Thiophenyl-substituted triazolyl-thione L-alanine: asymmetric synthesis, aggregation and biological properties
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Authors | Saghyan AS  Simonyan HM  Petrosyan SG  Geolchanyan AV  Roviello GN  Musumeci D  Roviello V   |
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Affiliation | Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry   Yerevan State University   1 A. Manoogian Str.   0025   Yerevan   Armenia.   |
Journal | Amino Acids |
Year | 2014 |
Abstract
In this work, we report the asymmetric synthesis and characterization of an artificial amino acid based on triazolyl-thione L-alanine, which was modified with a thiophenyl-substituted moiety, as well as in vitro studies of its nucleic acid-binding ability. We found, by dynamic light scattering studies, that the synthetic amino acid was able to form supramolecular aggregates having a hydrodynamic diameter higher than 200 nm. Furthermore, we demonstrated, by UV and CD experiments, that the heteroaromatic amino acid, whose enzymatic stability was demonstrated by HPLC analysis also after 24 h of incubation in human serum, was able to bind a RNA complex, which is a feature of biomedical interest in view of innovative antiviral strategies based on modulation of RNA-RNA molecular recognition.