtenus par leur incorporation dans des oligonucleotides par voie chimique. Ce travail est consacre a la preparation de fragments d'adn contenant des derives de la 2'-desoxyuridine. Le premier volet de ce travail a consiste a preparer un synthon phosphoramidite de la 5-formyl-2'-desoxyuridine et a l'incorporer dans des oligonucleotides de synthese. La suite de ce travail concerne la mise en evidence et la caracterisation d'une nouvelle lesion, resultant de l'oxydation de la thymidine: la 5-carboxy-2'-desoxyuridine. Par ailleurs, la preparation d'oligonucleotides comportant cette lesion a ete realisee. La troisieme partie de ce travail correspond a l'incorporation d'un troisieme defaut dans des oligonucleotides: la 5,6-dihydro-2'-desoxyuridine (dhdu). Une etude plus complete sur les produits de degradation de cette lesion, susceptibles de se former en milieu alcalin, a ete ensuite menee avec le monomere et avec un trinucleotide, d(gdhdut). Dans une derniere partie, la recherche de conditions analytiques de separation de produits d'oxydation de la thymidine par electrophorese capillaire est presentee
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Eguae, Samuel Iyamu. "Pyrimidine nucleotide metabolism in Rhizobium meliloti: purification of aspartate transcarbamoylase from a pyrimidine auxotroph." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332674/.
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Rhizobium aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase; EC 2.1.3.2) was previously believed to be similar to the Pseudomonas ATCase which has been studied extensively. To facilitate the study of the Rhizobium ATCase a pyrimidine-requiring mutant of R. meliloti was isolated and used in the purification of the enzyme.
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Stewart, John E. B. (John Edward Bakos). "Characterization of Aspartate Transcarbamoylase in the Archaebacterium Methanococcus Jannaschii." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935724/.
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Asparate transcarbamoylase catalyzes the first committed step in the de novo synthesis of pyrmidine nucleotides UMP, UDP, UTP, and CTP. The archetype enzyme found in Escherichia coli (310 kDa) exhibits sigmodial substrate binding kinetics with positive control by ATP and negative control with CTP and UTP. The ATCase characterized in this study is from the extreme thermophilic Archaebacterium, Methanococcus jannaschii. The enzyme was very stable at elevated temperatures and possessed activity from 20 degrees Celsius to 90 degrees Celsius. M. Jannaschii ATCase retained 75% of its activity after incubation at 100 degrees Celsius for a period of 90 minutes. No sigmodial allosteric response to substrate for the enzyme was observed. Velocity substrate plots gave Michaelis-Menten (hyperbolic) kinetics. The Km for aspartate was 7 mM at 30 degrees Celsius and the KM for carbamoylphosphate was .125 mM. The enzyme from M. jannaschii had a broad pH response with an optimum above pH 9. Kinetic measurements were significantly affected by changes in pH and temperature. The enzyme catalyzed reaction had an energy of activation of 10,300 calories per mole. ATCase from M. jannaschii was partially purified. The enzyme was shown to have a molecular weight of 110,000 Da., with a subunit molecular weight of 37,000 Da. The enzyme was thus a trimer composed of three identical subunits. The enzyme did not possess any regulatory response and no evidence for a regulatory polypeptide was found, DNA from M. jannaschii did hybridize to probes corresponding to genes for both the catalytic and regulatory subunits from E. coli. Analysis of DNA sequences for the M. jannaschii ATCase genes showed that the gene for the catalytic subunits shares significant homology with the pyrB genes from E. coli, and maximum homology amongst known ATCase genes to pyrB from Bacillus. An unlinked gene homologous to E. coli pyrl encoding the regulatory subunit was identified, though its expression and true function remain uncharacterized.
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Le, Hir de Fallois Loic. "Synthèse et étude de nucléosides et nucléotides inhibiteurs de la ribonucléotide réductase." Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995GRE10158.
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La ribonucleotide reductase (rnr) est l'enzyme qui catalyse la reduction des ribonucleotides en desoxyribonucleotides. En raison de son role fondamental dans la synthese de l'adn, cette enzyme est une cible cle de la recherche de nouveaux agents antitumoraux. Dans le but d'inhiber cette enzyme nous avons synthetise des analogues de substrats. Nous avons synthetise et etudie les proprietes des premiers nucleosides thionitrites, les 2'-desoxy-2'-s-nitroso-uridine et -cytidine. Nous avons demontre que ces thionitrites liberent du monoxyde d'azote (no) qui est un inhibiteur de la ribonucleotide reductase. La synthese des thiols nucleosidiques a ete mise a profit pour preparer et obtenir de nouveaux derives thioethers qui pourraient presenter des proprietes alkylantes. La protection de la fonction thiol sous forme de disulfure mixte a ete etudiee et a permis de realiser la synthese de composes diphosphates. Les premieres syntheses du disulfure de propyle et de 5'-o-diphosphate-2'-desoxyuridin-2'-yle et de la 5'-o-diphosphate-2'-desoxy-2'-mercaptouridine ont ainsi ete realisees. La synthese du thiol diphosphate a permis de demontrer son tres fort effet inhibiteur de la rnr d'escherichia coli et d'etudier en detail son mode d'action. Nous avons montre que la 5'-diphosphate-2'-desoxy-2'-mercaptouridine est un inhibiteur suicide remarquable et que l'inactivation procede par la reduction du radical tyrosinyle de la rnr. La disparition du radical tyrosinyle s'accompagne de la formation d'une nouvelle espece radicalaire detectee en spectrometrie de rpe et il s'agirait d'un radical perthiyle situe sur une cysteine de l'enzyme. Ce resultat constitue la deuxieme detection directe d'un radical perthiyle situe sur une proteine
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So, Ngar-chung Nellie. "Pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis in adult angiostrongylus Cantonensis (Nematoda : Metastrongyloidea) /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13637745.
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Collins, James P. "Prebiotic Synthesis of Pyrimidine Nucleosides." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14095.
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The problem of forming a glycosidic bond between ribose and the free nucleoside bases to produce beta-nucleosides under plausible prebiotic conditions is commonly referred to in origin of life research as The Nucleoside Problem. The lack of a general solution to this problem currently represents one of the largest stumbling blocks to the RNA world hypothesis and many other theories regarding the origin of life. Over thirty years ago the purine nucleosides were successfully synthesized by drying the fully-formed bases and ribose together in the presence of divalent metal ion salts. However, glycosidic bond formation by the pyrimidine bases has never been achieved under similar reaction conditions. This thesis describes the first plausible prebiotic synthesis of a pyrimidine nucleoside, demonstrated with the pyrimidine base analogue 2-pyrimidinone. Information provided by nucleoside-formation reaction involving 2-pyrimidinone and related pyrimidine bases should provide valuable insights into the possible mechanism by which glycosidic bond formation was accomplished on the prebiotic Earth.
