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Lourenço A, Marques AV, Gominho J. The Identification of New Triterpenoids in Eucalyptus globulus Wood. Molecules 2021; 26:3495. [PMID: 34201300 PMCID: PMC8227700 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26123495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Eight polyhydroxy triterpenoid acids, hederagenin, (4α)-23-hydroxybetulinic acid, maslinic acid, corosolic acid, arjunolic acid, asiatic acid, caulophyllogenin, and madecassic acid, with 2, 3, and 4 hydroxyl substituents, were identified and quantified in the dichloromethane extract of Eucalyptus globulus wood by comparing their GC-retention time and mass spectra with standards. Two other triterpenoid acids were tentatively identified by analyzing their mass spectra, as (2α)-2-hydroxybetulinic acid and (2α,4α)-2,23-dihydroxybetulinic acid, with 2 and 3 hydroxyl substituents. Two MS detectors were used, a quadrupole ion trap (QIT) and a quadrupole mass filter (QMF). The EI fragmentation pattern of the trimethylsilylated polyhydroxy structures of these triterpenoid acids is characterized by the sequential loss of the trimethylsilylated hydroxyl groups, most of them by the retro-Diels-Alder (rDA) opening of the C ring with a π-bond at C12-C13. The rDA C-ring opening produces ions at m/z 320 (or 318) and m/z 278 (or 277, 276, 366). Sequential losses of the hydroxyl groups produce ions with m/z from [M - 90] to [M - 90*y], where y is the number of hydroxyl substituents present (from 2 to 4). Moreover, specific cleavage in ring E was observed, passing from m/z 203 to m/z 133 and conducting other major fragments such as m/z 189.
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- Ana Lourenço
- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal; (A.L.); (J.G.)
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal; (A.L.); (J.G.)
- Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Rua Conselheiro Emídio Navarro 1, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal; (A.L.); (J.G.)
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The CYPome of Sorangium cellulosum So ce56 and Identification of CYP109D1 as a New Fatty Acid Hydroxylase. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 17:1295-305. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2010] [Revised: 09/13/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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MARQUES ANTÓNIOJ, COELHO JOSÉA. DETERMINATION OF FAT CONTENTS WITH SUPERCRITICAL CO2 EXTRACTION IN TWO COMMERCIAL POWDER CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS: COMPARISON WITH NP-1719. J FOOD PROCESS ENG 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4530.2009.00543.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Guo Y, Cao S, Wei D, Zong X, Yuan X, Tang M, Zhao Y. Fragmentation of deprotonated cyclic dipeptides by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2009; 44:1188-1194. [PMID: 19462414 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The fragmentation pathways of deprotonated cyclic dipeptides have been studied by electrospray ionization multi-stage mass spectrometry (ESI-MSn) in negative mode. The results showed that the fragmentation pathways of deprotonated cyclic dipeptides depended significantly on the different substituents, the side chains of amino acid residues at the diketopiperazine ring. In the spectra of deprotonated cyclic dipeptides, the ion [M-H-substituent radical]- was firstly observed in the ESI mode. The characteristic fragment ions [M-H-substituent radical]- and [M-H-(substituent-H)]- could be used as the symbols of particular cyclic dipeptides. The hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) exchange experiment, the high-resolution mass spectrometry (Q-TOF) and theoretical calculations were used to rationalize the proposed fragmentation pathways and to verify the differences between the fragmentation pathways. The relative Gibbs free energies (DeltaG) of the product ions and possible fragmentation pathways were estimated using the B3LYP/6-31++G(d, p) model. The results have some potential applications in the structural elucidation and interpretation of the mass spectra of homologous compounds and will enrich the gas-phase ESI-MS ion chemistry of cyclic dipeptides.
