The methoxy- and fluoro-derivatives of meta-nitrophenylacetic acid (mNPA) chromophores undergo photodecarboxylation with comparable quantum yields (Φ) to unsubstituted mNPA, but uncage at red-shifted excitation wavelengths. This observation prompted us investigate DPAdeCageOMe (2-[bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino]-2-(4-methoxy-3-nitrophenyl)acetic acid) DPAdeCageF (2-[bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino]-...

BACKGROUND Heterobifunctional cross-linking agents are useful in both protein science and organic synthesis. Aminolysis of reactive esters in aqueous systems is often used in bioconjugation chemistry, but it must compete against hydrolysis processes. Here we study the kinetics of aminolysis and hydrolysis of 2-S-phosphorylacetate ester intermediates that result from displacement of bromide by a...

Af-Hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene was rapidly deacetylated by guinea pig liver and, to a lesser extent, by other guinea pig tissues examined. The enzyme activity was located in the microsomal fraction of the liver. The enzyme appeared to be stimulated by trisodium pentacyanoamine ferrate, and it was inhibited by SKF-525A (|3-diethylaminoethyldiphenylpropyl acetate hydrochloride), by sodium fluor...

The serine protease inhibitors diethyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate and phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (chemical modifiers of serine residue) and N-acetyl-l-tryptophan ethyl ester (competitive inhibitor of chymotryptic protease) inhibited 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (AGEPC; platelet-activating factor)-induced platelet aggregation and secretion. The inhibition was dependent on the p...