CONFORMATIONAL MOBILITY IN THIAMIN AND RELATED-COMPOUNDS STUDIED BY C-13 MAGNETIC-RELAXATION
CONFORMATIONAL MOBILITY IN THIAMIN AND RELATED-COMPOUNDS STUDIED BY C-13 MAGNETIC-RELAXATION
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1982.tb31187.x
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
SABLE, HZ
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作者:
GALLO, AA;SABLE, HZ
In previous publications we have been concerned with a number of aspects of the chemistry of thiamin and thiamin phosphates, and we have had a particular interest in the conformations of these compounds in solution. The conformation of thiamin pyrophosphate (thiamin-PP) and especially the relative positions of the pyrimidine and thiazolium rings, appears to be of critical importance for its catalytic function since small steric perturbations lead to much reduced catalytic activity.” Three conformations of thiamin and its derivatives have been proposed and are designated the S, F, V conformations. t4 The S (4,=+ Oo, qj,,=+ 90) forms (FIGURE 1) have been observed in the crystal structures of thiamin, its C-2 adducts, its phosphate esters, and its salts with various metal ion complexes.-The S form is proposed to be characteristic of thiamin when there is a substituent at C-2 and the F form is characteristic of thiamin when C-2 is unsubstituted. However, in other studies, thiamin has been found to crystallize in either the S or F form depending on the co~ nterion.’*~On the basis of his studies of binding of coenzyme analogues to pyruvate decarboxylase, Schellenberger has proposed’the V conformation (9,=+ 90, &=+ 90) as the active conformation of thiamin-PP. In that conformation the 4 ‘-amino group is placed near the reactive C-2 position of the thiazolium ring and he proposed that the interaction of these two sites may be involved in thiamin-PP catalysis. Biaglow et aL9 also suggested a V conformation for thiamin. These authors found that both the pyrimidine and thiazolium rings of thiamin could be involved in 7r-7r interactions with indoles, which serve to delocalize the positive charge on thiamin. In order to account for the details of the interaction of the indoles with both rings of thiamin in solution, they pictured thiamin as assuming a V conformation.“