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Scaffidi A, Stubbs KA, Vocadlo DJ, Stick RV. The synthesis and biological evaluation of some carbocyclic analogues of PUGNAc. Carbohydr Res 2008; 343:2744-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2008.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Revised: 08/04/2008] [Accepted: 08/09/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Gong CX, Iqbal K. Hyperphosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein tau: a promising therapeutic target for Alzheimer disease. Curr Med Chem 2008; 15:2321-8. [PMID: 18855662 DOI: 10.2174/092986708785909111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 380] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in adults. The current therapy for AD has only moderate efficacy in controlling symptoms, and it does not cure the disease. Recent studies have suggested that abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau in the brain plays a vital role in the molecular pathogenesis of AD and in neurodegeneration. This article reviews the current advances in understanding of tau protein, regulation of tau phosphorylation, and the role of its abnormal hyperphosphorylation in neurofibrillary degeneration. Furthermore, several therapeutic strategies for treating AD on the basis of the important role of tau hyperphosphorylation in the pathogenesis of the disease are described. These strategies include (1) inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK-3beta), cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5), and other tau kinases; (2) restoration of PP2A activity; and (3) targeting tau O-GlcNAcylation. Development of drugs on the basis of these strategies is likely to lead to disease-modifying therapies for AD.
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- C-X Gong
- Department of Neurochemistry, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, USA.
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Lameira J, Alves CN, Moliner V, Martí S, Kanaan N, Tuñón I. A quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics study of the protein-ligand interaction of two potent inhibitors of human O-GlcNAcase: PUGNAc and NAG-thiazoline. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:14260-6. [PMID: 18939790 DOI: 10.1021/jp804626j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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O-glycoprotein 2-acetamino-2-deoxy-beta- d-glucopyranosidase ( O-GlcNAcase) hydrolyzes 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta- d-glucopyranose ( O-GlcNAc) residues of serine/threonine residues of modified proteins. O-GlcNAc is present in many intracellular proteins and appears to have a role in the etiology of several diseases including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and type II diabetes. In this work, we have carried out molecular dynamics simulations using a hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics approach to determine the binding of two potent inhibitors, PUGNAc and NAG, with a bacterial O-GlcNAcase. The results of these simulations show that Asp-401, Asp-298, and Asp-297 residues play an important role in the protein-inhibitor interactions. These results might be useful to design compounds with more interesting inhibitory activity on the basis of its three-dimensional structure.
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- Jeronimo Lameira
- Laboratorio de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Farmacos, Instituto de Ciencias Exatas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Para, CP 11101, 66075-110, Belem, PA, Brazil
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Hurtado-Guerrero R, Dorfmueller HC, van Aalten DMF. Molecular mechanisms of O-GlcNAcylation. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2008; 18:551-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2008] [Revised: 09/08/2008] [Accepted: 09/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ngoh GA, Jones SP. New insights into metabolic signaling and cell survival: the role of beta-O-linkage of N-acetylglucosamine. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2008; 327:602-9. [PMID: 18768779 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.108.143263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The involvement of glucose in fundamental metabolic pathways represents a core element of biology. Late in the 20th century, a unique glucose-derived signal was discovered, which appeared to be involved in a variety of cellular processes, including mitosis, transcription, insulin signaling, stress responses, and potentially, Alzheimer's disease, and diabetes. By definition, this glucose-fed signaling system was a post-translational modification to proteins. However, unlike classical cotranslational N-glycosylation occurring in the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus, this process occurs elsewhere throughout the cell in a highly dynamic fashion, similar to the quintessential post-translational modification, phosphorylation. This more recently described post-translational modification, the beta-O-linkage of N-acetylglucosamine (i.e., O-GlcNAc) to nucleocytoplasmic proteins, represents an under-investigated area of biology. This signaling system operates in all of the tissues examined and seems to have persisted throughout all multicellular eukaryotes. Thus, it comes with little surprise that O-GlcNAc signaling is an integral system and viable target for biomedical investigation. This system may be a boundless source for insight into a variety of diseases and yield numerous opportunities for drug design. This Perspective will address recent insights into O-GlcNAc signaling in the cardiovascular system as a paradigm for its involvement in other biological systems.
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- Gladys A Ngoh
- Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Clark PM, Dweck JF, Mason DE, Hart CR, Buck SB, Peters EC, Agnew BJ, Hsieh-Wilson LC. Direct in-gel fluorescence detection and cellular imaging of O-GlcNAc-modified proteins. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:11576-7. [PMID: 18683930 PMCID: PMC2649877 DOI: 10.1021/ja8030467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report an advanced chemoenzymatic strategy for the direct fluorescence detection, proteomic analysis, and cellular imaging of O-GlcNAc-modified proteins. O-GlcNAc residues are selectively labeled with fluorescent or biotin tags using an engineered galactosyltransferase enzyme and [3 + 2] azide-alkyne cycloaddition chemistry. We demonstrate that this approach can be used for direct in-gel detection and mass spectrometric identification of O-GlcNAc proteins, identifying 146 novel glycoproteins from the mammalian brain. Furthermore, we show that the method can be exploited to quantify dynamic changes in cellular O-GlcNAc levels and to image O-GlcNAc-glycosylated proteins within cells. As such, this strategy enables studies of O-GlcNAc glycosylation that were previously inaccessible and provides a new tool for uncovering the physiological functions of O-GlcNAc.
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- Peter M Clark
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Slawson C, Lakshmanan T, Knapp S, Hart GW. A mitotic GlcNAcylation/phosphorylation signaling complex alters the posttranslational state of the cytoskeletal protein vimentin. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:4130-40. [PMID: 18653473 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-11-1146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is a highly dynamic intracellular protein modification responsive to stress, hormones, nutrients, and cell cycle stage. Alterations in O-GlcNAc addition or removal (cycling) impair cell cycle progression and cytokinesis, but the mechanisms are not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that the enzymes responsible for O-GlcNAc cycling, O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) and O-GlcNAcase (OGA) are in a transient complex at M phase with the mitotic kinase Aurora B and protein phosphatase 1. OGT colocalized to the midbody during telophase with Aurora B. Furthermore, these proteins coprecipitated with each other in a late mitotic extract. The complex was stable under Aurora inhibition; however, the total cellular levels of O-GlcNAc were increased and the localization of OGT was decreased at the midbody after Aurora inhibition. Vimentin, an intermediate filament protein, is an M phase substrate for both Aurora B and OGT. Overexpression of OGT or OGA led to defects in mitotic phosphorylation on multiple sites, whereas OGT overexpression increased mitotic GlcNAcylation of vimentin. OGA inhibition caused a decrease in vimentin late mitotic phosphorylation but increased GlcNAcylation. Together, these data demonstrate that the O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes associate with kinases and phosphatases at M phase to regulate the posttranslational status of vimentin.
