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DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-918956
Synthetic Studies in Phytochrome Chemistry
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Publikationsdatum:
27. Oktober 2005 (online)
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Abstract
An account is given of the author’s several approaches to the synthesis of the parent chromophore of phytochrome (1), a protein-bound linear tetrapyrrole derivative that controls photomorphogenesis in higher plants. These studies culminated in enantioselective syntheses of both (2R)- and (2S)-phytochromobilin (4), as well as several 13C-labeled derivatives designed to probe the site of Z,E-isomerization during photoexcitation. When reacted in vitro, synthetic 2R-4 and recombinant-derived phytochrome apoprotein N-C produced a protein-bound chromophore with identical difference spectra to naturally occurring 1.
1 Introduction and Background
2 Early Interests
3 The Azomethine Imine Strategy to Rings A and B:
A Saxitoxin Connection
4 The Sigmatropic Rearrangement Strategy: First Success
5 Regrouping with Pd Chemistry
6 Constructing the C,D-Ring Pyrromethenone of Phytochrome
7 Instability Issues: The ‘BC + D + A’ Strategy
8 Enantioselective Syntheses of (R)- and (S)-Phytochromobilin
9 Probing the Site of Pr Photoisomerization
Key words
phytochrome - pyrroles - lactams - alkynes - palladium
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57In addition to Professor Lagarias, I am indebted to his associates who carried out these experiments, Dr. Nicole Frankenberg and in particular Ms. Lixia Shang. Professor Lagarias’ research in this area is supported by NIH Grant GM068552, which is gratefully acknowledged.
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