ENZYMATIC DEAMINATION OF ADENOSINE DERIVATIVES

The Enzymatic Deamination of Amphetamine

A previous st,udy on the metabolism of amphetamine (1-phenyl-2-aminopropane), widely used as a stimulant of the central nervous system, showed that its major route of biotransformation in the rat and dog involved hydroxylation of the aromatic ring. In the rabbit, however, the compound was not hydroxylated, but was found to be transformed in another manner (2). The present report describes an en...

The enzymatic deamination of amphetamine (benzedrine).

Enzymatic deamination of 8-azaguanine in normal and neoplastic tissues.

Adenosine deamination sustains dendritic cell activation in inflammation.

Adenosine is a suppressive agent that protects the host from excessive tissue injury associated with strong inflammation. In tissue stress, higher levels of adenosine signal through adenosine receptors to exert strong anti-inflammatory effects, and thus protect host cells. Existing evidence also suggests that elevated adenosine potently down-regulates the activation of lymphocytes during inflam...

Chemical carcinogens in non-enzymatic cytosine deamination: 3-isocyanatoacrylonitrile

Uracil has long been known as the main product of nitrosative cytosine deamination in aqueous solution. Recent mechanistic studies of cytosinediazonium ion suggest that the cation formed by its dediazoniation can ring-open to N-protonated (Z,s-cis)-3-isocyanatoacrylonitrile 7. Stereochemical preferences are discussed of the 3-isocyanatoacrylonitriles (Z,s-cis)-10, (E,s-cis)-11, (Z,s-trans)-12, ...