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- Chad Slawson
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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A potent mechanism-inspired O-GlcNAcase inhibitor that blocks phosphorylation of tau in vivo. Nat Chem Biol 2008; 4:483-90. [DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 492] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2008] [Accepted: 05/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Champattanachai V, Marchase RB, Chatham J. Glucosamine protects neonatal cardiomyocytes from ischemia-reperfusion injury via increased protein O-GlcNAc and increased mitochondrial Bcl-2. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2008; 294:C1509-20. [PMID: 18367586 PMCID: PMC2800950 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00456.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have previously reported that glucosamine protected neonatal rat ventricular myocytes against ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, and this was associated with an increase in protein O-linked-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) levels. However, the protective effect of glucosamine could be mediated via pathways other that O-GlcNAc formation; thus the initial goal of the present study was to determine whether increasing O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) expression, which catalyzes the formation of O-GlcNAc, had a protective effect similar to that of glucosamine. To better understand the potential mechanism underlying O-GlcNAc-mediated cytoprotection, we examined whether increased O-GlcNAc levels altered the expression and translocation of members of the Bcl-2 protein family. Both glucosamine (5 mM) and OGT overexpression increased basal and I/R-induced O-GlcNAc levels, significantly decreased cellular injury, and attenuated loss of cytochrome c. Both interventions also attenuated the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential induced by H2O2 and were also associated with an increase in mitochondrial Bcl-2 levels but had no effect on Bad or Bax levels. Compared with glucosamine and OGT overexpression, NButGT (100 microM), an inhibitor of O-GlcNAcase, was less protective against I/R and H2O2 and did not affect Bcl-2 expression, despite a 5- to 10-fold greater increase in overall O-GlcNAc levels. Decreased OGT expression resulted in lower basal O-GlcNAc levels, prevented the I/R-induced increase in O-GlcNAc and mitochondrial Bcl-2, and increased cellular injury. These results demonstrate that the protective effects of glucosamine are mediated via increased formation of O-GlcNAc and suggest that this is due, in part, to enhanced mitochondrial Bcl-2 translocation.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylglucosamine/metabolism
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Cell Survival
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytochromes c/metabolism
- Cytoprotection
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Glucosamine/metabolism
- Glycosylation
- Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism
- Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial
- Mitochondria, Heart/drug effects
- Mitochondria, Heart/enzymology
- Mitochondria, Heart/metabolism
- Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/metabolism
- Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/pathology
- Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/prevention & control
- Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects
- Myocytes, Cardiac/enzymology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/pathology
- N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases/genetics
- N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases/metabolism
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational/drug effects
- Protein Transport
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism
- RNA Interference
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Transfection
- Up-Regulation
- beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases/antagonists & inhibitors
- beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases/metabolism
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- Voraratt Champattanachai
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 University Boulevard, MCLM 690, Birmingham, AL, 35294
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 University Boulevard, MCLM 690, Birmingham, AL, 35294
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 University Boulevard, MCLM 690, Birmingham, AL, 35294
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 University Boulevard, MCLM 690, Birmingham, AL, 35294
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Rempel BP, Withers SG. Covalent inhibitors of glycosidases and their applications in biochemistry and biology. Glycobiology 2008; 18:570-86. [PMID: 18499865 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwn041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Glycoside hydrolases are important enzymes in a number of essential biological processes. Irreversible inhibitors of this class of enzyme have attracted interest as probes of both structure and function. In this review we discuss some of the compounds used to covalently modify glycosidases, their use in residue identification, structural and mechanistic investigations, and finally their applications, both in vitro and in vivo, to complex biological systems.
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- Brian P Rempel
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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N-Acetylhexosaminidase inhibitory properties of C-1 homologated GlcNAc- and GalNAc-thiazolines. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:2944-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.03.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2008] [Accepted: 03/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Heather E. Murrey
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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Structural and mechanistic insight into the basis of mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:6560-5. [PMID: 18443291 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711491105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mucopolysaccharidosis III (MPS III) has four forms (A-D) that result from buildup of an improperly degraded glycosaminoglycan in lysosomes. MPS IIIB is attributable to the decreased activity of a lysosomal alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU). Here, we describe the structure, catalytic mechanism, and inhibition of CpGH89 from Clostridium perfringens, a close bacterial homolog of NAGLU. The structure enables the generation of a homology model of NAGLU, an enzyme that has resisted structural studies despite having been studied for >20 years. This model reveals which mutations giving rise to MPS IIIB map to the active site and which map to regions distant from the active site. The identification of potent inhibitors of CpGH89 and the structures of these inhibitors in complex with the enzyme suggest small-molecule candidates for use as chemical chaperones. These studies therefore illuminate the genetic basis of MPS IIIB, provide a clear biochemical rationale for the necessary sequential action of heparan-degrading enzymes, and open the door to the design and optimization of chemical chaperones for treating MPS IIIB.
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Brown JR, Crawford BE, Esko JD. Glycan antagonists and inhibitors: a fount for drug discovery. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2008; 42:481-515. [PMID: 18066955 DOI: 10.1080/10409230701751611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Glycans, the carbohydrate chains of glycoproteins, proteoglycans, and glycolipids, represent a relatively unexploited area for drug development compared with other macromolecules. This review describes the major classes of glycans synthesized by animal cells, their mode of assembly, and available inhibitors for blocking their biosynthesis and function. Many of these agents have proven useful for studying the biological activities of glycans in isolated cells, during embryological development, and in physiology. Some are being used to develop drugs for treating metabolic disorders, cancer, and infection, suggesting that glycans are excellent targets for future drug development.
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Crawford GL, Hart GW, Whiteheart SW. Murine platelets are not regulated by O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008; 474:220-4. [PMID: 18387355 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2008] [Revised: 03/12/2008] [Accepted: 03/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It is generally appreciated that platelets derived from diabetic patients display increased responsiveness to low levels of agonists. O-GlcNAcylation has been linked to hyperglycemia-related effects in other tissues; therefore we examined this modification in platelets to determine if O-GlcNAcylation affects platelet function. This post-translational modification consists of an N-acetylglucosamine attached to serine and/or threonine residues. We examined O-GlcNAc levels in platelets from a hyperglycemic murine model of Type I diabetes with known hypersensitivity to agonists and a Type II diabetes model (ob/ob) lacking detectable alterations in the aggregation profile. Neither model showed marked increases in protein O-GlcNAcylation. Treatment of platelets with multiple O-GlcNAcase inhibitors led to O-GlcNAc accumulation on multiple platelet proteins. However, the inhibitor-induced accumulation of this modification does not correlate with any gross alterations in platelet aggregation. These data suggest that while the modification occurs in platelets, their activity is not globally sensitive to O-GlcNAc levels.
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- Garland L Crawford
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 741 S. Limestone, BBSRB, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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Choubdar N, Bhat RG, Stubbs KA, Yuzwa S, Pinto BM. Synthesis of 2-amido, 2-amino, and 2-azido derivatives of the nitrogen analogue of the naturally occurring glycosidase inhibitor salacinol and their inhibitory activities against O-GlcNAcase and NagZ enzymes. Carbohydr Res 2008; 343:1766-77. [PMID: 18358456 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2008.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2008] [Revised: 02/28/2008] [Accepted: 02/29/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Seven 2-substituted derivatives of the nitrogen analogue of salacinol, a naturally occurring glycosidase inhibitor, were synthesized for structure-activity studies with hexosaminidase enzymes. The target zwitterionic compounds were synthesized by means of nucleophilic attack of the 2-azido-1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-D-arabinitol at the least hindered carbon atom of 2,4-O-benzylidene-L-erythritol-1,3-cyclic sulfate. Hydrogenation of the azido zwitterionic compound in methanol resulted in the reduction of the azide and subsequent methylation of the resulting amine in one pot. A similar reaction, with ethanol as the solvent, gave the N-ethyl derivative. The 2-amino analogues were finally obtained by the reduction of the azide function using triphenylphosphine. Acylation of the amine using acetic, propionic, or valeric anhydride afforded the corresponding 2-amido derivatives. Deprotection of the acylated, coupled products using 80% trifluoroacetic acid proceeded smoothly. Unlike their sulfonium ion counterparts, these compounds were stable and did not undergo ring opening. We also report the synthesis of the parent nitrogen heterocycles, N-Boc-1,2,4-trideoxy-2-amino-1,4-imino-D-arabinitol, and 1,2,4-trideoxy-2-acetamido-1,4-imino-D-arabinitol and its corresponding N-Boc protected compound. The 2-substituted analogues and the parent iminoalditol showed marginal activity (<33% at 250 microM) against human O-GlcNAcase and Vibrio cholerae NagZ enzymes.