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- Yanchun Guo
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P.R. China
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Tang Z, Martin MV, Guengerich FP. Elucidation of functions of human cytochrome P450 enzymes: identification of endogenous substrates in tissue extracts using metabolomic and isotopic labeling approaches. Anal Chem 2009; 81:3071-8. [PMID: 19301915 DOI: 10.1021/ac900021a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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One of the central problems in biochemistry in the postgenomic era is the elucidation of functions of proteins, including "orphan" human cytochromes P450 (P450s), when the substrates are unknown. A general strategy for identification of endogenous substrates of P450s in tissue extracts using metabolomic and isotopic labeling approaches is described, involving four main steps: (1) In vitro incubation of a P450 enzyme system with cofactor and tissue extract is done under a mixture of (18)O(2)/(16)O(2) (1:1). (2) Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) assay of an organic extract of the reaction mixture is performed. (3) The isotopic labeling products appearing as M/M + 2 doublets can be directly identified using the program DoGEX (Sanchez-Ponce, R. and Guengerich, F. P. Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, 3355-3362). (4) Characterization of potential candidates is done. Validation of the strategy was established using human P450 7A1 as an initial model to identify its known product, 7alpha-hydroxycholesterol, in liver extracts. The strategy was then applied to human P450s 1A2, 2C8, and 2C9 in untargeted substrate searches with human liver extracts. A total of seven fatty acids were identified and verified as substrates of these three hepatic P450s. The products were subsequently characterized as hydroxylation and epoxidation derivatives of fatty acids, using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis. Finally, kinetic studies were performed to confirm that the fatty acids are oxidized by P450s 1A2, 2C8, and 2C9. Thus, this strategy has been demonstrated to be useful in identifying reactions in tissue extracts with orphan human P450s.
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- Zhongmei Tang
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 638 Robinson Research Building, 2200 Pierce Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA
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Cullen M, Miles D, Rothwell A, Bonham C, Wood KV, Cushman M. Hydrolysis of thioesters in an ion trap. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2008; 22:1094-1098. [PMID: 18335465 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The alkenyldiarylmethanes are a class of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors that are currently being developed as potential antivirals for the treatment of HIV infection and AIDS. As part of our continuing investigations on the alkenyldiarylmethanes, a series of thioester analogues were prepared in an effort to improve upon the metabolic stability of the parent lead compound. Hydrolysis of the thioester moieties was consistently observed during ion trap electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry to the extent that the parent molecular ion was weak in intensity or simply could not be detected. The same hydrolysis observations were also made when the analogues were analyzed by ion trap electron impact (EI) ionization, indicating the hydrolysis event was the result of the ion trap and not ionization technique. Ion-trap-mediated hydrolysis has been observed previously in prior alkenyldiarylmethane studies and prevented characterization of certain intermediates; thus, we wished to investigate whether modifying instrument parameters and protocols affected the instrument-mediated hydrolysis event. Unfortunately, varying the maximum injection time and the number of microscans performed, independent of each other, had little effect on the intensities of the parent ions [MH(+)] or the hydrolysis products] MH(+) -HSCH(3)].
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- Matthew Cullen
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and the Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Chun YJ, Shimada T, Sanchez-Ponce R, Martin MV, Lei L, Zhao B, Kelly SL, Waterman MR, Lamb DC, Guengerich FP. Electron Transport Pathway for a Streptomyces Cytochrome P450. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:17486-500. [PMID: 17446171 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m700863200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Streptomyces and other bacterial actinomycete species produce many important natural products, including the majority of known antibiotics, and cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes catalyze important biosynthetic steps. Relatively few electron transport pathways to P450s have been characterized in bacteria, particularly streptomycete species. One of the 18 P450s in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), P450 105D5, was found to bind fatty acids tightly and form hydroxylated products when electrons were delivered from heterologous systems. The six ferredoxin (Fdx) and four flavoprotein Fdx reductase (FDR) proteins coded by genes in S. coelicolor were expressed in Escherichia coli, purified, and used to characterize the electron transfer pathway. Of the many possibilities, the primary pathway was NADH --> FDR1 --> Fdx4 --> P450 105D5. The genes coding for FDR1, Fdx4, and P450 105D5 are located close together in the S. coelicolor genome. Several fatty acids examined were substrates, including those found in S. coelicolor extracts, and all yielded several products. Mass spectra of the products of lauric acid imply the 8-, 9-, 10-, and 11-hydroxy derivatives. Hydroxylated fatty acids were also detected in vivo in S. coelicolor. Rates of electron transfer between the proteins were measured; all steps were faster than overall hydroxylation and consistent with rates of NADH oxidation. Substrate binding, product release, and oxygen binding were relatively fast in the catalytic cycle; high kinetic deuterium isotope effects for all four lauric acid hydroxylations indicated that the rate of C-H bond breaking is rate-limiting in every case. Thus, an electron transfer pathway to a functional Streptomyces P450 has been established.
