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Abstract
Understanding the enzyme reaction mechanism can lead to the design of enzyme inhibitors. A Claisen rearrangement was used to allow conversion of an α-1,4-disaccharide into an α-1,3-linked glycosyl carbasugar to target the endo-α-mannosidase from the GH99 glycosidase family, which, unusually, is believed to act through a 1,2-anhydrosugar "epoxide" intermediate. Using NMR and X-ray crystallography, it is shown that glucosyl carbasugar α-aziridines can act as reasonably potent endo-α-mannosidase inhibitors, likely by virtue of their shape mimicry and the interactions of the aziridine nitrogen with the conserved catalytic acid/base of the enzyme active site.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7488-7492 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 23 |
Early online date | 14 Nov 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Dec 2018 |
Bibliographical note
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Glycosylation: Programmes for Observation, Inhibition & Structure-based Exploitation of key carbohydrate-active enzymes
Davies, G. J. (Principal investigator)
1/05/13 → 30/04/19
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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Diffraction images used to solve the structures published in the article "From 1,4-Disaccharide to 1,3-Glycosyl Carbasugar: Synthesis of a Bespoke Inhibitor of Family GH99 Endo-α-mannosidase"
Sobala, Ł. F. (Creator), Davies, G. J. (Creator), Lu, D. (Contributor), Zhu, S. (Contributor), Bernardo-Seisdedos, G. (Contributor), Millet, O. (Contributor), Zhang, Y. (Contributor), Jiménez-Barbero, J. (Contributor) & Sollogoub, M. (Contributor), Zenodo, 2 Feb 2021
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