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- Niloufar Choubdar
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Calvaresi M, Rinaldi S, Arcelli A, Garavelli M. Computational DFT Investigation of Vicinal Amide Group Anchimeric Assistance in Ether Cleavage. J Org Chem 2008; 73:2066-73. [DOI: 10.1021/jo701394z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Matteo Calvaresi
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy, and Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 1-60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy, and Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 1-60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy, and Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 1-60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy, and Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 1-60131 Ancona, Italy
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Li B, Takegawa K, Suzuki T, Yamamoto K, Wang LX. Synthesis and inhibitory activity of oligosaccharide thiazolines as a class of mechanism-based inhibitors for endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases. Bioorg Med Chem 2008; 16:4670-5. [PMID: 18304822 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2008] [Revised: 02/05/2008] [Accepted: 02/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A facile synthesis of oligosaccharide-thiazoline derivatives of N-glycans as a novel class of inhibitors for endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases was described. It was found that the external sugar residues on the N-glycan core could enhance the inhibitory potency. While the Manbeta1,4GlcNAc- and Man3GlcNAc-thiazolines were only moderate inhibitors, the large Man9GlcNAc-thiazoline demonstrated potent inhibitory activity, with an IC(50) of 0.22 and 0.42 microM against the Arthrobacter enzyme (Endo-A) and the human endo-beta-N-acetylglycosaminidase (hENGase), respectively. It was also observed that the oligosaccharide thiazolines could differentially inhibit endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases from different sources. These oligosaccharide thiazolines represent the first class of endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase inhibitors.
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- Bing Li
- Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Rexach JE, Clark PM, Hsieh-Wilson LC. Chemical approaches to understanding O-GlcNAc glycosylation in the brain. Nat Chem Biol 2008; 4:97-106. [PMID: 18202679 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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O-GlcNAc glycosylation is a unique, dynamic form of glycosylation found on intracellular proteins of all multicellular organisms. Studies suggest that O-GlcNAc represents a key regulatory modification in the brain, contributing to transcriptional regulation, neuronal communication and neurodegenerative disease. Recently, several new chemical tools have been developed to detect and study the modification, including chemoenzymatic tagging methods, quantitative proteomics strategies and small-molecule inhibitors of O-GlcNAc enzymes. Here we highlight some of the emerging roles for O-GlcNAc in the nervous system and describe how chemical tools have significantly advanced our understanding of the scope, functional significance and cellular dynamics of this modification.
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- Jessica E Rexach
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Stubbs KA, Scaffidi A, Debowski AW, Mark BL, Stick RV, Vocadlo DJ. Synthesis and Use of Mechanism-Based Protein-Profiling Probes for Retaining β-d-Glucosaminidases Facilitate Identification ofPseudomonas aeruginosaNagZ. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:327-35. [DOI: 10.1021/ja0763605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Smith BC, Denu JM. Acetyl-lysine analog peptides as mechanistic probes of protein deacetylases. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:37256-65. [PMID: 17951578 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707878200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Class III histone deacetylases (Sir2 or sirtuins) catalyze the NAD+-dependent conversion of acetyl-lysine residues to nicotinamide, 2'-O-acetyl-ADP-ribose (OAADPr), and deacetylated lysine. Class I and II HDACs utilize a different deacetylation mechanism, utilizing an active site zinc to direct hydrolysis of acetyl-lysine residues to lysine and acetate. Here, using ten acetyl-lysine analog peptides, we have probed the substrate binding pockets of sirtuins and investigated the catalytic differences among sirtuins and class I and II deacetylases. For the sirtuin Hst2, acetyl-lysine analog peptide binding correlated with the hydrophobic substituent parameter pi with a slope of -0.35 from a plot of log Kd versus pi. Interestingly, propionyl- and butyryl-lysine peptides were found to bind tighter to Hst2 compared with acetyl-lysine peptide and showed measurable rates of catalysis with Hst2, Sirt1, Sirt2, and Sirt3, suggesting propionyl- and butyryl-lysine proteins may be sirtuin substrates in vivo. Unique among the acetyl-lysine analog peptides examined, homocitrulline peptide produced ADP-ribose instead of the corresponding OAADPr analog. The electron-withdrawing nature of each acetyl analog had a profound impact on the deacylation rate between deacetylase classes. The rate of catalysis with the acetyl-lysine analog peptides varied over five orders of magnitude with the class III deacetylase Hst2, revealing a linear free energy relationship with a slope of -1.57 when plotted versus the Taft constant, sigma*. HDAC8, a class I deacetylase, displayed the opposite trend with a slope of +0.79. These results are applicable toward the development of selective substrates and other mechanistic probes of protein deacetylases.
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- Brian C Smith
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1532, USA
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Stubbs KA, Balcewich M, Mark BL, Vocadlo DJ. Small Molecule Inhibitors of a Glycoside Hydrolase Attenuate Inducible AmpC-mediated β-Lactam Resistance. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:21382-91. [PMID: 17439950 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m700084200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The increasing spread of plasmid-borne ampC-ampR operons is of considerable medical importance, since the AmpC beta-lactamases they encode confer high level resistance to many third generation cephalosporins. Induction of AmpC beta-lactamase from endogenous or plasmid-borne ampC-ampR operons is mediated by a catabolic inducer molecule, 1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc) tripeptide, an intermediate of the cell wall recycling pathway derived from the peptidoglycan. Here we describe a strategy for attenuating the antibiotic resistance associated with the ampC-ampR operon by blocking the formation of the inducer molecule using small molecule inhibitors of NagZ, the glycoside hydrolase catalyzing the formation of this inducer molecule. The structure of the NagZ-inhibitor complex provides insight into the molecular basis for inhibition and enables the development of inhibitors with 100-fold selectivity for NagZ over functionally related human enzymes. These PUGNAc-derived inhibitors reduce the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values for several clinically relevant cephalosporins in both wild-type and AmpC-hyperproducing strains lacking functional AmpD.
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- Keith A Stubbs
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6
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Nagae M, Tsuchiya A, Katayama T, Yamamoto K, Wakatsuki S, Kato R. Structural Basis of the Catalytic Reaction Mechanism of Novel 1,2-α-L-Fucosidase from Bifidobacterium bifidum. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:18497-18509. [PMID: 17459873 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702246200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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1,2-alpha-L-fucosidase (AfcA), which hydrolyzes the glycosidic linkage of Fucalpha1-2Gal via an inverting mechanism, was recently isolated from Bifidobacterium bifidum and classified as the first member of the novel glycoside hydrolase family 95. To better understand the molecular mechanism of this enzyme, we determined the x-ray crystal structures of the AfcA catalytic (Fuc) domain in unliganded and complexed forms with deoxyfuconojirimycin (inhibitor), 2'-fucosyllactose (substrate), and L-fucose and lactose (products) at 1.12-2.10 A resolution. The AfcA Fuc domain is composed of four regions, an N-terminal beta region, a helical linker, an (alpha/alpha)6 helical barrel domain, and a C-terminal beta region, and this arrangement is similar to bacterial phosphorylases. In the complex structures, the ligands were buried in the central cavity of the helical barrel domain. Structural analyses in combination with mutational experiments revealed that the highly conserved Glu566 probably acts as a general acid catalyst. However, no carboxylic acid residue is found at the appropriate position for a general base catalyst. Instead, a water molecule stabilized by Asn423 in the substrate-bound complex is suitably located to perform a nucleophilic attack on the C1 atom of L-fucose moiety in 2'-fucosyllactose, and its location is nearly identical near the O1 atom of beta-L-fucose in the products-bound complex. Based on these data, we propose and discuss a novel catalytic reaction mechanism of AfcA.
