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Armstrong Z, Meek RW, Wu L, Blaza JN, Davies GJ. Cryo-EM structures of human fucosidase FucA1 reveal insight into substrate recognition and catalysis. Structure 2022; 30:1443-1451.e5. [PMID: 35907402 PMCID: PMC9548408 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2022.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Enzymatic hydrolysis of α-L-fucose from fucosylated glycoconjugates is consequential in bacterial infections and the neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder fucosidosis. Understanding human α-L-fucosidase catalysis, in an effort toward drug design, has been hindered by the absence of three-dimensional structural data for any animal fucosidase. Here, we have used cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine the structure of human lysosomal α-L-fucosidase (FucA1) in both an unliganded state and in complex with the inhibitor deoxyfuconojirimycin. These structures, determined at 2.49 Å resolution, reveal the homotetrameric structure of FucA1, the architecture of the catalytic center, and the location of both natural population variations and disease-causing mutations. Furthermore, this work has conclusively identified the hitherto contentious identity of the catalytic acid/base as aspartate-276, representing a shift from both the canonical glutamate acid/base residue and a previously proposed glutamate residue. These findings have furthered our understanding of how FucA1 functions in both health and disease.
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- Zachary Armstrong
- Department of Chemistry, Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK; The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
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Dömling A, Neochoritis CG, Lei X, Thomaidi M, Angeli GK. Fluorene-Based Multicomponent Reactions. Synlett 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/a-1471-9080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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AbstractFluorene and fluorenone are privileged structures with extensive utility in both materials science and drug discovery. Here, we describe syntheses of those moieties through isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions (IMCRs) and the incorporation of the products in diverse and complex derivatives that can be further utilized. We performed six different IMCRs, based on the dual functionality of 9-isocyano-9H-fluorene, and we describe 23 unprecedented adducts.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Crete
- Department of Pharmacy, Drug Design Group, University of Groningen
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Metabolism of the predominant human milk oligosaccharide fucosyllactose by an infant gut commensal. Sci Rep 2019; 9:15427. [PMID: 31659215 PMCID: PMC6817895 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51901-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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A number of bifidobacterial species are found at a particularly high prevalence and abundance in faecal samples of healthy breastfed infants, a phenomenon that is believed to be, at least partially, due to the ability of bifidobacteria to metabolize Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs). In the current study, we isolated a novel strain of Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense, named APCKJ1, from the faeces of a four-week old breastfed infant, based on the ability of the strain to utilise the HMO component fucosyllactose. We then determined the full genome sequence of this strain, and employed the generated data to analyze fucosyllactose metabolism in B. kashiwanohense APCKJ1. Transcriptomic and growth analyses, combined with metabolite analysis, in vitro hydrolysis assays and heterologous expression, allowed us to elucidate the pathway for fucosyllactose metabolism in B. kashiwanohense APCKJ1. Homologs of the key genes for this metabolic pathway were identified in particular in infant-derived members of the Bifdobacterium genus, revealing the apparent niche-specific nature of this pathway, and allowing a broad perspective on bifidobacterial fucosyllactose and L-fucose metabolism.
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Wang B, Olsen JI, Laursen BW, Navarro Poulsen JC, Bols M. Determination of protonation states of iminosugar-enzyme complexes using photoinduced electron transfer. Chem Sci 2017; 8:7383-7393. [PMID: 29163889 PMCID: PMC5672842 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc01540b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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A series of N-alkylated analogues of 1-deoxynojirimycin containing a fluorescent 10-chloro-9-anthracene group in the N-alkyl substituent were prepared. The anthracene group acted as a reporting group for protonation at the nitrogen in the iminosugar because an unprotonated amine was found to quench fluorescence by photoinduced electron transfer. The new compounds were found to inhibit β-glucosidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium and α-glucosidase from Aspergillus niger, with Ki values in the low micro- to nanomolar range. Fluorescence and inhibition versus pH studies of the β-glucosidase-iminosugar complexes revealed that the amino group in the inhibitor is unprotonated when bound, while one of the active site carboxylates is protonated.
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- Bo Wang
- Department of Chemistry , University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 5 , DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø , Denmark . ; Tel: +45 35320160
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 5 , DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø , Denmark . ; Tel: +45 35320160
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 5 , DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø , Denmark . ; Tel: +45 35320160
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 5 , DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø , Denmark . ; Tel: +45 35320160
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 5 , DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø , Denmark . ; Tel: +45 35320160
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Stütz AE, Wrodnigg TM. Carbohydrate-Processing Enzymes of the Lysosome: Diseases Caused by Misfolded Mutants and Sugar Mimetics as Correcting Pharmacological Chaperones. Adv Carbohydr Chem Biochem 2016; 73:225-302. [PMID: 27816107 DOI: 10.1016/bs.accb.2016.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Lysosomal storage diseases are hereditary disorders caused by mutations on genes encoding for one of the more than fifty lysosomal enzymes involved in the highly ordered degradation cascades of glycans, glycoconjugates, and other complex biomolecules in the lysosome. Several of these metabolic disorders are associated with the absence or the lack of activity of carbohydrate-processing enzymes in this cell compartment. In a recently introduced therapy concept, for susceptible mutants, small substrate-related molecules (so-called pharmacological chaperones), such as reversible inhibitors of these enzymes, may serve as templates for the correct folding and transport of the respective protein mutant, thus improving its concentration and, consequently, its enzymatic activity in the lysosome. Carbohydrate-processing enzymes in the lysosome, related lysosomal diseases, and the scope and limitations of reported reversible inhibitors as pharmacological chaperones are discussed with a view to possibly extending and improving research efforts in this area of orphan diseases.