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Entezampour, Mohammad. "Characterization of pyrimidine biosynthesis in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus using wild type and mutant strains." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798038/.
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Pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis was studies in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP-1. Pyrimidine auxotrophic mutants were isolated and characterized for this purpose. One such Pyr mutant, strain ADP-1-218 was chosen for further study.
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Vickrey, John F. (John Fredrick) 1959. "Isolation and Characterization of the Operon Containing Aspartate Transcarbamoylase and Dihydroorotase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278859/.
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The Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCase was cloned and sequenced to determine the correct size, subunit composition and architecture of this pivotal enzyme in pyrimidine biosynthesis. During the course of this work, it was determined that the ATCase of Pseudomonas was not 360,000 Da but rather present in a complex of 484,000 Da consisting of two different polypeptides (36,000 Da and 44,000 Da) with an architecture similar to that of E. coli ATCase, 2(C3):3(r2). However, there was no regulatory polypeptide found in the Pseudomonas ATCase.
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AsFour, Hani. "Effector Response of the Aspartate Transcarbamoylase From Wild Type Pseudomonas Putida and a Mutant with 11 Amino Acids Deleted at the N-terminus of PyrB." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3163/.
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Like its enteric counterpart, aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) from Pseudomonas putida is a dodecamer of two different polypeptides. Unlike the enterics, the Pseudomonas ATCase lacks regulatory polypeptides but employs instead inactive dihydroorotases for an active dodecamer. Previous work showed that PyrB contains not only the active site but also the effector binding sites for ATP, UTP and CTP at its N-terminus. In this work, 11 amino acids were deleted from the N-terminus of PyrB and the ATCase with the truncated protein was expressed in E. coli pyrB- and purified. The wild type enzyme was similarly treated. Velocity-substrate plots without effectors gave Michaelis-Menten kinetics in all cases. Deleting 11 amino acids did not affect dodecameric assembly but altered effector responses. When carbamoylphosphate was varied, the mutant enzyme was inhibited by UTP while the wild type enzyme was activated 2-fold. When the aspartate was varied, CTP had no effect on the mutant enzyme but strongly inhibited the wild type enzyme.
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Hammerstein, Heidi Carol. "Isolation of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Aspartate Transcarbamoylase Mutant and the Investigation of Its Growth Characteristics, Pyrimidine Biosynthetic Enzyme Activities, and Virulence Factor Production." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4704/.
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The pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway is an essential pathway for most organisms. Previous research on the pyrimidine pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PAO1) has shown that a block in the third step of the pathway resulted in both a requirement for exogenous pyrimidines and decreased ability to produce virulence factors. In this work an organism with a mutation in the second step of the pathway, aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase), was created. Assays for pyrimidine intermediates, and virulence factors were performed. Results showed that the production of pigments, haemolysin, and rhamnolipids were significantly decreased from PAO1. Elastase and casein protease production were also moderately decreased. In the Caenorhabditis elegans infection model the nematodes fed the ATCase mutant had increased mortality, as compared to nematodes fed wild type bacteria. These findings lend support to the hypothesis that changes in the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway contribute to the organism's ability to effect pathogenicity.
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Ruley, Jill R. (Jill Rosanne). "Creation and characterization of an Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas putida hybrid aspartate transcarbamoylase." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798137/.
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Aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) is encoded by the pyrBI genes in E. coli. Expression of these genes is reduced four-fold by attenuation when grown on uracil. Using plasmid, pRO1727. the pyrB and the pyrBI genes from E. coli were cloned into a P. putida pyrB auxotroph. A recombinant pyrB gene was recovered that encoded a functional hybrid ATCase with a molecular weight of 470 kDa.
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Kim, Hyunju. "Multiple Activities of Aspartate Transcarbamoylase in Burkholderia cepacia: Requirement for an Active Dihydroorotase for Assembly into the Dodecameric Holoenzyme." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33176/.
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The aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) was purified from Burkholderia cepacia 25416. In the course of purification, three different ATCase activities appeared namely dodecameric 550 kDa holoenzyme, and two trimeric ATCases of 140 kDa (consists of 47 kDa PyrB subunits) and 120 kDa (consists of 40 kDa PyrB subunits) each. The 120 kDa PyrB polypeptide arose by specific cleavage of the PyrB polypeptide between Ser74 and Val75 creating an active polypeptide short by 74 amino acids. Both the 40 and 47 kDa polypeptides produced active trimers. To compare the enzyme activity of these trimers, an effector assay using nucleotides was performed. The 140 kDa trimer showed inhibition while the 120 kDa polypeptide showed less inhibition. To verify the composition of the pyrBC holoenzyme complex, B. cepacia dihydroorotase (DHOase, subunit size of 45 kDa) was purified by the pMAL protein fusion and purification system and holoenzyme reconstruction was performed using purified ATCase and DHOase. Both the 140 kDa and the 120 kDa trimers could produce holoenzymes of 550 kDa and 510 kDa, respectively. The reconstructed ATCase holoenzyme from cleaved ATCase showed better reconstruction compared to that from uncleaved ATCase in the conventional ATCase activity gel assay. To characterize the relationship between pyrimidine pathway and virulence factor production, motility tests and biofilm assays were conducted using pyrC- mutant. Even though no significant difference in growth rates was observed, there were significant differences between the wild type and mutant in the production of biofilm and virulence factors. This study will help us to understand the structure and regulation of ATCase holoenzyme with DHOase, and facilitate the use of B. cepacia as an applicable bio-tool. Additionally, we can potentially pursue more efficient drug targets for B. cepacia.
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Hill, Matthew D. (Matthew Dennis). "Direct synthesis of pyridine and pyrimidine derivatives." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43776.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemistry, 2008.Vita.