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- Masamichi Nagae
- Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Insititute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801
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- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502
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- Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan
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- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502
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- Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Insititute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801
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- Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Insititute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801.
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Whitworth GE, Macauley MS, Stubbs KA, Dennis RJ, Taylor EJ, Davies GJ, Greig IR, Vocadlo DJ. Analysis of PUGNAc and NAG-thiazoline as transition state analogues for human O-GlcNAcase: mechanistic and structural insights into inhibitor selectivity and transition state poise. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 129:635-44. [PMID: 17227027 DOI: 10.1021/ja065697o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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O-GlcNAcase catalyzes the cleavage of beta-O-linked 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-d-glucopyranoside (O-GlcNAc) from serine and threonine residues of post-translationally modified proteins. Two potent inhibitors of this enzyme are O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucopyranosylidene)amino-N-phenylcarbamate (PUGNAc) and 1,2-dideoxy-2'-methyl-alpha-d-glucopyranoso[2,1-d]-Delta2'-thiazoline (NAG-thiazoline). Derivatives of these inhibitors differ in their selectivity for human O-GlcNAcase over the functionally related human lysosomal beta-hexosamindases, with PUGNAc derivatives showing modest selectivities and NAG-thiazoline derivatives showing high selectivities. The molecular basis for this difference in selectivities is addressed as is how well these inhibitors mimic the O-GlcNAcase-stabilized transition state (TS). Using a series of substrates, ground state (GS) inhibitors, and transition state mimics having analogous structural variations, we describe linear free energy relationships of log(KM/kcat) versus log(KI) for PUGNAc and NAG-thiazoline. These relationships suggest that PUGNAc is a poor transition state analogue, while NAG-thiazoline is revealed as a transition state mimic. Comparative X-ray crystallographic analyses of enzyme-inhibitor complexes reveal subtle molecular differences accounting for the differences in selectivities between these two inhibitors and illustrate key molecular interactions. Computational modeling of species along the reaction coordinate, as well as PUGNAc and NAG-thiazoline, provide insight into the features of NAG-thiazoline that resemble the transition state and reveal where PUGNAc fails to capture significant binding energy. These studies also point to late transition state poise for the O-GlcNAcase catalyzed reaction with significant nucleophilic participation and little involvement of the leaving group. The potency of NAG-thiazoline, its transition state mimicry, and its lack of traditional transition state-like design features suggest that potent rationally designed glycosidase inhibitors can be developed that exploit variation in transition state poise.
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- Garrett E Whitworth
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Tropak MB, Blanchard J, Withers SG, Brown E, Mahuran D. High-throughput screening for human lysosomal beta-N-Acetyl hexosaminidase inhibitors acting as pharmacological chaperones. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 14:153-64. [PMID: 17317569 PMCID: PMC1989145 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2006] [Revised: 10/05/2006] [Accepted: 12/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The adult forms of Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases result when the activity of beta-hexosaminidase A (Hex) falls below approximately 10% of normal due to decreased transport of the destabilized mutant enzyme to the lysosome. Carbohydrate-based competitive inhibitors of Hex act as pharmacological chaperones (PC) in patient cells, facilitating exit of the enzyme from the endoplasmic reticulum, thereby increasing the mutant Hex protein and activity levels in the lysosome 3- to 6-fold. To identify drug-like PC candidates, we developed a fluorescence-based real-time enzyme assay and screened the Maybridge library of 50,000 compounds for inhibitors of purified Hex. Three structurally distinct micromolar competitive inhibitors, a bisnaphthalimide, nitro-indan-1-one, and pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyridazin-1-one were identified that specifically increased lysosomal Hex protein and activity levels in patient fibroblasts. These results validate screening for inhibitory compounds as an approach to identifying PCs.
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- Michael B. Tropak
- Research Institute, SickKids, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5G 1X8
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- Dept. of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W, Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA L8T 3Z5
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.CANADA V6T 1Z1
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- Dept. of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W, Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA L8T 3Z5
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- Research Institute, SickKids, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5G 1X8
- Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Toronto, Banting Institute, 100 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5G 1L5
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Research Institute, Rm. 9146A, Elm Wing, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto Ontario, M5G 1X8, Ph: 416 813 6161, Fx: 416 813 8700,
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Smith BC, Denu JM. Sir2 deacetylases exhibit nucleophilic participation of acetyl-lysine in NAD+ cleavage. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 129:5802-3. [PMID: 17439123 PMCID: PMC2568996 DOI: 10.1021/ja070162w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Brian C Smith
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Dorfmueller HC, Borodkin VS, Schimpl M, Shepherd SM, Shpiro NA, van Aalten DMF. GlcNAcstatin: a picomolar, selective O-GlcNAcase inhibitor that modulates intracellular O-glcNAcylation levels. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 128:16484-5. [PMID: 17177381 PMCID: PMC7116141 DOI: 10.1021/ja066743n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Many phosphorylation signal transduction pathways in the eukaryotic cell are modulated by posttranslational modification of specific serines/threonines with N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc). Levels of O-GlcNAc on key proteins regulate biological processes as diverse as the cell cycle, insulin signaling, and protein degradation. The two enzymes involved in this dynamic and abundant modification are the O-GlcNAc transferase and O-GlcNAcase. Structural data have recently revealed that the O-GlcNAcase possesses an active site with significant structural similarity to that of the human lysosomal hexosaminidases HexA/HexB. PUGNAc, an O-GlcNAcase inhibitor widely used to raise levels of O-GlcNAc in human cell lines, also inhibits these hexosaminidases. Here, we have exploited recent structural information of an O-GlcNAcase-PUGNAc complex to design and synthesize a glucoimidazole-based inhibitor, GlcNAcstatin, which is a 5 pM competitive inhibitor of enzymes of the O-GlcNAcase family, shows 100000-fold selectivity over HexA/B, and binds to the O-GlcNAcase active site by mimicking the transition state as revealed by X-ray crystallography. This compound is able to raise O-GlcNAc levels in human HEK 293 and SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell lines and thus provides a novel, potent tool for the study of the role of O-GlcNAc in intracellular signal transduction pathways.
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Scaffidi A, Stubbs KA, Dennis RJ, Taylor EJ, Davies GJ, Vocadlo DJ, Stick RV. A 1-acetamido derivative of 6-epi-valienamine: an inhibitor of a diverse group of β-N-acetylglucosaminidases. Org Biomol Chem 2007; 5:3013-9. [PMID: 17728868 DOI: 10.1039/b709681j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The synthesis of an analogue of 6-epi-valienamine bearing an acetamido group and its characterisation as an inhibitor of beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases are described. The compound is a good inhibitor of both human O-GlcNAcase and human beta-hexosaminidase, as well as two bacterial beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases. A 3-D structure of the complex of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron BtGH84 with the inhibitor shows the unsaturated ring is surprisingly distorted away from its favoured solution phase conformation and reveals potential for improved inhibitor potency.
