Cyclodextrins(CDs) are widely used in food,phamiaceuticals, drug delivery, and chemical industries and in agriculture and environmental engineering. To improve the yield and selectivity of CDs, this work presented a t...Cyclodextrins(CDs) are widely used in food,phamiaceuticals, drug delivery, and chemical industries and in agriculture and environmental engineering. To improve the yield and selectivity of CDs, this work presented a tacile, scalable and efficient enzymatic synthesis of β-CD from starch using β-cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase, EC2.4.1.19) from Bacillus cereus. First, we found that the pretreatment of starch dramatically influenced CDs yield that was related to the structure and molecular weight of the substrate starch. Second, alcohol solvents influenced the yield and product selectivity of CDs;tertiary alcohols enhanced CDs yield(from 54.95% to 68.21%) and secondary alcohols increased the product selectivity(β-CD/γ-CD changed from 6.25 to 8.05). Fluorescence quenching analysis showed that the binding constants and entropy of the solvents influenced the yield and product selectivity, respectively. In conclusion, the results demonstrate that this study provides a promising method for the industrial production of β-CD.展开更多
As a coagulation factor in the intrinsic coagulation pathway,factor XIa(FXIa)is an effective and safe target for the development of antithrombotic drugs.Many small-molecule FXIa inhibitors have been discovered,some of...As a coagulation factor in the intrinsic coagulation pathway,factor XIa(FXIa)is an effective and safe target for the development of antithrombotic drugs.Many small-molecule FXIa inhibitors have been discovered,some of which are being evaluated in clinical trials.However,none of them have been approved.In the present study,a highly selective potent FXIa inhibitor with poor solubility reported in our previous work was selected as a lead compound to be further modified to improve FXIa potency and physicochemical properties.The structure-based drug design and structure-activity relationship study led to the discovery of LY8,LY17,and LY25,which demonstrated enhanced FXIa potency and maintained excellent selectivity.In addition,LY8 exhibited significantly improved aqueous solubility,suggesting that it could be a promising compound to be further evaluated.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81573399)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China.
文摘Cyclodextrins(CDs) are widely used in food,phamiaceuticals, drug delivery, and chemical industries and in agriculture and environmental engineering. To improve the yield and selectivity of CDs, this work presented a tacile, scalable and efficient enzymatic synthesis of β-CD from starch using β-cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase, EC2.4.1.19) from Bacillus cereus. First, we found that the pretreatment of starch dramatically influenced CDs yield that was related to the structure and molecular weight of the substrate starch. Second, alcohol solvents influenced the yield and product selectivity of CDs;tertiary alcohols enhanced CDs yield(from 54.95% to 68.21%) and secondary alcohols increased the product selectivity(β-CD/γ-CD changed from 6.25 to 8.05). Fluorescence quenching analysis showed that the binding constants and entropy of the solvents influenced the yield and product selectivity, respectively. In conclusion, the results demonstrate that this study provides a promising method for the industrial production of β-CD.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81803352)。
文摘As a coagulation factor in the intrinsic coagulation pathway,factor XIa(FXIa)is an effective and safe target for the development of antithrombotic drugs.Many small-molecule FXIa inhibitors have been discovered,some of which are being evaluated in clinical trials.However,none of them have been approved.In the present study,a highly selective potent FXIa inhibitor with poor solubility reported in our previous work was selected as a lead compound to be further modified to improve FXIa potency and physicochemical properties.The structure-based drug design and structure-activity relationship study led to the discovery of LY8,LY17,and LY25,which demonstrated enhanced FXIa potency and maintained excellent selectivity.In addition,LY8 exhibited significantly improved aqueous solubility,suggesting that it could be a promising compound to be further evaluated.
