Dithiothreitol (DTT) is widely used to reduce disulfide bonds in the analysis of protein structure and function. However, thiol-disulfide exchange is not the only mechanism whereby DTT can alter protein function. We observe that DTT diminishes the carbohydrate binding activity
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 180(10), 6452-6456 (2008-05-06)
Invariant NKT cells (iNKT cells) recognize CD1d/glycolipid complexes. We demonstrate that the nonglycosidic compound threitolceramide efficiently activates iNKT cells, resulting in dendritic cell (DC) maturation and the priming of Ag-specific T and B cells. Threitolceramide-pulsed DCs are more resistant to
L-Threose is a significant degradation product of ascorbic acid at pH 7.0 in the presence of oxygen. When compared to several other ascorbate-derived degradation products, it had the greatest ability to glycate and crosslink lens proteins in vitro. To determine
The Journal of organic chemistry, 75(17), 6012-6015 (2010-08-10)
An enantiospecific synthesis of an orthogonally protected 1,4-trans-1,5-cis-4,5-diamino-2-cyclopenten-1-ol derivative 16 is reported. The trans-diamine moiety was established by anti-specific vinyl addition to a novel threitol-derived tert-butanesulfinylimine 2 and Overman rearrangement. The cyclopentene skeleton was constructed via RCM reaction of a
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