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- Adrian Scaffidi
- Chemistry M313, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, Australia
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Greig IR, Williams IH. Glycosidase inhibitors as conformational transition state analogues. Chem Commun (Camb) 2007:3747-9. [PMID: 17851615 DOI: 10.1039/b705607a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A method for estimating the conformational similarity between hexopyranose rings is presented and used to probe the behaviour of various glycosyl hydrolase inhibitors as conformational transition state analogues.
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- Ian R Greig
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
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Matthews JA, Belof JL, Acevedo-Duncan M, Potter RL. Glucosamine-induced increase in Akt phosphorylation corresponds to increased endoplasmic reticulum stress in astroglial cells. Mol Cell Biochem 2006; 298:109-23. [PMID: 17136481 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-006-9358-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2006] [Accepted: 10/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Increased glucose flux through the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) is known to affect the activity of a number of signal transduction pathways and lead to insulin resistance. Although widely studied in insulin responsive tissues, the effect of increased HBP activity on largely insulin unresponsive tissues, such as the brain, remains relatively unknown. Herein, we investigate the effects of increased HBP flux on Akt activation in a human astroglial cells line using glucosamine, a compound commonly used to mimic hyperglycemic conditions by increasing HBP flux. Cellular treatment with 8 mM glucosamine resulted in a 96.8% +/- 24.6 increase in Akt phosphorylation after 5 h of treatment that remained elevated throughout the 9-h time course. Glucosamine treatment also resulted in modest increases in global levels of the O-GlcNAc protein modification. Increasing O-GlcNAc levels using the O-GlcNAcase inhibitor streptozotocin (STZ) also increased Akt phosphorylation by 96.8% +/- 11.0 after only 3 h although for a shorter duration than glucosamine; however, the more potent O-GlcNAcase inhibitors O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranosylidene)amino-N-phenylcarbamate (PUGNAc) and 1,2-dideoxy-2'-propyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoso-[2,1-d]-Delta2'-thiazoline (NAGBT) failed to mimic the increases in phospho-Akt indicating that the Akt phosphorylation is not a result of increased O-GlcNAc protein modification. Further analysis indicated that this increased phosphorylation was also not due to increased osmotic stress and was not attenuated by N-acetylcysteine eliminating the potential role of oxidative stress in the observed phospho-Akt increases. Glucosamine treatment, but not STZ treatment, did correlate with a large increase in the expression of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress marker GRP 78. Altogether, these results indicate that increased HBP flux in human astroglial cells results in a rapid, short-term phosphorylation of Akt that is likely a result of increased ER stress. The mechanism by which STZ increases Akt phosphorylation, however, remains unknown.
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- J Aaron Matthews
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, SCA 400, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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Sheldon W, Macauley M, Taylor E, Robinson C, Charnock S, Davies G, Vocadlo D, Black G. Functional analysis of a group A streptococcal glycoside hydrolase Spy1600 from family 84 reveals it is a beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase and not a hyaluronidase. Biochem J 2006; 399:241-7. [PMID: 16822234 PMCID: PMC1609908 DOI: 10.1042/bj20060307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Revised: 06/26/2006] [Accepted: 07/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes) is the causative agent of severe invasive infections such as necrotizing fasciitis (the so-called 'flesh eating disease') and toxic-shock syndrome. Spy1600, a glycoside hydrolase from family 84 of the large superfamily of glycoside hydrolases, has been proposed to be a virulence factor. In the present study we show that Spy1600 has no activity toward galactosaminides or hyaluronan, but does remove beta-O-linked N-acetylglucosamine from mammalian glycoproteins--an observation consistent with the inclusion of eukaryotic O-glycoprotein 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosidases within glycoside hydrolase family 84. Proton NMR studies, structure-reactivity studies for a series of fluorinated analogues and analysis of 1,2-dideoxy-2'-methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoso-[2,1-d]-Delta2'-thiazoline as a competitive inhibitor reveals that Spy1600 uses a double-displacement mechanism involving substrate-assisted catalysis. Family 84 glycoside hydrolases are therefore comprised of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases using a conserved catalytic mechanism involving substrate-assisted catalysis. Since these enzymes do not have detectable hyaluronidase activity, many family 84 glycoside hydrolases are most likely incorrectly annotated as hyaluronidases.
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Key Words
- β-n-acetylglucosaminidase (glcnacase)
- mammalian glycoproteins
- 1,2-dideoxy-2′-methyl-α-d-glucopyranoso-[2,1-d]-δ2′-thiazoline (nag-thiazoline)
- o-glycoprotein 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-d-glucopyranosidase (o-glcnacase)
- o-glycoprotein 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-d-glucopyranoside (o-glcnac)
- spyl600
- substrate-assisted catalysis
- glcnac, n-acetylglucosamine (2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucopyranose)
- glcnacase, β-n-acetylglucosaminidase
- mgea5, meningioma expressed antigen 5
- mu, 4-methylumbelliferyl
- mu-glcnac, mu-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-d-glucopyranoside
- mu-glcnacf1, mu-2-deoxy-2-fluoroacetamido-β-d-glucopyranoside
- mu-glcnacf2, mu-2-deoxy-2-difluoroacetamido-β-d-glucopyranoside
- mu-glcnacf3, mu-2-deoxy-2-trifluoroacetamido-β-d-glucopyranoside
- nag-thiazoline, 1,2-dideoxy-2′-methyl-α-d-glucopyranoso-[2,1-d]-δ2′-thiazoline
- o-glcnac, o-glycoprotein 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-d-glucopyranoside
- o-glcnacase, o-glycoprotein 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-d-glucopyranosidase
- orf, open reading frame
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- William L. Sheldon
- *Biomolecular and Biomedical Research Centre, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, U.K
- †School of Health, Natural and Social Sciences, University of Sunderland, Sunderland SR1 3SD, U.K
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6
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- §York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO31 5YW, U.K
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- *Biomolecular and Biomedical Research Centre, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, U.K
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- *Biomolecular and Biomedical Research Centre, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, U.K
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- §York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO31 5YW, U.K
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6
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- *Biomolecular and Biomedical Research Centre, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, U.K
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Shanmugasundaram B, Debowski AW, Dennis RJ, Davies GJ, Vocadlo DJ, Vasella A. Inhibition of O-GlcNAcase by a gluco-configured nagstatin and a PUGNAc-imidazole hybrid inhibitor. Chem Commun (Camb) 2006:4372-4. [PMID: 17057847 DOI: 10.1039/b612154c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Synthesis of a PUGNAc-imidazole hybrid and its characterization as an inhibitor of human O-GlcNAcase through enzyme kinetics and X-ray structural analysis.
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Fülöp N, Marchase RB, Chatham JC. Role of protein O-linked N-acetyl-glucosamine in mediating cell function and survival in the cardiovascular system. Cardiovasc Res 2006; 73:288-97. [PMID: 16970929 PMCID: PMC2848961 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2006] [Revised: 07/14/2006] [Accepted: 07/18/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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There is growing recognition that the O-linked attachment of N-acetyl-glucosamine (O-GlcNAc) on serine and threonine residues of nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins is a highly dynamic post-translational modification that plays a key role in signal transduction pathways. Numerous proteins have been identified as targets of O-GlcNAc modifications including kinases, phosphatases, transcription factors, metabolic enzymes, chaperons, and cytoskeletal proteins. Modulation of O-GlcNAc levels has been shown to modify DNA binding, enzyme activity, protein-protein interactions, the half-life of proteins, and subcellular localization. The level of O-GlcNAc is regulated in part by the metabolism of glucose via the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP), and the metabolic abnormalities associated with insulin resistance and diabetes, such as hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and hyperinsulinemia, are all associated with increased flux through the HBP and elevated O-GlcNAc levels. Increased HBP flux and O-GlcNAc levels have been implicated in the impaired relaxation of isolated cardiomyocytes, blunted response to angiotensin II and phenylephrine, hyperglycemia-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis, and endothelial and vascular cell dysfunction. In contrast to these adverse effects, recent studies have also shown that O-GlcNAc levels increase in response to acute stress and that this is associated with increased cell survival. Thus, while the relationship between O-GlcNAc levels and cellular function is complex and not well-understood, it is clear that these pathways play a critical role in the regulation of cell function and survival in the cardiovascular system and may be implicated in the adverse effects of metabolic disease on the heart.
