ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Molecular catalysis of ATP-hydrolysis by a number of protonated macrocyclic polyamines 1-9 has been investigated by 31P-NMR spectroscopy, and marked rate enhancements have been obtained. The largest acceleration is produced by the [24]-N6O2 macrocycle 1, and the process displays the following properties: 1. protonated 1 forms very stable complexes with ATP, as well as with ADP and AMP; 2. it enhances the rate of ATP-hydrolysis by a factor of 103 at pH = 8.5; the rate of hydrolysis is constant over a wide pH-range, from pH = 2.5 to 8.5; 3. 1 is more efficient than acyclic analogues; 4. the products of the reaction are orthophosphate (OP) and ADP, which is subsequently hydrolyzed to OP and AMP at a slower rate; 5. at pH 〉 6.5, a transient species is detected, which is tentatively identified as a phosphoramidate intermediate, resulting from phosphorylation of the macrocycle 1; 6. the reaction presents first-order kinetics and is catalytic. The mechanism of the process is discussed in terms of initial formation of a complex between ATP and protonated 1, followed by an intracomplex reaction which may involve a combination of nucleophilic or acid catalysis with electrostatic catalysis.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19830660811
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