Preparation and Evaluation of Arylazide-Substituted Pyridine Adenine Dinucleotides for Photoaffinity Labeling Experiments

Two pyridine-modified NAD'analogs, 3–(3-azido benzo-yl) pyridine adenine dinucleotide 1 and N -(3-azido-5-car-boxyl) phenyl nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide 2 have been prepared and evaluated for photoaffinity labeling experiments. The syntheses were accomplished via a mammalian NADase-catalyzed base exchange reaction. The new NAD⁺ analogs retained the carbonyl or carhox-amido functional group at the 3 position of the pyridine ring. The analog 1 is the first pyridine-modified azido derivative of NAD⁺ that has shown coenzyme activity in a stereospecific hydride transfer reaction catalyzed by a dehydrogenase. Both NAD⁺ analogs have shown potential for the study of active sites of NAD⁺-utilizing enzymes.