Adenosine-5'-carboxaldehyde: a potent inhibitor of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase

J Med Chem. 1993 Apr 2;36(7):883-7. doi: 10.1021/jm00059a013.

Abstract

Adenosine-5'-carboxaldehyde (3) and its 4'-epimer (4) were synthesized and shown to be potent type I mechanism-based inhibitors of recombinant rat liver AdoHcy hydrolase with k2/KI values of 16.7 x 10(-3) and 5.5 x 10(-3) nM-1 min-1, respectively. The observation that 3 and 4 are potent inhibitors of AdoHcy hydrolase supports the hypothesis that they function as key intermediates in the mechanism by which the (Z)- and (E)-4',5'-didehydro-5'-deoxy-5'-fluoroadenosines 1 and 2 inactivate this enzyme.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Adenosylhomocysteinase
  • Animals
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Deoxyadenosines / chemical synthesis*
  • Deoxyadenosines / chemistry
  • Deoxyadenosines / pharmacology
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Hydrolases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / enzymology
  • Rats
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Deoxyadenosines
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • adenosine-5'-carboxaldehyde
  • Hydrolases
  • Adenosylhomocysteinase
  • Adenosine