化学计量学在生命科学研究中的应用

对近十年来化学计量学在生命科学领域相关研究中的应用进行了综述,主要对其在DNA、蛋白质及氨基酸这三大生命物质有关研究中的使用展开了评述和讨论,参考文献59篇。     

手性胺酰胺型液相色谱手性固定相的制备及几种氨基酸衍生物的拆分

用(R)-1-苯基2-对甲基苯基乙基胺(PTE)与L-异亮氨酸制得含两个手性中心的手性选择剂,以琥珀酸酐作为连接臂,将手性选择剂键合到氨基丙基硅胶上制得手性固定相。以正己烷-异丙醇为流动相,利用该固定相对氨基酸衍生物进行高效液相色谱手性拆分,并考察了流动相中异丙醇含量对手性拆分的影响。结果表明,该手性固定相对所分析的氨基酸衍生物大部分都具有一定的拆分能力。当异丙醇含量为1%时,亮氨酸与苯丙氨酸的苯甲酰甲酯衍生物获得基线分离。当异丙醇含量为20%时,亮氨酸、缬氨酸、丙氨酸、谷氨酸的3,5-二硝基苯甲酰甲酯衍生物获得基线分离。     

手性胺醇稀土配合物的合成、荧光性质及其催化芳香酮的不对称氢化反应

合成了三种新的含C₂-对称轴的手性胺醇(PhOHCHCH₂)₂NCH₂C₆H₄R (R＝OCH₃, L₁; R＝CH₃, L₂; R＝Cl, L₃), 将其与无水氯化稀土LnCl₃•4THF (Ln＝La, Sm, Gd)反应生成了九个新的胺醇类稀土配合物LLnCl•2THF (L＝L₁, L₂, L₃; Ln＝La, Sm, Gd). 用元素分析、热重分析、红外和紫外光谱等手段对它们进行了表征. 荧光光谱显示一些配合物具有荧光性能. 原位催化芳香酮的不对称氢化反应表明: L₁/SmCl₃•4THF体系催化苯乙酮不对称氢化反应的转化率达71%, 相应的对映体过量值达32%.     

Interactions of D-Maltose and Sucrose with Some Amino Acids in Aqueous Solutions

Calorimetric titrations have been performed at 298.15 K in aqueous solutions to derive the stability constants and thermodynamic parameters of the interactions of D-maltose and sucrose with some amino acids (glycine, DL-alanine, DL-leucine, and L-serine). The apparent molal volumes of the disaccharides in dilute aqueous solutions of the amino acids have been determined from density measurements at 298.15 K. In contrast to D-maltose, sucrose was found to associate with the amino acids and these associated species are preferentially entropy stabilized. These results are interpreted in terms of the influence of the nature of the solutes, their specific conformations, and hydration, on the ability of the disaccharides to form associated complexes with the amino acids.     

Carboxylic acid functionalization of nylon 6 by radiation grafting and conversion to zinc salts: Effects on physical properties

 Functionalization of polymers by grafting monomeric species on to the backbone of molecular chains with the use of γ-radiation has been used extensively. In this work methacrylic acid was grafted onto a commercial grade of polycaproamide (Nylon 6) by preirradiating the polymer granules to 15 kGy at a rate of 1.0 kGy per hour and subsequently immersing these in a 10% aqueous solution of methacrylic acid in the presence of small quantities of FeSO₄ as homopolymerization inhibitor. The polymer was subsequently neutralized by mixing it with zinc acetylacetonate in a laboratory scale melt mixing device. The acid-grafting polymer modification resulted in an increase in glass transition temperature, while the addition of zinc acetylacetonate gave rise to two transitions: The lower transition corresponds to a miscible mixture of free polyamide and acid-grafted polymer, both plasticized with undecomposed zinc compound, while the upper transition corresponds to the zinc salt of the acid grafted polyamide. Through rheological measurements it was shown that both the acid-grafted polymer and the derived zinc salt have a branched structure, possibly containing also some crosslinked domains. Large improvements in solvent resistance were observed for both type of polymer modifications. Received: 13 December 1996 Accepted: 10 February 1997     

Grafting of functionalized silica particles with poly(acrylic acid)

Two different methods to graft silica particles with poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) were studied. In the first method PAA was reacted with 1,1′‐carbonyldiimidazole to give functionalized PAA. The resulting activated carbonyl group reacted easily with 3‐aminopropyl‐functionalized silica at low temperatures. In the second method 3‐glycidoxypropyl‐functionalized silica particles were reacted directly with PAA by using magnesium chloride as a catalyst. Different molecular weights of PAAs were used in order to investigate the effect of molecular weight on grafting yields in both methods. The grafting yields were determined with thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). All products were also investigated with IR. The results showed that the yields of reactions performed at ambient temperature by using 1,1′‐carbonyldiimidazole‐functionalized PAA were the same as with a direct reaction of unfunctionalized PAA and 3‐aminopropyl‐functionalized silica performed at 153°C. Also in reactions between 3‐glycidoxypropyl‐functionalized silica and PAA the yields were satisfactory. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

DFT study and Monte Carlo simulation on proton transfers of 2-amino-2-oxazoline, 2-amino-2-thiazoline, and 2-amino-2-imidazoline in the gas phase and in water

Density functional theory (DFT) and Monte Carlo (MC) simulation with free energy perturbation (FEP) techniques have been used to study the tautomeric proton transfer reaction of 2-amino-2-oxazoline, 2-amino-2-thiazoline, and 2-amino-2-imidazoline in the gas phase and in water. Two reaction pathways were considered: the direct and water-assisted transfers. The optimized structures and thermodynamic properties of stationary points for the title reaction system in the gas phase were calculated at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d, p) level of theory. The potential energy profiles along the minimum energy path in the gas phase and in water were obtained. The study of the solvent effect of water on the proton transfer of 2-amino-2-oxozoline, 2-amino-2-thiazoline, and 2-amino-2-imidazoline indicates that water as a solvent is favorable for the water-assisted process and slows down the rate of the direct transfer pathway.     

Interactions between terminally substituted amino acids in an aqueous and a non-aqueous environment. Enthalpic interaction coefficients in water and in N,N-dimethylformamide at 25°C

Enthalpies of dilution of the N-acetyl amides of glycine, L-alanine, L-valine, L-leucine, and L-phenylalanine, dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) as a solvent have been measured at 25°C. The results obtained have been analyzed to give the enthalpic interaction (or virial) coefficients of the solutes and these are compared with information previously obtained in aqueous systems. There are marked differences in the interaction properties in the two solvents and, while the additivity approach of Savage and Wood is applicable to the solutes in water it is not suitable for representing the interactions in DMF. A correlation is presented between the enthalpic second virial coefficients in DMF and the propensity of side-chains to be in proximity in globular proteins.     

Concise and Efficient Synthesis of Dehydropeptide Analogues from Unsaturated 5（4H）—Oxazolone

Some dehydropeptide analogues were directly synthesized by the reaction of unsaturated oxazolones with free amino acids.