Abstract

Aspongopyrimidine A (1), a hexa-1,3-diene-histidine-hexanoic acid adduct featuring a 4,5-dihydro-2H-10λ4-imidazo[5,1-f]pyrrolo[2,1-b]pyrimidine motif, was isolated from the insect Aspongopus chinensis. The structure was clarified by spectroscopic and computational methods and X-ray diffraction. Peralkylation of N-atoms in histidine by two C6 units makes 1 an inner salt with a 5/6/5 tricyclic system. Biological evaluation found that 1 exerts activity against Alzheimer's disease targeting MAPRE3 through a chemical proteomics approach. This study revealed unusual modifications of amino acids as the fundamental units of protein.

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