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- Norbert Fülöp
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
- Corresponding Author: John C. Chatham, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Medicine, 1530 3 Avenue South, MCLM 684, Birmingham, AL 35294-0005. Telephone: (205) 934-0240;Fax: (205) 934-0950;
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
- Corresponding Author: John C. Chatham, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Medicine, 1530 3 Avenue South, MCLM 684, Birmingham, AL 35294-0005. Telephone: (205) 934-0240;Fax: (205) 934-0950;
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Mayer C, Vocadlo DJ, Mah M, Rupitz K, Stoll D, Warren RAJ, Withers SG. Characterization of a beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase and a beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase/beta-glucosidase from Cellulomonas fimi. FEBS J 2006; 273:2929-41. [PMID: 16762038 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05308.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The gram-positive soil bacterium Cellulomonas fimi is shown to produce at least two intracellular beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases, a family 20 beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase (Hex20), and a novel family 3-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase/beta-glucosidase (Nag3), through screening of a genomic expression library, cloning of genes and analysis of their sequences. Nag3 exhibits broad substrate specificity for substituents at the C2 position of the glycone: kcat/Km values at 25 degrees C were 0.066 s(-1) x mM(-1) and 0.076 s(-1) x mM(-1) for 4'-nitrophenyl beta-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminide and 4'-nitrophenyl beta-D-glucoside, respectively. The first glycosidase with this broad specificity to be described, Nag3, suggests an interesting evolutionary link between beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases and beta-glucosidases of family 3. Reaction by a double-displacement mechanism was confirmed for Nag3 through the identification of a glycosyl-enzyme species trapped with the slow substrate 2',4'-dinitrophenyl 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-beta-D-glucopyranoside. Hex20 requires the acetamido group at C2 of the substrate, being unable to cleave beta-glucosides, since its mechanism involves an oxazolinium ion intermediate. However, it is broad in its specificity for the D-glucosyl/D-galactosyl configuration of the glycone: Km and kcat values were 53 microM and 482.3 s(-1) for 4'-nitrophenyl beta-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminide and 66 microM and 129.1 s(-1) for 4'-nitrophenyl beta-N-acetyl-D-galactosaminide.
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- Christoph Mayer
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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Kim EJ, Kang DO, Love DC, Hanover JA. Enzymatic characterization of O-GlcNAcase isoforms using a fluorogenic GlcNAc substrate. Carbohydr Res 2006; 341:971-82. [PMID: 16584714 PMCID: PMC10561171 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2005] [Revised: 02/17/2006] [Accepted: 03/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A highly sensitive fluorogenic hexosaminidase substrate, fluorescein di(N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide) (FDGlcNAc), was prepared essentially as described previously [Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1993, 41, 314] with some modifications. The fluorescent analog is a substrate for a number of hexosaminidases but here we have focused on the cytoplasmic O-GlcNAcase isoforms. Kinetic analysis using purified O-GlcNAcase and its splice variant (v-O-GlcNAcase) expressed in Escherichia coli suggests that FDGlcNAc is a much more efficient substrate (Km = 84.9 microM) than the conventional substrate, para-nitrophenyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoside (pNP-beta-GlcNAc, Km = 1.1 mM) and a previously developed fluorogenic substrate, 4-methylumbelliferyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoside [MUGlcNAc, Km = 0.43 mM; J. Biol. Chem. 2005, 280, 25313] for O-GlcNAcase. The variant O-GlcNAcase, a protein lacking the C-terminal third of the full-length O-GlcNAcase, exhibited a Km of 2.1 mM with respect to FDGlcNAc. This shorter isoform was not previously thought to exhibit O-GlcNAcase activity based on in vitro studies with pNP-beta-GlcNAc. However, both O-GlcNAcase isoforms reduced O-GlcNAc protein levels extracted from HeLa and HT-29 cells in vitro, indicating that the splice variant is a bona fide O-GlcNAcase. Fluorescein di-N-acetyl-beta-D-galactosaminide (FDGalNAc) is not cleaved by these enzymes, consistent with previous findings that the O-GlcNAcase has substrate specificity toward O-GlcNAc but not O-GalNAc. The enzymatic activity of the shorter isoform of O-GlcNAcase was first detected by using highly sensitive fluorogenic FDGlcNAc substrate. The finding that O-GlcNAcase exists as two distinct isoforms has a number of important implications for the role of O-GlcNAcase in hexosamine signaling.
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- Eun Ju Kim
- Laboratory of Cell Biochemistry and Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, MD 20892, USA.
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Cetinbaş N, Macauley MS, Stubbs KA, Drapala R, Vocadlo DJ. Identification of Asp174 and Asp175 as the key catalytic residues of human O-GlcNAcase by functional analysis of site-directed mutants. Biochemistry 2006; 45:3835-44. [PMID: 16533067 DOI: 10.1021/bi052370b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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O-GlcNAcase is a family 84 beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase catalyzing the hydrolytic cleavage of beta-O-linked 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glycopyranose (O-GlcNAc) from serine and threonine residues of posttranslationally modified proteins. O-GlcNAcases use a double-displacement mechanism involving formation and breakdown of a transient bicyclic oxazoline intermediate. The key catalytic residues of any family 84 enzyme facilitating this reaction, however, are unknown. Two mutants of human O-GlcNAcase, D174A and D175A, were generated since these residues are highly conserved among family 84 glycoside hydrolases. Structure-reactivity studies of the D174A mutant enzyme reveals severely impaired catalytic activity across a broad range of substrates alongside a pH-activity profile consistent with deletion of a key catalytic residue. The D175A mutant enzyme shows a significant decrease in catalytic efficiency with substrates bearing poor leaving groups (up to 3000-fold), while for substates bearing good leading groups the difference is much smaller (7-fold). This mutant enzyme also cleaves thioglycosides with essentially the same catalytic efficiency as the wild-type enzyme. As well, addition of azide as an exogenous nucleophile increases the activity of this enzyme toward a substrate bearing an excellent leaving group. Together, these results allow unambiguous assignment of Asp(174) as the residue that polarizes the 2-acetamido group for attack on the anomeric center and Asp(175) as the residue that functions as the general acid/base catalyst. Therefore, the family 84 glycoside hydrolases use a DD catalytic pair to effect catalysis.
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- Naniye Cetinbaş
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5A 1S6
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Zachara NE, Hart GW. Cell signaling, the essential role of O-GlcNAc! Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2006; 1761:599-617. [PMID: 16781888 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2006.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 290] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2005] [Revised: 04/20/2006] [Accepted: 04/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An increasing body of evidence points to a central regulatory role for glucose in mediating cellular processes and expands the role of glucose well beyond its traditional role(s) in energy metabolism. Recently, it has been recognized that one downstream effector produced from glucose is UDP-GlcNAc. Levels of UDP-GlcNAc, and the subsequent addition of O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) to Ser/Thr residues, is involved in regulating nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins in a manner analogous to protein phosphorylation. O-GlcNAc protein modification is essential for life in mammalian cells, highlighting the importance of this simple post-translational modification in basic cellular regulation. Recent research has highlighted key roles for O-GlcNAc serving as a nutrient sensor in regulating insulin signaling, the cell cycle, and calcium handling, as well as the cellular stress response.