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I. Synthesis of Substituted Pyridine Derivatives via the Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 3-Azadienynes. The two-step conversion of various N-vinyl and N-aryl amides to the corresponding substituted pyridines and quinolines, respectively, is described. The process involves the direct conversion of amides, including sensitive N-vinyl amides, to the corresponding trimethylsilyl alkynyl imines followed by a ruthenium-catalyzed protodesilylation and cycloisomerization. A wide range of new alkynyl imines are prepared and readily converted to the corresponding azaheterocycles. II. Single-Step Synthesis of Pyrimidine Derivatives. The single-step conversion of various N-vinyl and N-aryl amides to the corresponding pyrimidine and quinazoline derivatives, respectively, is described. The process involves amide activation with 2-chloropyridine and trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride followed by nitrile addition into the reactive intermediate and cycloisomerization. In situ nitrile generation from primary amides allows for their use as nitrile surrogates. The use of this chemistry with sensitive N-vinyl amides and epimerizable substrates in addition to a wide range of functional groups is noteworthy. III. Direct Synthesis of Pyridine Derivatives. The single-step conversion of various N-vinyl and N-aryl amides to the corresponding pyridine and quinoline derivatives, respectively, is described. The process involves amide activation with trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride in the presence of 2-chloropyridine followed by t-nucleophile addition to the activated intermediate and annulation. Compatibility of this chemistry with sensitive N-vinyl amides, epimerizable substrates, and a variety of functional groups is noteworthy.
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Fong, Yuen Ting. "Quantitative structure retention relationships on using high-performance liquid chromatography." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2003. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/426.
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Linscott, Andrea J. (Andrea Jane). "Regulatory Divergence of Aspartate Transcarbamoylase from the Pseudomonads." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277625/.
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Aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) was purified from 16 selected bacterial species including existing Pseudomonas species and former species reassigned to new genera. An enormous diversity was seen among the 16 enzymes with each class of ATCase being represented. The smallest class, class C, with a catalytically active homotrimer, at 100 kDa, was found in Bacillus and other Gram positive bacteria. In this report, the ATCases from the Gram negatives, Shewanella putrefaciens and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia were added to class C membership. The enteric bacteria typify class B ATCases at 310 kDa, with a dodecameric structure composed of two catalytic trimers coupled to three regulatory dimers. A key feature of class B ATCases is the dissociability of the holoenzyme into regulatory and catalytic subunits which were enzymatically active. In this report, the ATCase from Pseudomonas indigofera was added to class B ATCases. The largest class, at 480 kDa, class A, contains the fluorescent Pseudomonas including most members of the 16S rRNA homology group I. Two polypeptides are produced from overlapping pyrBC' genes. The former, pyrB, encodes a 34 kDa catalytic polypeptide while pyrC' encodes a 45 kDa dihydroorotase-like polypeptide. Two non active trimers are made from six 34 kDa chains which are cemented by six 45 kDa chains to form the active dodecameric structure. Dissociation of the holoenyzme into its separate active subunits has not been possible. In this report, the ATCases from Comamonas acidovorans and C. testosteroni, were added to the class A enzymes. An even larger class of ATCase than class A at 600 kDa was discovered in Burkholderia cepacia. Stoichiometric measurements predict a dodecamer of six 39 kDa polypeptides and six 60 kDa polypeptides. Unlike other large pseudomonads ATCases, the enzyme from B. cepacia was dissociable into smaller active forms. Both the holoenzyme and its dissociated forms were regulated by nucleotide effectors. A new class of ATCase was proposed for B. cepacia type enzymes.
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Barron, Vincent N. (Vincent Neal). "Comparison of Aspartate Transcarbamoylase and Pyrimidine Salvage in Sporosarcina urea, Sprolactobacillus inulinus, Lactobacillus fermentum, and Micrococcus luteus." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278938/.
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The enzyme that catalyzes the committed step in pyrimidine biosynthesis, aspartate transcarbamoylase, has been compared in selected endospore-forming organisms and in morphologically similar control organisms. The ATCases and pyrimidine salvage from Sporosarcina ureae, Sporolactobacillus inulinus, Lactobacillus fermentum, and Micrococcus luteus were compared to those of Bacillus subtilis. While the ATCases from Sporosarcina ureae, Sporolactobacillus inulinus, and L. fermentum were found to exhibit characteristics to that of Bacillus with respect to molecular weight and kinetics, M. luteus ATCase was larger at approximately 480 kDa. Furthermore, pyrimidine salvage in Sporosarcina ureae and M. luteus was identical to those of B. subtilis, while pyrimidine salvage of Sporolactobacillus inulinus and L. fermentum resembled that of the pseudomonads.
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Chan, Heng Ming. "Synthesis of pyrimidine C-nucleoside analogues and triphosphate derivatives." Thesis, Boston College, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/36.
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Five pyrimidine C-nucleosides were prepared via Heck-type coupling reactions. These derivatives are designed to mimic dC and dU (or T). The minor groove O2 carbonyl in each derivative is replaced by a hydrogen, a fluorine, or a methyl group. The hydrogen-substituted dC analogue was converted into a 2’,3’-dideoxynucleoside, which was converted into a 5’-triphosphate derivative. The other two dC analogues were transformed into 5’-triphosphate derivatives immediately after Heck coupling reactions. These analogues will allow an examination of the nature and role of minor groove interactions between incoming triphosphates and various polymerasesThesis (MS) — Boston College, 2008
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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McGuire, Ruth. "Synthesis and studies of modified nucleotides and oligonucleotides." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.246868.
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Cormier, James. "The synthesis of nucleoside and silyl nucleotide analogues /." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=75458.
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A route to the synthesis of arabino and xylonucleosides is described. This route takes advantage of highly selective ribonucleoside hydroxyl protection procedures which have recently been developed. The route is straightforward and broadly applicable. It may be applied to both purine and pyrimidine nucleosides. Synthesis, deprotection, and characterisation of the target compounds are described. The work is compared to that of others in the field.A novel class of oligonucleotide analogues is described. In this group, the phosphorus atom of the internucleotide link is replaced by silicon. The synthesis of both oligothymidine and oligo-2$ sp prime$-deoxyadenosine nucleotide analogues of this class is described. Various substituents at silicon are employed, and oligonucleotide analogs of up to six units long are synthesised, characterised and deprotected. The circular dichroism spectra of the deprotected hexamers is presented.
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Hongsthong, Apiradee 1970. "Assembly of Pseudomonas putida Aspartate Transcarbamoylase and Possible Roles of the PyrC' Polypeptide in the Folding of the Dodecameric Enzyme." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278618/.
