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Trifluoroselenomethionine: A New Unnatural Amino Acid.
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Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology [Chembiochem] 2016 Sep 15; Vol. 17 (18), pp. 1738-51. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Sep 07. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Trifluoroselenomethionine (TFSeM), a new unnatural amino acid, was synthesized in seven steps from N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-l-aspartic acid tert-butyl ester. TFSeM shows enhanced methioninase-induced cytotoxicity, relative to selenomethionine (SeM), toward HCT-116 cells derived from human colon cancer. Mechanistic explanations for this enhanced activity are computationally and experimentally examined. Comparison of TFSeM and SeM by selenium EXAFS and DFT calculations showed them to be spectroscopically and structurally very similar. Nonetheless, when two different variants of the protein GB1 were expressed in an Escherichia coli methionine auxotroph cell line in the presence of TFSeM and methionine (Met) in a 9:1 molar ratio, it was found that, surprisingly, 85 % of the proteins contained SeM residues, even though no SeM had been added, thus implying loss of the trifluoromethyl group from TFSeM. The transformation of TFSeM into SeM is enzymatically catalyzed by E. coli extracts, but TFSeM is not a substrate of E. coli methionine adenosyltransferase.<br /> (© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)
- Subjects :
- Amino Acids chemical synthesis
Amino Acids pharmacology
Carbon-Sulfur Lyases metabolism
Cell Proliferation drug effects
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
HCT116 Cells
Humans
Models, Molecular
Molecular Conformation
Quantum Theory
Selenomethionine chemical synthesis
Selenomethionine chemistry
Selenomethionine pharmacology
Structure-Activity Relationship
Amino Acids chemistry
Selenomethionine analogs & derivatives
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1439-7633
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 18
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27383291
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201600266