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- Natasha E Zachara
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins Singapore, 31 Biopolis Way, #02-01 The Nanos, 138669 Singapore
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- Robert Stern
- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0511, USA
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- Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA 94609, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, 5700 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Oakland, California 94609, USA, Phone: +1 510-450-7932, Fax +1 510-450-7914, e-mail: , Web: www.chori.org/investigators/jedrzejas.html
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Rao FV, Dorfmueller HC, Villa F, Allwood M, Eggleston IM, van Aalten DMF. Structural insights into the mechanism and inhibition of eukaryotic O-GlcNAc hydrolysis. EMBO J 2006; 25:1569-78. [PMID: 16541109 PMCID: PMC1440316 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2005] [Accepted: 02/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) modification of specific serines/threonines on intracellular proteins in higher eukaryotes has been shown to directly regulate important processes such as the cell cycle, insulin sensitivity and transcription. The structure, molecular mechanisms of catalysis, protein substrate recognition/specificity of the eukaryotic O-GlcNAc transferase and hydrolase are largely unknown. Here we describe the crystal structure, enzymology and in vitro activity on human substrates of Clostridium perfringens NagJ, a close homologue of human O-GlcNAcase (OGA), representing the first family 84 glycoside hydrolase structure. The structure reveals a deep active site pocket highly conserved with the human enzyme, compatible with binding of O-GlcNAcylated peptides. Together with mutagenesis data, the structure supports a variant of the substrate-assisted catalytic mechanism, involving two aspartic acids and an unusually positioned tyrosine. Insights into recognition of substrate come from a complex with the transition state mimic O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranosylidene)amino-N-phenylcarbamate (Ki=5.4 nM). Strikingly, the enzyme is inhibited by the pseudosubstrate peptide Ala-Cys(-S-GlcNAc)-Ala, and has OGA activity against O-GlcNAcylated human proteins, suggesting that the enzyme is a suitable model for further studies into the function of human OGA.
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- Francesco V Rao
- Division of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
- MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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Dennis RJ, Taylor EJ, Macauley MS, Stubbs KA, Turkenburg JP, Hart SJ, Black GN, Vocadlo DJ, Davies GJ. Structure and mechanism of a bacterial beta-glucosaminidase having O-GlcNAcase activity. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2006; 13:365-71. [PMID: 16565725 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2005] [Accepted: 03/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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O-GlcNAc is an abundant post-translational modification of serine and threonine residues of nucleocytoplasmic proteins. This modification, found only within higher eukaryotes, is a dynamic modification that is often reciprocal to phosphorylation. In a manner analogous to phosphatases, a glycoside hydrolase termed O-GlcNAcase cleaves O-GlcNAc from modified proteins. Enzymes with high sequence similarity to human O-GlcNAcase are also found in human pathogens and symbionts. We report the three-dimensional structure of O-GlcNAcase from the human gut symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron both in its native form and in complex with a mimic of the reaction intermediate. Mutagenesis and kinetics studies show that the bacterial enzyme, very similarly to its human counterpart, operates via an unusual 'substrate-assisted' catalytic mechanism, which will inform the rational design of enzyme inhibitors.
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- Rebecca J Dennis
- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York Y010 5YW, UK
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Kim EJ, Perreira M, Thomas CJ, Hanover JA. An O-GlcNAcase-Specific Inhibitor and Substrate Engineered by the Extension of the N-Acetyl Moiety. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:4234-5. [PMID: 16568991 DOI: 10.1021/ja0582915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A novel analogue of PUGNAc, a potent O-GlcNAcase inhibitor, was synthesized and analyzed as an inhibitor of O-GlcNAcase, hexosaminidase A, and hexosaminidase B. While PUGNAc does not demonstrate selective inhibition of these related enzymes, the extension of the acetyl moiety to the longer butyl chain provided a compound with depressed inhibition of O-GlcNAcase and no observed inhibition of either hexosaminidase A or hexosaminidase B. Further, we applied this knowledge of substrate recognition at the N-acetyl group to our recently reported fluorogenic substrate for monitoring O-GlcNAcase activity. Gratifyingly, this altered small molecule was demonstrated to be a potent substrate for O-GlcNAcase while possessing no activity at hexosaminidase A. This reagent provides, for the first time, a means for monitoring O-GlcNAcase activity independent of the related enzymes hexosaminidase A and hexosaminidase B.
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- Eun Ju Kim
- Laboratory of Cell Biochemistry and Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Macauley MS, Stubbs KA, Vocadlo DJ. O-GlcNAcase catalyzes cleavage of thioglycosides without general acid catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 127:17202-3. [PMID: 16332065 DOI: 10.1021/ja0567687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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O-GlcNAcase catalyzes the removal of N-acetylglucosamine residues from serine and threonine residues of post-translationally modified proteins using a catalytic mechanism involving substrate-assisted catalysis and general acid/base catalysis. Since thioglycosides are widely perceived as resistant to hydrolysis by glycosidases, it was surprising to find that O-GlcNAcase also catalyzes the efficient hydrolysis of S-glycosides. Brønsted analyses and pH-activity studies of the O-GlcNAcase-catalyzed hydrolysis of a series of aryl S- and O-glycosides reveal that O-GlcNAcase effects hydrolysis of thioglycosides without the assistance of general acid catalysis. alpha-Deuterium kinetic isotope effects for O- and S-glycosides, as well as Taft-like analyses using N-fluoroacetyl-beta-glycosides, suggest that O-GlcNAcase accomplishes hydrolysis of thioglycosides by stabilizing late transition states. For S-glycosides this transition state shows greater nucleophilic participation from the 2-acetamido group than for O-glycosides. The rate constants governing the O-GlcNAcase-catalyzed hydrolysis of O- and S-glycosides as compared to those previously determined for the spontaneous hydrolysis of structurally similar O,O- and O,S-acetals show a similar ratio. O-GlcNAcase therefore demonstrates similar catalytic proficiency toward both O- and S-glycosides. We conclude that O-GlcNAcase is a bifunctional catalyst capable of efficiently cleaving thioglycosides without general acid catalysis, an observation that may have biological implications.
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- Matthew S Macauley
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6
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Stubbs KA, Zhang N, Vocadlo DJ. A divergent synthesis of 2-acyl derivatives of PUGNAc yields selective inhibitors of O-GlcNAcase. Org Biomol Chem 2006; 4:839-45. [PMID: 16493467 DOI: 10.1039/b516273d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A divergent route facilitating the rapid synthesis of a series of O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranosylidene)amino N-phenylcarbamate (PUGNAc)-based inhibitors, bearing different N-acyl groups has been developed. All compounds of this series are inhibitors of both human O-GlcNAcase and human beta-hexosaminidase, yet some effectively exploit differences between the active site architectures of these two human enzymes which render them selective for O-GlcNAcase. Such inhibitors may be valuable tools in dissecting the role of the O-GlcNAc post-translational modification at the cellular and organismal level since these compounds may have different pharmacokinetic properties when compared to other inhibitors of beta-N-acetyl-glucosaminidases.
