Synthesis, crystal structure and biological activity of 2-hydroxyethylammonium salt of p-aminobenzoic acid.

p-Aminobenzoic acid (pABA) plays important roles in a wide variety of metabolic processes. Herein we report the synthesis, theoretical calculations, crystallographic investigation, and in vitro determination of the biological activity and phytotoxicity of the pABA salt, 2-hydroxyethylammonium p-amin...

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Autores principales: Manuela E Crisan, Paulina Bourosh, Massimo E Maffei, Alessandra Forni, Stefano Pieraccini, Maurizio Sironi, Yurii M Chumakov
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e0c14f27305649449fc93285225ed69c2021-11-25T06:07:30ZSynthesis, crystal structure and biological activity of 2-hydroxyethylammonium salt of p-aminobenzoic acid.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0101892https://doaj.org/article/e0c14f27305649449fc93285225ed69c2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25054237/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203p-Aminobenzoic acid (pABA) plays important roles in a wide variety of metabolic processes. Herein we report the synthesis, theoretical calculations, crystallographic investigation, and in vitro determination of the biological activity and phytotoxicity of the pABA salt, 2-hydroxyethylammonium p-aminobenzoate (HEA-pABA). The ability of neutral and anionic forms of pABA to interact with TIR1 pocket was investigated by calculation of molecular electrostatic potential maps on the accessible surface area, docking experiments, Molecular Dynamics and Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics calculations. The docking study of the folate precursor pABA, its anionic form and natural auxin (indole-3-acetic acid, IAA) with the auxin receptor TIR1 revealed a similar binding mode in the active site. The phytotoxic evaluation of HEA-pABA, pABA and 2-hydroxyethylamine (HEA) was performed on the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Col 0 at five different concentrations. HEA-pABA and pABA acted as potential auxin-like regulators of root development in Arabidopsis thaliana (0.1 and 0.2 mM) and displayed an agravitropic root response at high concentration (2 mM). This study suggests that HEA-pABA and pABA might be considered as potential new regulators of plant growth.Manuela E CrisanPaulina BouroshMassimo E MaffeiAlessandra ForniStefano PieracciniMaurizio SironiYurii M ChumakovPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 7, p e101892 (2014)
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Manuela E Crisan
Paulina Bourosh
Massimo E Maffei
Alessandra Forni
Stefano Pieraccini
Maurizio Sironi
Yurii M Chumakov
Synthesis, crystal structure and biological activity of 2-hydroxyethylammonium salt of p-aminobenzoic acid.
description p-Aminobenzoic acid (pABA) plays important roles in a wide variety of metabolic processes. Herein we report the synthesis, theoretical calculations, crystallographic investigation, and in vitro determination of the biological activity and phytotoxicity of the pABA salt, 2-hydroxyethylammonium p-aminobenzoate (HEA-pABA). The ability of neutral and anionic forms of pABA to interact with TIR1 pocket was investigated by calculation of molecular electrostatic potential maps on the accessible surface area, docking experiments, Molecular Dynamics and Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics calculations. The docking study of the folate precursor pABA, its anionic form and natural auxin (indole-3-acetic acid, IAA) with the auxin receptor TIR1 revealed a similar binding mode in the active site. The phytotoxic evaluation of HEA-pABA, pABA and 2-hydroxyethylamine (HEA) was performed on the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Col 0 at five different concentrations. HEA-pABA and pABA acted as potential auxin-like regulators of root development in Arabidopsis thaliana (0.1 and 0.2 mM) and displayed an agravitropic root response at high concentration (2 mM). This study suggests that HEA-pABA and pABA might be considered as potential new regulators of plant growth.
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author Manuela E Crisan
Paulina Bourosh
Massimo E Maffei
Alessandra Forni
Stefano Pieraccini
Maurizio Sironi
Yurii M Chumakov
author_facet Manuela E Crisan
Paulina Bourosh
Massimo E Maffei
Alessandra Forni
Stefano Pieraccini
Maurizio Sironi
Yurii M Chumakov
author_sort Manuela E Crisan
title Synthesis, crystal structure and biological activity of 2-hydroxyethylammonium salt of p-aminobenzoic acid.
title_short Synthesis, crystal structure and biological activity of 2-hydroxyethylammonium salt of p-aminobenzoic acid.
title_full Synthesis, crystal structure and biological activity of 2-hydroxyethylammonium salt of p-aminobenzoic acid.
title_fullStr Synthesis, crystal structure and biological activity of 2-hydroxyethylammonium salt of p-aminobenzoic acid.
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis, crystal structure and biological activity of 2-hydroxyethylammonium salt of p-aminobenzoic acid.
title_sort synthesis, crystal structure and biological activity of 2-hydroxyethylammonium salt of p-aminobenzoic acid.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2014
url https://doaj.org/article/e0c14f27305649449fc93285225ed69c
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