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Aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) of Pseudomonas putida consists of two different polypeptides, PyrB and PyrC' (Schurr et al, 1995). The role of the PyrC' and the assembly of PyrB and PyrC' have been studied. The ATCase made in vitro of P.putida PyrB with P.putida PyrC', and of E.coli PyrB with P.putida PyrC ' were generated under two different conditions, denaturation and renaturation, and untreated. It was found that PyrC' plays a role in the enzymatic regulation by ATP, CTP and UTP. In addition to playing a role in substrate binding, the PyrB polypeptide is also involved in effector binding (Kumar et al., manuscript in preparation). The most energetically preferred form of the P.putida WT is a dodecamer with a molecular mass of 480 kDa. The ratio between the PyrB and the PyrC' is 1:1. In studies of nucleotide binding, it was discovered that the P.putida PyrB was phosphorylated by a protein kinase in the cell extract. In the presence of 20 mM EDTA, this phosphorylation was inhibited and the inhibition could be overcome by the addition of divalent cations such as Zn2+ and Mg2+. This result suggested that the phosphorylation reaction required divalent cations. In the CAD complex of eukaryotes, phosphorylations of the CPSase and the linker region between ATCase and DHOase did not occur in the presence of UTP and it was hypothesized (Carrey, 1993) that UTP and phosphorylation(s) regulated the conformational change in the enzyme complex. Therefore, the same idea was approached with P.putida ATCase, where it was found that 1.0 mM UTP inhibited the phosphorylation of PyrB by more than 50%. These results suggested that the regulation of the conformational change of the P.putida ATCase might be similar to that of CAD. Furthermore, peptide mapping for phosphorylation sites was performed on P.putida ATCase WT, WT --11 amino acids and WT --34 amino acids from the N-terminus of the PyrB polypeptide. The results showed that the phosphorylation sites were located on the fragment that contained amino acid number-35 to amino acid number-112 from the N-terminus of the PyrB polypeptide.
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Dill, Michael T. "Characterization of the Aspartate Transcarbamoylase that is Found in the pyrBC Complex of Bordetella Pertussis." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3057/.
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An aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) gene from Bordetella pertussis was amplified by PCR and ligated into pT-ADV for expression in Escherichia coli. This particular ATCase (pyrB) was an inactive gene found adjacent to an inactive dihydroorotase (DHOase) gene (pyrC'). This experiment was undertaken to determine whether this pyrB gene was capable of expression alone or if it was capable of expression only when cotransformed with a functional pyrC'. When transformed into E. coli TB2 pyrB-, the gene did not produce any ATCase activity. The gene was then co-transformed into E. coli TB2 pyrB- along with a plasmid containing the pyrC' gene from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and assayed for ATCase activity. Negative results were again recorded.
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Higginbotham, Leah. "Aspartate Transcarbamoylase of Aeromonas Hydrophila." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5840/.
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This study focused on the enzyme, aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) from A. hydrophila, a Gram-negative bacterium found in fresh water. The molecular mass of the ATCase holoenzyme from A. hydrophila is 310 kDa. The enzyme is likely composed of 6 catalytic polypeptides of 34 kDa each and 6 regulatory polypeptides of 17 kDa each. The velocity-substrate curve for A. hydrophila ATCase is sigmoidal for both aspartate and carbamoylphosphate. The Km for aspartate was the highest to date for an enteric bacterium at 97.18 mM. The Km for carbamoylphosphate was 1.18 mM. When heated to 60 ºC, the specific activity of the enzyme dropped by more than 50 %. When heated to 100 ºC, the enzyme showed no activity. The enzyme's activity was inhibited by ATP, CTP or UTP.
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Kim, Seongcheol. "Purification and Characterization of Proteolytic Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase) from Burkholderia cepacia 25416 and Construction of a pyrB1 Knock-out Mutant." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4694/.
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Burkholderia cepacia is a common soil bacterium of significance in agriculture and bioremediation. B. cepacia is also an opportunistic pathogen of humans causing highly communicable pulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis and immunocompromized patients. The pyrB gene encoding ATCase was cloned and ATCase was purified by the glutathione S-transferase gene fusion system. The ATCase in B. cepacia has been previously classified as a class A enzyme by Bethell and Jones. ATCase activity gels showed that B. cepacia contained a holoenzyme pyrBC complex of 550 kDa comprised of 47 kDa pyrB and 45 kDa pyrC subunits. In the course of purifying the enzyme, trimeric subunits of 140 kDa and 120 kDa were observed as well as a unique proteolysis of the enzyme. The 47 kDa ATCase subunits were cleaved to 40 kDa proteins, which still demonstrated high activity as trimers. The proteolysis site is between Ser74 and Val75 residues. To confirm this, we converted the Ser74 residue to an Ala and to an Arg by site-directed mutagenesis. After this primary sequence changed, the proteolysis of ATCase was not observed. To further investigate the characteristics of B. cepacia pyrB gene, a pyrB knock-out (pyrB-) was constructed by in vitro mutagenesis. In the assay, the 550 kDa holoenzyme and 140 kDa and 120 kDa trimers disappeared and were replaced with a previously unseen 480 kDa holoenzyme pyrB- strain. The results suggest that B. cepacia has two genes that encode ATCase. ATC1 is constitutive and ATC2 is expressed only in the absence of ATC1 activity. To check for the virulence of these two strains, a eukaryotic model virulence test was performed using Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). The pyrB1+pyrB2+ (wild type) B cepacia killed the nematode but pyrB1-pyrB2+ B. cepacia had lost its virulence against C. elegans. This suggests that ATC1 (pyrB1) is involved in virulence in B.cepacia and ATC2 (pyrB2) is not.
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Hooshdaran, Massoumeh Ziba. "Comparative Biochemistry and Evolution of Aspartate Transcarbamoylase from Diverse Bacteria." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500380/.
