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Synthesis and biological activity evaluation of azacycloheptane sulfonamide derivatives as potential orexin receptor antagonists
Guo, Bin,Li, Qingeng,Shen, Yi,Xiu, Jingya
, p. 30683 - 30691 (2020)
As the orexin signaling system is crucial for the regulation of the sleep/wake cycle, inhibitors of orexin-1 and orexin-2 receptors are of significant interest in the treatment of insomnia. Herein, a series of novel azacycloheptane sulfonamide derivatives were designed and synthesized, and all the compounds were evaluated as potential orexin receptor inhibitors by FLIPR Tetra calcium assay. A majority of the tested azacycloheptane sulfonamide derivatives showed OX1R and OX2R inhibitory activity. Chloro-substituted derivatives functionalized at the C5 or C6 position of the benzoxazole group exhibited better inhibitory activity for OX1R and OX2R than unsubstituted derivatives functionalized at C5 or C6. In addition, phenyl group modification had positive effects on the inhibitory activities, and an electron-withdrawing fluorine group at the ortho or meta position of the phenyl ring improved the OX2R inhibitory activity of the derivatives. This suggests that azacycloheptane sulfonamide derivatives are promising scaffolds for the development of OX1R and OX2R antagonists.
Isonitrile Formation by a Non-Heme Iron(II)-Dependent Oxidase/Decarboxylase
Harris, Nicholas C.,Born, David A.,Cai, Wenlong,Huang, Yaobing,Martin, Joelle,Khalaf, Ryan,Drennan, Catherine L.,Zhang, Wenjun
supporting information, p. 9707 - 9710 (2018/07/31)
The electron-rich isonitrile is an important functionality in bioactive natural products, but its biosynthesis has been restricted to the IsnA family of isonitrile synthases. We herein provide the first structural and biochemical evidence of an alternative mechanism for isonitrile formation. ScoE, a putative non-heme iron(II)-dependent enzyme from Streptomyces coeruleorubidus, was shown to catalyze the conversion of (R)-3-((carboxymethyl)amino)butanoic acid to (R)-3-isocyanobutanoic acid through an oxidative decarboxylation mechanism. This work further provides a revised scheme for the biosynthesis of a unique class of isonitrile lipopeptides, of which several members are critical for the virulence of pathogenic mycobacteria.
Protein-protein interface mimicry by an oxazoline piperidine-2,4-dione
Li, Xun,Taechalertpaisarn, Jaru,Xin, Dongyue,Burgess, Kevin
supporting information, p. 632 - 635 (2015/03/05)
Representative minimalist mimics 1 were prepared from amino acids. Scaffold 1 was not designed to mimic any particular secondary structure, but simulated accessible conformations of this material were compared with common ideal secondary structures and with >125000 different protein-protein interaction (PPI) interfaces. This data mining exercise indicates that scaffolds 1 can mimic features of sheet-turn-sheets, somewhat fewer helical motifs, and numerous PPI interface regions that do not resemble any particular secondary structure.