Design and synthesis of lignostilbene-alpha,beta-dioxygenase inhibitors

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2002 Apr 22;12(8):1139-42. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(02)00126-9.

Abstract

Lignostilbene-alpha,beta-dioxygenase cleaves the olefinic double bond of phenolic stilbenes by a mechanism similar to that of 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase, a key enzyme in abscisic acid biosynthesis. Several analogues of stilbene were designed and synthesized, and their efficacy as inhibitors of lignostilbene-alpha,beta-dioxygenase was examined. The compound (Z)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-fluoro-2-phenylethene (2) was found to be a potent inhibitor of this enzyme with an IC(50) of 3 microM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Dioxygenases*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Oxygenases / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Oxygenases
  • Dioxygenases
  • lignostilbene-alpha,beta-dioxygenase