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Aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) catalyzes the first committed step in pyrimidine biosynthesis. Bacterial ATCases are divided into three classes, A, B and C. Class A ATCases are largest at 450-500, are. dodecamers and represented by Pseudomonas ATCase. The overlapping pyrBC' genes encode the Pseudomonases ATCase, which is active only as a 480 kDa dodecamer and requires an inactive pyrC'-encoded DHOase for ATCase activity. ATCase has been studied in two non-pathogenic members of Mycobacterium, M. smegmatis and M. phlei. Their ATCases are dodecamers of molecular weight 480 kDa, composed of six PyrB and six PyrC polypeptides. Unlike the Pseudomonas ATCase, the PyrC polypeptide in these mycobacteria encodes an active DHOase. Moreover, the ATCase: DHOase complex in M. smegmatis is active both as the native 480 kDa and as a 390 kDa complex. The latter lacks two PyrC polypeptides yet retains ATCase activity. The ATCase from M. phlei is similar, except that it is active as the native 480 kDa form but also as 450,410 and 380 kDa forms. These complexes lack one, two, and three PyrC polypeptides, respectively. By contrast,.ATCases from pathogenic mycobacteria are active only at 480 kDa. Mycobacterial ATCases contain active DHOases and accordingly. are placed in class A1 . The class A1 ATCases contain active DHOases while class A2 ATCases contain inactive DHOases. ATCase has also been purified from Burkholderia cepacia and from an E. coli strain in which the cloned pyrB of B. cepacia was expressed. The B. cepacia ATCase has a molecular mass of 550 kDa, with two different polypeptides, PyrB (52 kDa) and PyrC of (39 kDa). The enzyme is active both as the native enzyme at 550 kDa and as smaller molecular forms including 240 kDa and 165 kDa. The ATCase synthesized by the cloned pyrB gene has a molecular weight of 165 kDa composed of three identical PyrB and no PyrC polypeptides. Nucleotide effectors ATP, CTP, and UTP inhibited all forms of enzymes. Because of its size and its activity as a trimer and smaller than native forms, the B. cepacia enzyme is placed in a new class.
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Fields, Christopher J. "Comparative biochemistry and genetic analysis of nucleoside hydrolase in Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Pseudomonas fluorescens." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3290/.
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The pyrimidine salvage enzyme, nucleoside hydrolase, is catalyzes the irreversible hydrolysis of nucleosides into the free nucleic acid base and D-ribose. Nucleoside hydrolases have varying degrees of specificity towards purine and pyrimidine nucleosides. In E. coli, three genes were found that encode homologues of several known nucleoside hydrolases in protozoa. All three genes (designated yaaF, yeiK, and ybeK) were amplified by PCR and cloned. Two of the gene products (yeiK and ybeK) encode pyrimidine-specific nucleoside hydrolases, while the third (yaaF) encodes a nonspecific nucleoside hydrolase. All three were expressed at low levels and had different modes of regulation.
As a comparative analysis, the homologous genes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and P. fluorescens (designated nuh) were cloned. Both were determined to encode nonspecific nucleoside hydrolases. The nucleoside hydrolases of the pseudomonads exhibited markedly different modes of regulation. Both have unique promoter structures and genetic organization. Furthermore, both pseudomonad nucleoside hydrolase were found to contain an N-terminal extension of 30-35 amino acids that is shown to act as a periplasmic-signaling sequence. These are the first two nucleoside hydrolases, to date,that have been conclusively demonstrated to be exported to the periplasmic space. The
physiological relevance of this is explained.
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Juby, Carl D. "Synthesis of acyclonucleotides with potential antiviral activity." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66199.
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Sūdžius, Jurgis. "Synthesis And Properties Of Pyrimidine Derivatives – Potent Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2011. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110519_082332-05105.
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The aim of the work was design of pyrimidine derivatives – potent carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors.
Theoretical investigation of interaction of 4-[N-(pyrimidin-4-yl)]aminobenzenesulfonamides containing substituents at 2-, 5- and 6- positions of pyrimidine ring with an active site of hCAs suggested that these compounds can fit into an active site of the enzymes and should interact with them as typical hCA inhibitors.
Synthesis of target compounds was carried out by substitution of chloro group at 4,6-dichloropyrimidines containing cyano-, formyl- or nitro groups at position 5 of the pyrimidine ring with 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide. Regarding inhibition of hCAs with the synthesized compounds data acquired by the scientists of Institute of Biotechnology, structures of inhibitors were modified in order to improve their binding properties to hCA. It was performed by variation of a linker length between benzenesulfonamide and pyrimidine fragments and by introduction of new substituents at position 6 of the pyrimidine ring. In some cases these modifications led to the formation of new heterocyclic systems. For this purpose condensation of indoline-2-thiones with pyrimidine-5-carbaldehydes was investigated.
It was determined that 4-[N-(pyrimidin-4-yl)amino](methyl-,ethyl-)benzenesulfonamides containing cyano-, formyl- or nitro groups at position 5 of the pyrimidine ring and benzylamino-, chloro-, methoxy- or oxo groups at position 6 of the pyrimidine ring inhibit hCA in... [to full text]Šio darbo tikslas – pirimidino junginių – potencialių karboanhidrazių (CA) slopiklių –kūrimas. Teoriniai 4-[N-(pirimidin-4-il)]aminobenzensulfonamidų, turinčių pakaitus 2-, 5- ir 6-oje pirimidino žiedo padėtyje, sąveikos su aktyviuoju hCA centru tyrimai parodė, kad šie junginiai gali įsiterpti į aktyvųjį baltymo centrą ir su hCA turėtų sąveikauti kaip tipiški klasikiniai CA slopikliai. Tiksliniai 4-[N-(2,5,6-pakeisti pirimidin-4-il)amino]benzensulfonamidai sintetinti 4,6-dichlorpirimidinuose, 5-oje padėtyje turinčiuose cian-, formil- arba nitrogrupes, chloro atomą keičiant 4-aminobenzensulfonamidu. Bendradarbiaujant su Biotechnologijos instituto mokslininkais, kurie atliko hCA slopinimo susintetintais junginiais tyrimus, tobulintos šių junginių hCA slopinimo savybės. Slopiklių struktūros modifikuotos keičiant jungtuko tarp benzensulfonamido ir pirimidino fragmentų ilgį ir įvedant naujus pakaitus pirimidino žiede, kai kuriais atvejais taip sudarant naujas heterociklines sistemas. Šiuo tikslu ištirta pirimidin-5-karbaldehidų kondensacija su indolin-2-tionais. Nustatyta, kad 4-[N-(pirimidin-4-il)amino](metil-,etil-)benzensulfonamidai, 5-oje pirimidino žiedo padėtyje turintys cian-, formil- arba nitrogrupes, o 6-oje pirimidino žiedo padėtyje turintys benzilamino-, chlor-, metoksi- arba oksogrupes, yra nano- – mikromolinės eilės hCA slopikliai, galintys atrankiai slopinti hCAI, II ar XIII. Jų hCA slopinimo aktyvumą lemia sulfonamido grupės sąveika su katalitiniu cinko jonu ir... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
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McFadden, Helen Georgina, and n/a. "Synthesis and herbicidal properties of some pyrazole and pyrimidine heteocycles." University of Canberra. Biomedical Sciences, 1992. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060918.160845.
