New insight on the synthesis of neurotoxins domoic acid and kainic acid

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 696-711

  Mollica, Adriano ^a   Costante, Roberto ^a   Stefanucci, Azzurra ^b   Novellino, Ettore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Building blocks; Domoic acid; Kainic acid; Proline chimeras

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; ALLOKAINIC ACID; ARABINOSE; DESMETHYLALLOKAINIC ACID; DIAZOMETHANE; DOMOIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; ISODOMOIC ACID A; ISODOMOIC ACID B; ISODOMOIC ACID C; ISODOMOIC ACID D; ISODOMOIC ACID E; ISODOMOIC ACID F; ISODOMOIC ACID G; ISODOMOIC ACID H; KAINIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; BIRCH REDUCTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOADDITION; DEHYDROGENATION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERIZATION; OZONOLYSIS; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; WITTIG REACTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; METABOLISM;

CATALYSIS; KAINIC ACID; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEUROTOXINS;

EID: 84929647420     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: 18755305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/0929866522666150206170716     Document Type: Article

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