• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2013.04a
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• pp.203-204
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• 2013

Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase (PAL)는 phenylalanine의 산성도가 더 큰 ammonium hydrogen 과는 반응하지 않고 그것의 nonacidic ${\beta}$ proton을 제거하는 역할을 한다. Phenylalanine은 electrophilic 그룹을 갖고 있으며 지난 30 여년 동안 phenylalanine의 electrophilic 그룹이 PAL의 반응 기작에 중요한 역할을 한다고 믿어왔다. 그러나 최근 X-ray와 UV spectroscopy를 통하여 상당히 electrophilic 한 5-methylene-3,5-dihydroimidazol-4-one (MIO) 그룹이 발견되었다. 이전의 연구들은 실험을 통하여 MIO와 관련된 electrophile에 의한 Friedel-Crafts Attack 메커니즘과 electrophile에 대한 nucleophilic addition 메커니즘을 제시하였으며, 본 연구진은 양자계산을 통하여 두 가지 메커니즘의 에너지 차이를 살펴봄으로써 더욱 합리적인 메커니즘을 제시, 규명하고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 특히 electrophile에 대한 nucleophilic addition 메커니즘에 대하여 양자계산을 이용하여 반응물, 생성물, 전이상태의 분자 구조를 제시하고 반응이 일어나는데 필요한 에너지를 계산하고자 한다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.424-425
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• 1993

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.11
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• pp.1615-1616
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• 2004

• BMB Reports
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 1995

The effect of 6-sulfooxymethyl benzo(a)pyrene (SMBP) on conformational changes of calf thymus DNA was investigated. As SMBP is a strong electrophile, the covalent binding of SMBP to DNA should distort three dimensional conformation of DNA at the binding sites. A formaldehyde-unwinding methods were used to determine the rate of DNA denaturation. The increase in absorbance at 251nm was detected by addition of formaldehyde following treatment with SMBP. SMBP changed supercoiled DNA to relaxed and linear DNA as determined by electrophoresis, which was similar to the change in DNA due to in vitro treatment with benzo(a) pyrene diol epoxide. Treatment with SMBP completely denatured DNA under alkaline conditions. However, DNA was nicked or partially denatured under neutral condition. The absorption band of DNA was increased by the treatment with SMBP in V79 cells, which may be explained by the formation of stabilized SMBP-DNA adduct.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2015.03a
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• pp.117-123
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 DFT를 이용하여 Nucleophilicity와 Basicity의 연관성에 대한 계산화학적 분석을 수행하였다. Basicity는 선정된 모델 분자의 protonation 반응에서 생성물과 반응물의 enthalpy 변화량인 양성자 친화도(Proton affinity, PA) 값을 구하여 분석하였다. 계산한 결과는 실험을 통해 얻은 PA 결과와 경향성이 거의 일치함을 확인하였다. Nucleophilicity는 모델 분자들과 $CH_3Br$ (electrophile)의 $SN_2$반응에서 gibbs free energy of activation(${\Delta}G^{\ddag}$) 값으로 그 경향성을 분석하였다. 또한 용매의 종류를 다르게 하여 용매에 따른 ${\Delta}G^{\ddag}$ 값의 경향성도 확인하였다. 각 용매에 따라 구한 ${\Delta}G^{\ddag}$와 PA의 상관관계를 비교하였으나, 큰 연관성은 보이지 않았다. 이에 ${\Delta}G^{\ddag}$와 PA의 상관관계를 보여줄 수 있는 parameter를 찾기 위하여 각 모델 분자의 Electronegativity와 Polarizability를 계산하여 연관성을 비교해보았다. Polarizability를 적용했을 때 Nucleophilicity와 Basicity사이의 연관성을 나타낼 수 없었던 반면, Electronegativity를 적용하여 Basicity와 Nucleophilicity의 연관성 보일 수 있음을 이론적으로 규명하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.2317-2320
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• 2013

Thiourea and vinyl sulfoxide derivatives were designed based on the structures of sulforaphane and gallic acid, prepared and tested for HO-1 inducing activity as a measure of Nrf2 activation, and inhibitory effect on NO production as a measure of anti-inflammatory activity. Both series of compounds showed moderate activity on HO-1 induction, and no inhibitory effect on NO production. Interestingly the thiourea compound 6d showed better HO-1 induction (71% SFN) than the corresponding isothiocyanate compound 6a (55% SFN). Overall, it seemed that more efficient electrophile is needed to get more effective Nrf2 activator.

• Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.175-181
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• 2012

Oxepane high explosives substituted to explosive group such as azido, nitrato and hydrazino are investigated theoretically the acid catalyzed reaction using the semiempirical MINDO/3, MNDO and AM1 methods to use as the guidelines of high explosives. The nucleophilicity and basicity of oxepane high explosives can be explained by the value of negative charge on oxygen atom of oxepane and the reactivity in propagation step can be represented by the value of positive charge on carbon atom and low electrophile LUMO energy. It was known that carbenium ion was favorable due to the stable energy (19.507~32.101 Kcal/mol) between oxonium ion and carbenium ion in the process of cyclic oxonium ion of oxepane high explosives being converted to open carbenium ion in oxepane high explosives. The value of concentration of cyclic oxonium ion and open carbenium ion in equilibrium status was found to be a major determinant of mechanism, it was expected to react faster in the prepolymer propagation step in SN1 mechanism than in that of $S_N2$.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.115-118
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• 2018

Dipyrromethane 2 functionalized with 3-chloropropyl group on the meso carbon undergoes an unusual intramolecular electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction in the presence of $NaN_3$ instead of a simple nucleophilic substitution reaction. As a result, a new chiral dipyrromethane 1 was synthesized. In this reaction, the ${\beta}$-carbon of the pyrrole ring functions as a nucleophile while the carbon next to the chlorine atom acts as an electrophile. Interestingly, this reaction progresses even in the absence of an acid catalyst. Compound 1 was fully characterized by $^1H-^1H$ and $^1H-^{13}C$ COSY NMR spectroscopic analyses and the high resolution EI mass spectrometry.

• BMB Reports
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.399-404
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• 1998

In order to gain further insight on the relationship between structure and function of glutathione S-transferase (GST), the six active-site mutants, R13T, K44T, Q51A, Q64A, S65A, and D98A, of human GST P1-1 were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to electrophoretic homogeneity by affinity chromatography on immobilized GSH. The active-site mutants showed marked differences in substrate specificity. The substitution of Gln51 with threonine resulted in a drastic decrease in the specific activities to <10% of the wild-type value. The substitution of Arg13 with threonine resulted in more decreased specific activity toward cumene hydroperoxide and in the $I_{50}$ values of S-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) glutathione and benanstatin A. These results suggest that the substitution of Arg13 with threonine changes the conformation of the active site to increase the affinity for the product or electrophilic substrate. Lys44 seems to be in the vicinity of the H-site of hGST P1-1 or may contribute to some extents to the electrophile binding.

• Toxicological Research
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• v.17
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• pp.299-304
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• 2001

Xenobiotics and their reactive intermediates bind to cellular macromolecules and/or generate oxidative stress. which provoke deleterious effects on the cell function. Induction of xenobiotic-biotrans-forming enzymes and antioxidant molecules is an important defense mechanism against such insults. A group of genes involved in the defense mechanism. e.g. genes encoding glutathione S-transferases. NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UDP-GT) and ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GGCS). have a common regulatory sequence, Antioxidant or Electrophile Responsive Element (ARE/EpRE). Recently. Nrf2. discovered as a homologue of erythroid transcription factor p45 NF-E2, was shown to bind ARE/EpRE and induce the expression of these defense genes. Mice that lack Nrf2 show low basal levels of expression and/or impaired induction of these genes. which makes the animals highly sensitive to xenobiotic toxicity. Indeed. we show here that nrf2-deficient mice had a higher mortality than did the wild-type mice when exposed to acetaminophen (APAP). Detailed analyses of APAP hepatotoxicity in the nrf2 knockout mice indicate that a large amount of reactive APAP metabolites was generated in the livers due to the impaired basal expression of two detoxifying enzyme genes, UDP-GT (Ugt1a6) and GGCS. while the cytochrome P450 content was unchanged. Thus. the studies using the nrf2 knockout mice clearly demonstrate significance of the expression of Nrf2-regulated enzymes in protection against xenobiotic toxicity.