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ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 238-245Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b310767a
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Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) catalyses the transfer of gamma-glutamyl moiety from a donor substrate to different acceptors, such as amino acids and water. GGT is known to display relatively low stereospecificity with respect to the alpha-stereocentre of its donor substrates. In this study we have studied its stereospecificity with respect to the stereocentre at the delta-position of different analogues of L-glutamic acid. Notably, L-methionine sulfoxide is well-recognised whereas L-methionine sulfone and L-methionine sulfoximine are not. Furthermore, when the synthetic gamma-diastereoisomers of L-methionine sulfoxide were separated and tested, it was discovered that GGT shows remarkable stereospecificity at the gamma-position, binding the SCSS diastereoisomer with a K-i of 3.5 mM, whereas the SCRS diastereoisomer is not recognised. Finally, using a sulfoxide as a new pharmacophore for GGT, we have synthesized and tested an analogue of glutathione to obtain a very promising competitive inhibitor with a K-i of (53 +/- 3) muM.
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