钴胺素依赖的蛋氨酸合酶催化N5-甲基四氢叶酸转移甲基至同型半胱氨酸生成蛋氨酸和四氢叶酸,直接参与蛋氨酸循环、叶酸循环及含硫氨基酸代谢,与DNA、蛋白质合成及生物甲基化有密切关系。本研究采用蛋白层析技术,将大鼠肝匀浆经超声破碎和高速离心处理后,依次经过DE-52批处理、Q Sepharose Fast Flow离子交换层析和CHT陶瓷羟基磷灰石吸附柱层析进行纯化,并对纯化产物进行了SDS-PAGE和Western blotting鉴定。采用分光光度法测定蛋氨酸合酶的活性,对纯化酶的酶促反应动力学进行了研究,确定了最佳反应条件,动力学结果显示蛋氨酸合酶的双底物酶促反应的机制为乒乓机制。研究表明,采用层析技术纯化得到的蛋氨酸合酶适用于以其为靶点的化合物高通量筛选。
Caffeic acid phenethyl ester （CAPE）, the main biologically active component of propolis, has been successfully synthesized from caffeic acid and β-bromoethylbenzene catalyzed by Na2CO3 in a mixed solvent of HMPA-CH3CN. To better understand the struc^re-activity relationship of CAPE, phenylethyl-monobenzoylcinnamate and phenylethyl-dibenzoylcinnamate were prepared. Meanwhile, the structure of phenylethyl-monobenzoylcinnamate was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffiaction.
Thymidylate synthase （TS, E.C.2.1.1.45） catalyzes a critical reaction in the only pathway of de novo synthesis of thymidylate （dTMP） in human cells, and is an important target of chemotherapy. To evaluate the inhibitory activities of novel compounds to TS, a convenient method of activity assay using 6x His-tagged recombinant human TS （rhTS） was established and 49 novel synthetic folate analogues were screened to discover potential TS inhibitors. During the process, 4 novel compounds were found to effectively inhibit TS, while the IC 50 of a positive control raltitrexed was 3.4 μM in this assay.