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- Keith A Stubbs
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6
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Toleman C, Paterson AJ, Shin R, Kudlow JE. Streptozotocin inhibits O-GlcNAcase via the production of a transition state analog. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 340:526-34. [PMID: 16376298 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2005] [Accepted: 12/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Streptozotocin (STZ) is a 2-deoxy-d-glucopyranose derivative of a class of drugs known as alkylnitrosoureas, and is an established diabetogenic agent whose cytotoxic affects on pancreatic beta-cells has been partially explained by the presence of its N-methyl-N-nitrosourea side chain, which has the ability to release nitric oxide as well as donate methyl groups to nucleotides in DNA. It has also been observed that STZ administration results in a rise in the level of O-GlcNAcylated proteins within beta-cells. Not coincidentally, STZ has also been shown to directly inhibit the O-GlcNAcase activity of the enzyme NCOAT in vitro, which is the only enzyme that possesses the ability to remove O-GlcNAc modifications on proteins in the nucleus and cytosol. Since O-GlcNAc modification plays a role on a number of proteins in a vast amount of cellular processes, this shift in whole-cell protein O-GlcNAcylation state affords another source of cell death. We set about to find the exact mechanism by which STZ inhibits O-GlcNAcase activity. Inhibition is achievable because the GlcNAc analog STZ targets the active site of the enzyme whereby it is catalyzed. During this process, the enzyme converts STZ to a compound that closely resembles the natural ligand transition state, but is distinctly more stable energetically. As a result, this analog is catalyzed to completion at a much slower rate, thereby out-competing GlcNAc substrate for the active site, and inhibiting the enzyme.
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- Clifford Toleman
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Davies GJ, Gloster TM, Henrissat B. Recent structural insights into the expanding world of carbohydrate-active enzymes. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2005; 15:637-45. [PMID: 16263268 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2005] [Revised: 09/21/2005] [Accepted: 10/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Enzymes that catalyse the synthesis and breakdown of glycosidic bonds account for 1-3% of the proteins encoded by the genomes of most organisms. At the current rate, over 12 000 glycosyltransferase and glycoside hydrolase open reading frames will appear during 2006. Recent advances in the study of the structure and mechanism of these carbohydrate-active enzymes reveal that glycoside hydrolases continue to display a wide variety of scaffolds, whereas nucleotide-sugar-dependent glycosyltransferases tend to be grafted onto just two protein folds. The past two years have seen significant advances, including the discovery of a novel NAD+-dependent glycosidase mechanism, the dissection of the reaction coordinate of sialidases and a better understanding of the expanding roles of auxiliary carbohydrate-binding domains.
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- Gideon J Davies
- Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5YW, UK.
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Perreira M, Kim EJ, Thomas CJ, Hanover JA. Inhibition of O-GlcNAcase by PUGNAc is dependent upon the oxime stereochemistry. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 14:837-46. [PMID: 16214344 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2005] [Revised: 09/01/2005] [Accepted: 09/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The potent O-GlcNAcase inhibitor PUGNAc was synthesized and two isomers based on the E and Z stereochemistry of the oxime moiety were separated, defined, and tested for activity. Several lines of evidence were examined in an effort to define the correct stereochemical assignments of each form of PUGNAc. The ability of the Z stereoisomer to undergo the Beckmann rearrangement was ultimately the most definitive proof. It was determined via both in vitro and intact cell experiments that the Z form of PUGNAc was vastly more potent an inhibitor of O-GlcNAcase than the E form.
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- Melissa Perreira
- Chemical Biology Core Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Ficko-Blean E, Boraston AB. Cloning, recombinant production, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of a family 84 glycoside hydrolase from Clostridium perfringens. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2005; 61:834-6. [PMID: 16511172 PMCID: PMC1978112 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309105024012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2005] [Accepted: 07/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Clostridium perfringens is a ubiquitous environmental organism that is capable of causing a variety of diseases in mammals, including gas gangrene and necrotic enteritis in humans. The activity of a secreted hyaluronidase, attributed to the NagH protein, contributes to the pathogenicity of this organism. The family 84 catalytic module of one of the three homologues of NagH found in C. perfringens (ATCC 13124) has been cloned. The 69 kDa catalytic module of NagJ, here called GH84C, was overproduced in Escherichia coli and purified by immobilized metal-affinity chromatography (IMAC). Crystals belonging to space group I222 or I2(1)2(1)2(1) with unit-cell parameters a = 130.39, b = 150.05, c = 155.43 A were obtained that diffracted to 2.1 A. Selenomethionyl crystals have also been produced, leading to the possibility of solving the phase problem by MAD using synchrotron radiation.
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- Elizabeth Ficko-Blean
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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Vocadlo DJ, Withers SG. Detailed Comparative Analysis of the Catalytic Mechanisms of β-N-Acetylglucosaminidases from Families 3 and 20 of Glycoside Hydrolases. Biochemistry 2005; 44:12809-18. [PMID: 16171396 DOI: 10.1021/bi051121k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases are commonly occurring enzymes involved in the degradation of polysaccharides and glycoconjugates containing N-acetylglucosamine residues. Such enzymes have been classified into glycoside hydrolase families 3 and 20 and are believed to follow distinct chemical mechanisms. Family 3 enzymes are thought to follow a standard retaining mechanism involving a covalent glycosyl enzyme intermediate while family 20 enzymes carry out a substrate-assisted mechanism involving the transient formation of an enzyme-sequestered oxazoline or oxazolinium ion intermediate. Detailed mechanistic analysis of representatives of these two families provides support for these mechanisms as well as detailed insights into transition state structure. Alpha-secondary deuterium kinetic isotope effects of kH/kD = 1.07 and 1.10 for Streptomyces plicatus beta-hexosaminidase (SpHex) and Vibrio furnisii beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase (ExoII) respectively indicate transition states with oxocarbenium ion character in each case. Brønsted plots for hydrolysis of a series of aryl hexosaminides are quite different in the two cases. For SpHex a large degree of proton donation is suggested by the relatively low value of beta(lg) (-0.29) on kcat/Km, compared with a beta(lg) of -0.79 for ExoII. Most significantly the Taft plots derived from kinetic parameters for a series of p-nitrophenyl N-acyl glucosaminides bearing differing levels of fluorine substitution in the N-acyl group are completely different. A very strong dependence (slope = -1.29) is seen for SpHex, indicating direct nucleophilic participation by the acetamide, while essentially no dependence (0.07) is seen for ExoII, suggesting that the acetamide plays purely a binding role. Taken together these data provide unprecedented insight into enzymatic glycosyl transfer mechanisms wherein the structures of both the nucleophile and the leaving group are systematically varied.
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- David J Vocadlo
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Knapp S, Yang C, Pabbaraja S, Rempel B, Reid S, Withers SG. Synthesis and Kinetic Analysis of the N-Acetylhexosaminidase Inhibitor XylNAc-Isofagomine. J Org Chem 2005; 70:7715-20. [PMID: 16149804 DOI: 10.1021/jo051117e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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[reaction: see text] An efficient 10-step preparation from 4-methoxypyridine of (2R,3R,4R)-2-acetamido-3,4-dihydroxypiperidine ("XylNAc-isofagomine") in optically active form is described. Key steps include an enantioselective reduction with catecholborane/(S)-2-methyl-CBS-oxazaborolidine, and a stereoselective pseudo-glycosylation of lithium azide by a cyclic sulfite ester. The title compound showed a Ki = 21 microM when evaluated against the N-acetyl-beta-hexosaminidase from Streptomyces plicatus.
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- Spencer Knapp
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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