To access P1-farnesyl-P2-indicator diphosphates, more efficient methods for the synthesis of farnesyl-phosphate and diphosphates were developed. The procedures reported here provide more flexible conditions than the conventional imidazolide and morpholidate coupling methods. Milder conditions for the synthesis of sensitive allylic diphosphates and greatly improved reaction efficiencies provide ...

Tris[bis(triphenylphosphoranylidene)ammonium] pyrophosphate (PPN pyrophosphate) was used in the SN2 displacements of the tosylate ion from 5'-tosylnucleosides to afford nucleoside-5'-diphosphates. Selective precipitation permitted the direct isolation of nucleoside-5'-diphosphates from crude reaction mixtures.

D-Nucleoside analogs, which are in the natural configuration, as well as the L-nucleoside analogs, are clinically relevant antiviral and anticancer agents. Metabolism of L-nucleoside analog diphosphates to the triphosphates, however, remains unexplored. Studies with recombinant nm23-H1 and -H2 isoforms indicated that L-nucleoside analog diphosphates were not phosphorylated by their nucleoside d...

Ribonuclease A and ribonuclease S-protein have been investigated for their ability to catalyze the preparative synthesis of dinucleoside monophosphates and trinucleoside diphosphates of specific base composition and sequence. Kinetic analysis of identical reactions catalyzed by ribonuclease A and S-protein suggests that the synthetic activity of the native protein and the derivative differ with...

background: ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in most societies. in a pathophysiologic point of view, it chiefly results from the formation of thrombus in coronary arteries which could not be only prevented by aspirin. many of clinical trials have shown the long-term benefits of antiplatelet drugs in reducing the risk of thrombotic accidents. objectives: clopidogrel is a thie...

This paper describes some new characteristics of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase CO(2)-oxaloacetate exchange reaction in purified preparations of Rhodospirillum rubrum. The enzymatic activity has been purified 169-fold. Nucleotide diphosphates substitute for nucleotide triphosphates in the exchange reaction. Nucleotide diphosphates will not support the synthesis of phosphoenolpyruvate fro...

The electron transfer molecules plastoquinone and ubiquinone are formed by the condensation of aromatic head groups with long-chain prenyl diphosphates. In the present paper we report the cloning and characterization of two genes from tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) responsible for the production of solanesyl and decaprenyl diphosphates. SlSPS (S. lycopersicum solanesyl diphosphate synthase) is t...

We examined the activity of polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) from Streptomyces coelicolor, Streptomyces antibioticus, and Escherichia coli in phosphorolysis using substrates derived from the rpsO-pnp operon of S. coelicolor. The Streptomyces and E. coli enzymes were both able to digest a substrate with a 3' single-stranded tail although E. coli PNPase was more effective in digesting this s...