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Four main series of novel heterocyclic compounds were successfully syniliesised.
Two of these series were found to be post-emergence herbicides with the activities of each
being based on a different mode of action. The (pyrazole-4-yl)alkanones are inhibitors of
protoporphyrinogen oxidase, an enzyme in chlorophyll biosynthesis, whereas alkyl 3-arylsulfonylamino-
3-methyllhio-2-(pyrimidin-2-ylcarbamoyl)acrylates and pyrimidin-2-yl 3-(2-
chlorophenyl)sulfonyl-amino-3-methylthio-2-cyanoacrylamides (collectively termed
"vinylogous sulfonylureas") are inhibitors of acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS). an enzyme
in branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis. Both these enzymes are established targets
for current commercial herbicides.
Studies of the utility of 2-(l-ethoxyalkylidene)-3-oxoaIkanenitriles (acrylonilriles)
in heterocycle synthesis were facilitated by the recent development of a convenient route
to these starting materials. Acrytonitriles were reacted with different hydrazines to give
(pyrazol-4-yl)alkanones and pyrazole-4-carbonitriles in varying proportions depending on
the reaction conditions and the substituents on the reactants. Although distinction between
alternative 3- and 5-substituted pyrazoles is a perennial problem in pyrazole synthesis, in
this case the products of these reactions were successfully characterised and identified using
a range of n.m.r. spectroscopy techniques. Once the herbicidal mode of action of the
(pyrazol-4-yl)alkanones had been confirmed, synthesis of a series of analogues allowed the
structural elements contributing to biological activity to be identified. The reaction of
acrylonitriles with bidetate nucleophiles such as thiourea gave novel pyrimidines. but these
compounds were not herbicidal.
The vinylogous sulfonylureas were synthesised using established procedures to
obtain novel compounds structurally related to the commercial herbicide chlorsulfuron. The
biological activity of the vinylogous sulfonylureas was found to be sensitive to apparently
minor changes in structure, but x-ray crystallographically-generated structures of an active
and an inactive member of the series revealed marked differences in conformation. Some
of the vinylogous sulfonylureas were used as synthons for pyrazole and pyrazolopyrimidine
derivatives. Although these compounds did not exhibit herbicidal activity, this synthesis
provided the basis for some interesting chemistry. Unexpected elimination of the arylsulfonylamino
group was observed when a vinylogous sulfonyurea was treated with methyl
hydrazine. In order to confirm the identity of the 3-methylthiopyrazole product, model compounds
were synthesised using alternative routes. The resulting pairs of 3- and 5-substituted
pyrazoles were characterised using n.m.r spectroscopy.
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Buntain, I. G. "The design, synthesis and testing of inhibitors of pyrimidine biosynthesis." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372118.
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Wei, Shuang. "Modifications du metabolisme des nucleotides en relation avec la differenciation et en reponse a une irradiation dans des cellules tumorales humaines (doctorat : structure et fontionnement des systemes biologiques integres)." Paris 11, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998PA114846.
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Barnes, Colin Lloyd. "Studies in the synthesis of novel antisense oligo nucleotides." Thesis, Institute of Cancer Research (University Of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264958.
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Pavey, John B. J. "The synthesis and properties of 2'-C-functionalised nucleotides." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367007.
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Patel, Seema R. "A Study of the Pyrimidine Biosynthesis Pathway and its Regulation in Two Distinct Organisms: Methanococcus jannaschii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3038/.
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Methanococcus jannaschii is a thermophilic methane producing archaebacterium. In this organism genes encoding the aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) catalytic (PyrB) and regulatory (PyrI) polypeptides were found. Unlike Escherichia coli where the above genes are expressed from a biscistronic operon the two genes in M. jannaschii are separated by 200-kb stretch of genome. Previous researchers have not been able to show regulation of the M. jannaschii enzyme by the nucleotide effectors ATP, CTP and UTP. In this research project we have genetically manipulated the M. jannaschii pyrI gene and have been able to assemble a 310 kDa E. coli like enzyme. By using the second methionine in the sequence we have shown that the enzyme from this organism can assemble into a 310 kDa enzyme and that this enzyme is activated by ATP, CTP and inhibited by UTP. Thus strongly suggesting that the second methionine is the real start of the gene. The regulation of the biosynthetic pathway in Pseudomoans aeruginosa has previously been impossible to study due to the lack of CTP synthase (pyrG) mutants. By incorporating a functional uridine (cytidine) kinase gene from E. coli it has been possible to isolate a pyrG mutant. In this novel mutant we have been able to independently manipulate the nucleotide pools and study its effects on the enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway. The enzyme asapartate transcarbamoylase was repressed 5-fold when exogenous uridine was high and cytidine was low. The enzyme dihydroorotate was repressed 9-fold when uridine was high. These results suggest that a uridine compound may be the primary repressing metabolite for the enzymes encoded by pyrB and pyrC. This is the first study to be done with the proper necessary mutants in the biosynthetic pathway of P aeruginosa. In the past it has been impossible to vary the internal UTP and CTP pools in this organism.
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Kumar, Alan P. "Structure-Function Studies on Aspartate Transcarbamoylase and Regulation of Pyrimidine Biosynthesis by a Positive Activator Protein, PyrR in Pseudomonas putida." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4362/.
