Ap. Mehrotra et al., Synthesis of 6-dimethylamino-9-[3 '-(O-methyl) (2S)-[UL-C-14]-tyrosinylamino)-3 '-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl] purine, J LABEL C R, 43(6), 2000, pp. 623-634
In order to investigate and further refine the mechanism of the unique clea
vage activity of the 18 amino acid 2A region of the foot-and-mouth-disease
virus (FMDV), the synthesis of C-14-labelled puromycin is required. Puromyc
in is an inhibitor of protein synthesis and is an analogue of the terminal
aminoacyl-adenosine portion of aminoacyl-tRNA. A short and expedient four s
tep synthesis of 6-dimethylamino-9-[3'-(O-methyl) (2S)-[UL-C-14]tyrosinylam
ino)-3'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl] purine (C-14-labelled puromycin) starti
ng from (2S)-[UL-C-14]-tyrosine is therefore described.