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- Young-Jin Chun
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA
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Fatland BL, Nikolau BJ, Wurtele ES. Reverse genetic characterization of cytosolic acetyl-CoA generation by ATP-citrate lyase in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2005; 17:182-203. [PMID: 15608338 PMCID: PMC544498 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.026211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2004] [Accepted: 10/09/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Acetyl-CoA provides organisms with the chemical flexibility to biosynthesize a plethora of natural products that constitute much of the structural and functional diversity in nature. Recent studies have characterized a novel ATP-citrate lyase (ACL) in the cytosol of Arabidopsis thaliana. In this study, we report the use of antisense RNA technology to generate a series of Arabidopsis lines with a range of ACL activity. Plants with even moderately reduced ACL activity have a complex, bonsai phenotype, with miniaturized organs, smaller cells, aberrant plastid morphology, reduced cuticular wax deposition, and hyperaccumulation of starch, anthocyanin, and stress-related mRNAs in vegetative tissue. The degree of this phenotype correlates with the level of reduction in ACL activity. These data indicate that ACL is required for normal growth and development and that no other source of acetyl-CoA can compensate for ACL-derived acetyl-CoA. Exogenous malonate, which feeds into the carboxylation pathway of acetyl-CoA metabolism, chemically complements the morphological and chemical alterations associated with reduced ACL expression, indicating that the observed metabolic alterations are related to the carboxylation pathway of cytosolic acetyl-CoA metabolism. The observations that limiting the expression of the cytosolic enzyme ACL reduces the accumulation of cytosolic acetyl-CoA-derived metabolites and that these deficiencies can be alleviated by exogenous malonate indicate that ACL is a nonredundant source of cytosolic acetyl-CoA.
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- Beth L Fatland
- Department of Genetics and Developmental and Cellular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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Silvestri MA, Miles D, Rothwell AP, Wood KV, Cushman M. The 'apparent' hydrolysis of alkyl esters during electrospray ionization. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2003; 17:1703-1708. [PMID: 12872274 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry was employed to obtain both molecular weight confirmation and structural information for a series of novel alkenyldiarylmethane (ADAM) analogs. The mass spectral data were intended for use during the structure elucidation of ester hydrolysis products formed during an in vitro metabolism study of a series of novel ADAM analogs. The data on the precursor molecules show the presence of the molecular ion peak, [M+H](+), as well as a peak consistent with the hydrolysis product of the original ester ([MH-ROH+H(2)O](+)). However, chemical ionization mass spectrometry, elemental analysis and (1)H NMR data indicated the presence of only the intact diester compounds, suggesting that the formation of the hydrolysis product was an instrumental artifact, i.e., in-beam hydrolysis during ESI or a result of longer ion residence times of the ion trap mass analyzer.
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- Maximilian A Silvestri
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Weisz A, Andrzejewski D, Fales HM, Mandelbaum A. Attachment of neutrals during tandem mass spectrometry of sulfonic acid dyes and intermediates in an ion trap. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2002; 37:1025-1033. [PMID: 12375276 DOI: 10.1002/jms.357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Several positional isomers of 2-(2-quinolinyl)-1H-indene-1,3(2H)-dione mono- and disulfonic acids prepared as reference materials for development of analytical methods involved in FDA certification of D&C Yellow No. 10 (Quinoline Yellow) were found consistently to show [MH + 14](+) ions when their electrospray- or atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-prepared MH(+) ions were subjected to collisional activation. The source of these ions was found to be the methanol used as solvent in these procedures which combined with their [MH - H(2)O](+) ions under chemical ionization conditions. The reaction was found to be sensitive to their isomeric and chemical structures and other examples of this process are reviewed.
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- Adrian Weisz
- Office of Cosmetics and Colors, US Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204, USA.
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Current literature in mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2001; 36:1076-1082. [PMID: 11599087 DOI: 10.1002/jms.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Current awareness in phytochemical analysis. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS : PCA 2001; 12:347-354. [PMID: 11708298 DOI: 10.1002/pca.557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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