3 H-Androst-5-ene-17-one-3B-pl sulfate is converted to 3B-androst-5-ene-lW-ol-3f3-yl sulfate by soluble extracts of rat testis in the presence of added NAM%2 or NADPH2. The conversion was approximately 4 times greater than the conversion of 3H-androst-5-ene-17-one-3B_ol to 3%androst-5-ene+3@,17&diol under similar incubation conditions. The same extracts converted 3H-androst5-ene-17-one-3@-ol to...

Stability of the long noncoding-polyadenylated nuclear (PAN) RNA from Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is conferred by an expression and nuclear retention element (ENE). The ENE protects PAN RNA from a rapid deadenylation-dependent decay pathway via formation of a triple helix between the U-rich internal loop of the ENE and the 3'-poly(A) tail. Because viruses borrow molecular mechanisms...

The imidazopyridine ring system in the title compound, C(9)H(8)BrN(3)S, is almost planar [r.m.s. deviation of the C and N atoms = 0.007 (1) Å]. The S and methyl-ene C atoms connected to the five-membered ring lie within this plane. The remaining two methyl-ene groups of the thia-zine ring are disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.817 (5):0.183 (5) ratio.

A new benzo[c]phenanthridine, oxynorchelerythrine (1), and two new benzenoid derivatives, methyl 4-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-3-methyl-4-oxobutoxy)benzoate (2) and (E)-methyl 4-(4-((Z)-3-methoxy-3-oxoprop-1-enyl)phenoxy)-2-methylbut-2-enoate (3), have been isolated from the twigs of Zanthoxylum ailanthoides, together with 11 known compounds (4-14). The structures of these new compounds were determine...

The biotransformation of lithocholic acid by Pseudomonas sp. strain NCIB 10590 under anaerobic conditions was studied. The major products were identified as androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione and 3-oxochol-4-ene-24-oic acid. The minor products included 17beta-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3-one, 17beta-hydroxyandrosta-1,4-diene-3-one, 3-oxo-5beta-cholan-24-oic acid, 3-oxochola-1,4-diene-24-oic acid, 3-oxopre...

The ene reaction is a pericyclic process in which an alkene with an allylic hydrogen atom (the ene donor) reacts with a second unsaturated species (the enophile) to form a new product with a transposed π-bond. The aromatic ene reaction, in which the alkene component is embedded in an aromatic ring, has only been reported in a few (four) instances and has proceeded in low yield (≤6%). Here, we s...

Three new cucurbitane triterpenoids 1-3 and one new steroidal glycoside 4, were isolated together with ten known compounds from Momordica charantia. The structures of new compounds were determined to be 19(R)-n-butanoxy-5 beta,19-epoxycucurbita-6,23-diene-3beta,25-diol 3-O-beta-glucopyranoside (1), 23-O-beta-allopyranosylecucurbita-5,24-dien-7 alpha,3beta,22(R),23(S)-tetraol 3-O-beta-allopyrano...