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Synthesis and Structure Reassignment of Malylglutamate, a Recently Discovered Earthworm Metabolite
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Synthesis and Structure Reassignment of Malylglutamate, a Recently Discovered Earthworm Metabolite

Corey M Griffith, Abigail Feceu, Cynthia K Larive and David B C Martin
Journal of natural products (Washington, D.C.), Vol.82(2), pp.417-421
02/22/2019
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b01083
PMCID: PMC9040194
PMID: 30735390

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Abstract

Malylglutamate, a newly identified metabolite in earthworms, was synthesized using a traditional peptide coupling approach for assembling the amide from protected malate and glutamate precursors. The proposed structure (1) and a diastereomer were synthesized, but their NMR spectra did not match the natural sample. Further analysis of the natural sample using HMBC spectroscopy suggested an alternative attachment of the malyl moiety, and β-malylglutamate (2) diastereomers were synthesized, L,L-2 and D,D-2. NMR spectra were an excellent match with the natural sample, and chiral-phase chromatography was employed to identify (-)-β-l-malyl-l-glutamate (2) as the isomer native to Eisenia fetida.
Oligochaeta - metabolism Malates - chemistry Animals Peptides - chemical synthesis Glutamates - chemical synthesis Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Peptides - chemistry Stereoisomerism Glutamates - metabolism Glutamates - chemistry

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