UDP-Gal: GlcNAc-R β1,4-galactosyltransferase—a target enzyme for drug design. Acceptor specificity and inhibition of the enzyme

Synthesis of a tetrasaccharide acceptor

Synthesis of a tetrasaccharide acceptor for use in the assay of UDP-GlcpNAc:β-d-Galp-(1→4)-β-d-GlcpNAc (GlcNAc to Gal) β(1→3)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity and the pentasaccharide product that would be formed by its enzymatic glycosylation

✍ Geeta Srivastava; Ole Hindsgaul 📂 Article 📅 1992 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 809 KB

The tetrasaccharide beta-D-Galp-(1----4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----6)-alpha-D- Manp-(1----6)-beta-D-Manp-OR (2) and the pentasaccharide beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----3)-beta-D-Galp-(1----4)-beta-D- GlcpNAc-(1----6)-alpha-D-Manp-(1----6)-beta-D-Manp-OR (3), where R = (CH2)8COOMe, have been prepared by using combin