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Glycopolymeric inhibitors of β-glucuronidase. II. Synthesis of glycopolymers containing pendant L-gulonic moieties and effects of the carboxyl group in the glycopolymers upon the activity of β-glucuronidase

✍ Scribed by Kazuhiko Hashimoto; Ryo Ohsawa; Hiroshi Saito


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
168 KB
Volume
37
Category
Article
ISSN
0887-624X

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✦ Synopsis


A new styrene derivative having an L-gulonic moiety, N-(p-vinylbenzyl)-6-L-gulonamide (VB-6-Glco, 3) was synthesized from L-gulono-1,4-lactone and p-vinylbenzylamine. The styrene derivative (3) was subjected to the radical homopolymerization and copolymerization with acrylamide and acrylic acid. The hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl ␤-D-glucuronide with ␤-glucuronidase was scarcely inhibited in the presence of the glycopolymer prepared from 3 and acrylamide (P(VB-6-Glco-co-AAm), 4), whereas the glycopolymer prepared from 3 and acrylic acid (P(VB-6-Glco-co-AAK), 5) was found to suppress the enzyme activity strongly as well as a polystyrene derivative having pendant D-glucaric moieties (P(VB-6-GlcaH-co-AAm), 6). From the kinetic analysis of the hydrolysis, the glycopolymers 6 and 5 were postulated to inhibit the enzyme competitively and uncompetitively, respectively.