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The regulation of pyrimidine biosynthesis was studied in Pseudomonas putida. The biosynthetic and salvage pathways provide pyrimidine nucleotides for RNA, DNA, cell membrane and cell wall biosynthesis. Pyrimidine metabolism is intensely studied because many of its enzymes are targets for chemotheraphy. Four aspects of pyrimidine regulation are described in this dissertation. Chapter I compares the salvage pathways of Escherichia coli and P. putida. Surprisingly, P. putida lacks several salvage enzymes including nucleoside kinases, uridine phosphorylase and cytidine deaminase. Without a functional nucleoside kinase, it was impossible to feed exogenous uridine to P. putida. To obviate this problem, uridine kinase was transferred to P. putida from E. coli and shown to function in this heterologous host. Chapter II details the enzymology of Pseudomonas aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase), its allosteric regulation and how it is assembled. The E. coli ATCase is a dodecamer of two different polypeptides, encoded by pyrBI. Six regulatory (PyrI) and six catalytic (PyrB) polypeptides assemble from two preformed trimers (B3) and three preformed regulatory dimers (I2) in the conserved 2B3:3I2 molecular structure. The Pseudomonas ATCase also assembles from two different polypeptides encoded by pyrBC'. However, a PyrB polypeptide combines with a PyrC. polypeptide to form a PyrB:PyrC. protomer; six of these assemble into a dodecamer of structure 2B3:3C'2. pyrC' encodes an inactive dihydroorotase with pyrB and pyrC' overlapping by 4 bp. Chapter III explores how catabolite repression affects pyrimidine metabolism. The global catabolite repression control protein, Crc, has been shown to affect pyrimidine metabolism in a number of ways. This includes orotate transport for use as pyrimidine, carbon and nitrogen sources. Orotate is important because it interacts with PyrR in repressing the pyr genes. Chapter IV describes PyrR, the positive activator of the pyrimidine pathway. As with other positive activator proteins, when pyrimidine nucleotides are depleted, PyrR binds to DNA thereby enhancing expression of pyrD, pyrE and pyrF genes. When pyrimidine nucleotides are in excess, the PyrR apoprotein binds to orotate, its co-repressor, to shut down all the pyrimidine genes. Like many positive activators, PyrR is subject to autoregulation and has catalytic activity for uracil phosphoribosyltransferase inducible by orotate.
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BAILLON, JEAN. "Les enzymes du metabolisme des nucleotides pyrimidiques comme cibles dans la chimiotherapie antitumorale." Paris 6, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA066118.
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Schurr, Michael J. (Michael John). "Molecular and Kinetic Characterization of the Aspartate Transcarbamoylase Dihydroorotase Complex in Pseudomonas putida." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277575/.
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Aerobic Gram negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas putida were reported to possess class A ATCases and to have a M.W. of 360 kD. The nucleotide sequence of the P. putida pyrBC was determined to answer this question once and for all. The expected regulatory gene was not found. It is shown that the P. putida pyrB gene is overlapped by pyrC by 4 bp. The P.putida pyrB is 1005 bp (335 aa) in length and the pyrC is 1275 bp (425 aa) long. Both of these genes complement E. coli mutants with their respective genotypes. Another finding borne out from the sequence is an effector binding site at the N-terminus of pyrB of P. putIda. The binding site shows that effectors compete with carbamoylphosphate for the active site. In this dissertation, it is shown that the ATCase of P.putida is a trimer of M.W. of 109 kD (3 x 36.4 kD) and that the gene encoding pyrB is overlapped by the pyrC gene which encodes DHOase. It is also shown that the pyrBC encoded enzymes copurify as a dodecameric complex with a M.W. of 484 kD.
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Fowler, Michael A. (Michael Allen) 1961. "Characterization of Aspartate Transcarbamoylase and Dihydroorotase in Moraxella Catarrhalis." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277709/.
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Bacterial aspartate transcarbamoylases (ATCase's) are divided into three classes that correspond to taxonomic relationships within the bacteria. The opportunistic pathogen Moraxeila catarrhalis has undergone several reclassifications based on traditional microbiological criteria. The previously uncharacterized ATCase from M. catarrhalis was purified to homogeneity and its chemical properties characterized. The ATCase from M. catarrhalis is a class C ATCase with an apparent molecular mass of 480-520 kDa. The M. catarrhalis ATCase is a dodecomer composed of six 35 kDa polypeptides and six 45 kDa polypeptides. The enzyme has an unusually high pH optimum of greater than pH 10. The enzyme exhibited hyperbolic kinetic with a Km for aspartate of 2 mM. A single, separate 78 kDa dihydroorotase from M. catarrhalis was identified and it was not associated with ATCase. These data support the reclassification of M. catarrhalis out of the Neisseriaceae family.
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Cooke, Patrick Alan. "BioInformatics, Phylogenetics, and Aspartate Transcarbamoylase." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2580/.
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In this research, the necessity of understanding and using bioinformatics is demonstrated using the enzyme aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) as the model enzyme. The first portion of this research focuses on the use of bioinformatics. A partial sequence of the pyrB gene found in Enterococcus faecalis was submitted to GenBank and was analyzed against the contiguous sequence from its own genome project. A BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool; Atschul, et al., 1990) was performed in order to hypothesize the remaining portion of the gene from the contiguous sequence. This allowed a global comparison to other known aspartate transcarbamoylases (ATCases) and once deduced, a translation of the sequence gave the stop codon and thus the complete sequence of the open reading frame. When this was complete, upstream and downstream primers were designed in order to amplify the gene from genomic DNA. The amplified product was then sequenced and used later in phylogenetic analyses concerning the evolution of ATCase. The second portion of this research involves taking multiple ATCase nucleotide sequences and performing phenetic and phylogenetic analyses of the archaea and eubacter families. From these analyses, ancestral relationships which dictate both structure and function were extrapolated from the data and discussed.
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Brichta, Dayna Michelle. "Construction of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Dihydroorotase Mutant and the Discovery of a Novel Link between Pyrimidine Biosynthetic Intermediates and the Ability to Produce Virulence Factors." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4344/.
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The ability to synthesize pyrimidine nucleotides is essential for most organisms. Pyrimidines are required for RNA and DNA synthesis, as well as cell wall synthesis and the metabolism of certain carbohydrates. Recent findings, however, indicate that the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway and its intermediates maybe more important for bacterial metabolism than originally thought. Maksimova et al., 1994, reported that a P. putida M, pyrimidine auxotroph in the third step of the pathway, dihydroorotase (DHOase), failed to produce the siderophore pyoverdin. We created a PAO1 DHOase pyrimidine auxotroph to determine if this was also true for P. aeruginosa. Creation of this mutant was a two-step process, as P. aeruginosa has two pyrC genes (pyrC and pyrC2), both of which encode active DHOase enzymes. The pyrC gene was inactivated by gene replacement with a truncated form of the gene. Next, the pyrC2 gene was insertionally inactivated with the aacC1 gentamicin resistance gene, isolated from pCGMW. The resulting pyrimidine auxotroph produced significantly less pyoverdin than did the wild type. In addition, the mutant produced 40% less of the phenazine antibiotic, pyocyanin, than did the wild type. As both of these compounds have been reported to be vital to the virulence response of P. aeruginosa, we decided to test the ability of the DHOase mutant strain to produce other virulence factors as well. Here we report that a block in the conversion of carbamoyl aspartate (CAA) to dihydroorotate significantly impairs the ability of P. aeruginosa to affect virulence. We believe that the accumulation of CAA in the cell is the root cause of this observed defect. This research demonstrates a potential role for pyrimidine intermediates in the virulence response of P. aeruginosa and may lead to novel targets for chemotherapy against P. aeruginosa infections.
