Structural reassignment of the peroxide oxidation product of 5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate.
Structural reassignment of the peroxide oxidation product of 5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate.
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5-甲基-5,6,7,8-四氢叶酸过氧化物氧化产物的结构重新分配。
DOI:
10.1016/0006-291x(81)91583-7
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Russell,A
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作者:
Whiteley,JM;Russell,A
Abstract Oxidation of 5-methyl-5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydrofolate with hydrogen peroxide at pH 6 gives a derivative containing an extra oxygen atom, which can then be reduced with the uptake of two hydrogen atoms by borohydride or by catalytic hydrogenation. The two compounds were previously suggested to be 4a-hydroxylated pteridines [GR Gapski, JM Whiteley and FM Huennekens, Biochemistry 10: 2390 (1971)]. In this report 13 C NMR studies show the disappearance of the clearly defined C-4a resonance of the folate derivative (− 33 ppm relative to p-doxane) during oxidation, with the emergence, in the oxygenated product, of a new downfield resonance in the characteristic carbonyl region of the spectrum. After the reduction step this transposed resonance is in turn replaced by a resonance which corresponds to that of a secondary hydroxyl substituted carbon atom. The results suggest rearrangement of the pteridine nucleus has occurred during oxidation. Comparison with similar oxidation reactions in the simple lumazine and pterin series supports this occurrence. Of several possible isomeric structures 2-amino-8-methyl-4, 9-dioxo-7-methyl-p-aminobenzoylglutamate-6, 7, 8, 9-tetrahydro-4H-pyrazino (1, 2-a)-s-triazine and its 9-hydroxyl analog have been assigned to the isolated products. Reevaluation of the previous experimental findings is in accordance with these assignments.