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McDonald, Robert Andrew. "Synthesis and characterization of chiral liquid crystals incorporating pyrimidine/thiophene moieties." Thesis, University of Hull, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.445723.
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Simkovsky, Nadja Melitta. "Synthesis of some potential IKK inhibitors based around a pyrimidine scaffold." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367619.
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Liang, Yong. "Novel Approaches for the Synthesis of C-5 Modified Pyrimidine Nucleosides." FIU Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1591.
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The antiviral or anticancer activities of C-5 modified pyrimidine nucleoside analogues validate the need for the development of their syntheses. In the first half of this dissertation, I explore the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of allylphenylgermanes with aryl halides in the presence of SbF5/TBAF to give various biaryls by transferring multiple phenyl groups, which has also been applied to the 5-halo pyrimidine nucleosides for the synthesis of 5-aryl derivatives. To avoid the use of organometallic reagents, I developed Pd-catalyzed direct arylation of 5-halo pyrimidine nucleosides. It was discovered that 5-aryl pyrimidine nucleosides could be synthesized by Pd-catalyzed direct arylation of N3-free 5-halo uracil and uracil nucleosides with simple arenes or heteroaromatics in the presence of TBAF within 1 h. Both N3-protected and N3-free uracil and uracil nucleosides could undergo base-promoted Pd-catalyzed direct arylation, but only with electron rich heteroaromatics.
In the second half of this dissertation, 5-acetylenic uracil and uracil nucleosides have been employed to investigate the hydrogermylation, hydrosulfonylation as well as hydroazidation for the synthesis of various functionalized 5-vinyl pyrimidine nucleosides. Hydrogermylation of 5-alkynyl uracil analogues with trialkylgermane or tris(trimethylsilyl)germane hydride gave the corresponding vinyl trialkylgermane, or tris(trimethylsilyl)germane uracil derivatives. During the hydrogermylation with triphenylgermane, besides the vinyl triphenylgermane uracil derivatives, 5-[2-(triphenylgermyl)acetyl]uracil was also isolated and characterized and the origin of the acetyl oxygen was clarified. Tris(trimethylsilyl)germane uracil derivatives were coupled to aryl halides but with decent yield. Iron-mediated regio- and stereoselective hydrosulfonylation of the 5-ethynyl pyrimidine analogues with sulfonyl chloride or sulfonyl hydrazine to give 5-(1-halo-2-tosyl)vinyluracil nucleoside derivatives has been developed. Nucleophilic substitution of the 5-(β-halovinyl)sulfonyl nucleosides with various nucleophiles have been performed to give highly functionalized 5-vinyl pyrimidine nucleosides via the addition-elimination mechanism. The 5-(β-keto)sulfonyluracil derivative has also been synthesized via the aerobic difunctionalization of 5-ethynyluracil analogue with sulfinic acid in the presence of catalytic amount of pyridine. Silver catalyzed hydroazidation of protected 2'-deoxy-5-ethynyluridine with TMSN3 in the presence of catalytic amount of water to give 5-(α-azidovinyl)uracil nucleoside derivatives was developed. Strain promoted Click reaction of the 5-(α-azidovinyl)uracil with cyclooctyne provide the corresponding fully conjugated triazole product.
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Honcharenko, Dmytro. "Conformationally Constrained Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Oligonucleotides : Design, Synthesis and Properties." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Bioorganisk kemi, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-8887.
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This thesis is based on six original research publications describing synthesis, structure and physicochemical and biochemical analysis of chemically modified oligonucleotides (ONs) in terms of their potential diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Synthesis of two types of bicyclic conformationally constrained nucleosides, North-East locked 1',2'-azetidine and North locked 2',4'-aza-ENA, is described. Study of the molecular structures and dynamics of bicyclic nucleosides showed that depending upon the type of fused system they fall into two distinct categories with their respective internal dynamics and type of sugar conformation. The physicochemical properties of the nucleobases in the conformationally constrained nucleosides found to be depended on the site and ring-size of the fused system. The incorporation of azetidine modified nucleotide units into 15mer ONs lowered the affinity toward the complementary RNA. However, they performed better than previously reported isosequential 1',2'-oxetane modified analogues. Whereas aza-ENA-T modification incorporated into ONs significantly enhanced affinity to the complementary RNA. To evaluate the antisense potential of azetidine-T and aza-ENA-T modified ONs, they were subjected to RNase H promoted cleavage as well as tested towards nucleolytic degradation. Kinetic experiments showed that modified ONs recruit RNase H, however with lower enzyme efficiency due to decreased enzyme-substrate binding affinity, but with enhanced turnover number. Both, azetidine-T and aza-ENA-T modified ONs demonstrated improved 3'-exonuclease stability in the presence of snake venom phosphodiesterase and human serum compared to the unmodified sequence. Oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) containing pyrene-functionalized azetidine-T (Aze-pyr X) and aza-ENA-T (Aza-ENA-pyr Y) modifications showed different fluorescence properties. The X modified ODNs hybridized to the complementary DNA and RNA showed variable increase in the fluorescence intensity depending upon the nearest-neighbor at the 3'-end to X modification (dA > dG > dT > dC) with high fluorescence quantum yield. However, the Y modified ODNs showed a sensible enhancement of the fluorescence intensity only with complementary DNA. Also, the X modified ODN showed decrease (~37-fold) in the fluorescence intensity upon duplex formation with RNA containing a G nucleobase mismatch opposite to the modification site, whereas a ~3-fold increase was observed for the Y modified probe.
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Tusa, Girolamo. "Synthesis and biological activity of conformationally constrained nucleosides and nucleotides." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ34032.pdf.
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Turkewitsch, Petra. "The synthesis of fluorescent chemosensors responsive tocAMP and other nucleotides." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0018/NQ44611.pdf.
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Narukulla, Raman. "Synthesis and characterisation of base-modified nucleosides, nucleotides and DNA." Thesis, Open University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.430561.
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