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- Arnold E Stütz
- Glycogroup, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Glycogroup, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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A second-generation ferrocene–iminosugar hybrid with improved fucosidase binding properties. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:1546-1549. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Revised: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hottin A, Carrión-Jiménez S, Moreno-Clavijo E, Moreno-Vargas AJ, Carmona AT, Robina I, Behr JB. Expanding the library of divalent fucosidase inhibitors with polyamino and triazole-benzyl bridged bispyrrolidines. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:3212-20. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ob00212a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A small library of divalent fucosidase inhibitors containing pyrrolidine motifs were prepared and evaluated as α-fucosidase inhibitors.
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- Audrey Hottin
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims
- CNRS UMR 7312
- UFR des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles
- 51687 Reims Cedex 2
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad de Sevilla
- Sevilla
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad de Sevilla
- Sevilla
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad de Sevilla
- Sevilla
- Spain
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims
- CNRS UMR 7312
- UFR des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles
- 51687 Reims Cedex 2
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Paszkowska J, Fernandez ON, Wandzik I, Boudesoque S, Dupont L, Plantier-Royon R, Behr JB. Perfluoroalkylation of Nitrones for the Synthesis of a Series of Fucosidase Inhibitors. European J Org Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201403485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hottin A, Wright DW, Davies GJ, Behr JB. Exploiting the Hydrophobic Terrain in Fucosidases with Aryl-Substituted Pyrrolidine Iminosugars. Chembiochem 2014; 16:277-83. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cao H, Walton JD, Brumm P, Phillips GN. Structure and substrate specificity of a eukaryotic fucosidase from Fusarium graminearum. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:25624-38. [PMID: 25086049 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.583286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The secreted glycoside hydrolase family 29 (GH29) α-L-fucosidase from plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum (FgFCO1) actively releases fucose from the xyloglucan fragment. We solved crystal structures of two active-site conformations, i.e. open and closed, of apoFgFCO1 and an open complex with product fucose at atomic resolution. The closed conformation supports catalysis by orienting the conserved general acid/base Glu-288 nearest the predicted glycosidic position, whereas the open conformation possibly represents an unreactive state with Glu-288 positioned away from the catalytic center. A flexible loop near the substrate binding site containing a non-conserved GGSFT sequence is ordered in the closed but not the open form. We also identified a novel C-terminal βγ-crystallin domain in FgFCO1 devoid of calcium binding motif whose homologous sequences are present in various glycoside hydrolase families. N-Glycosylated FgFCO1 adopts a monomeric state as verified by solution small angle x-ray scattering in contrast to reported multimeric fucosidases. Steady-state kinetics shows that FgFCO1 prefers α1,2 over α1,3/4 linkages and displays minimal activity with p-nitrophenyl fucoside with an acidic pH optimum of 4.6. Despite a retaining GH29 family fold, the overall specificity of FgFCO1 most closely resembles inverting GH95 α-fucosidase, which displays the highest specificity with two natural substrates harboring the Fucα1-2Gal glycosidic linkage, a xyloglucan-derived nonasaccharide, and 2'-fucosyllactose. Furthermore, FgFCO1 hydrolyzes H-disaccharide (lacking a +2 subsite sugar) at a rate 10(3)-fold slower than 2'-fucosyllactose. We demonstrated the structurally dynamic active site of FgFCO1 with flexible general acid/base Glu, a common feature shared by several bacterial GH29 fucosidases to various extents.
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- Hongnan Cao
- From Rice University, Houston Texas 77005, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 and
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- C5-6 Technologies Corp., Middleton, Wisconsin 53562
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- From Rice University, Houston Texas 77005, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706,
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Saka T, Okaki T, Ifuku S, Yamashita Y, Sato K, Miyawaki S, Kamori A, Kato A, Adachi I, Tezuka Y, Kiria PG, Onomura O, Minato D, Sugimoto K, Matsuya Y, Toyooka N. Synthesis of phenylalkyl-substituted polyhydroxypiperidines as potent inhibitors for α-l-fucosidase. Tetrahedron 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2013.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Moreno-Clavijo E, Carmona AT, Moreno-Vargas AJ, Molina L, Wright DW, Davies GJ, Robina I. Exploring a Multivalent Approach to α-L-Fucosidase Inhibition. European J Org Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Shaikh FA, Lammerts van Bueren A, Davies GJ, Withers SG. Identifying the Catalytic Acid/Base in GH29 α-l-Fucosidase Subfamilies. Biochemistry 2013; 52:5857-64. [DOI: 10.1021/bi400183q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- F. Aidha Shaikh
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver,
BC, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- York
Structural Biology Laboratory,
Department of Chemistry, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, U.K
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- York
Structural Biology Laboratory,
Department of Chemistry, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver,
BC, Canada V6T 1Z1
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Hottin A, Wright DW, Steenackers A, Delannoy P, Dubar F, Biot C, Davies GJ, Behr JB. α-L-Fucosidase Inhibition by Pyrrolidine-Ferrocene Hybrids: Rationalization of Ligand-Binding Properties by Structural Studies. Chemistry 2013; 19:9526-33. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Tu Z, Lin YN, Lin CH. Development of fucosyltransferase and fucosidase inhibitors. Chem Soc Rev 2013; 42:4459-75. [PMID: 23588106 DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60056d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
L-Fucose-containing glycoconjugates are essential for a myriad of physiological and pathological activities, such as inflammation, bacterial and viral infections, tumor metastasis, and genetic disorders. Fucosyltransferases and fucosidases, the main enzymes involved in the incorporation and cleavage of L-fucose residues, respectively, represent captivating targets for therapeutic treatment and diagnosis. We herein review the important breakthroughs in the development of fucosyltransferase and fucosidase inhibitors. To demonstrate how the synthesized small molecules interact with the target enzymes, i.e. delineation of the structure-activity relationship, we cover the reaction mechanisms and resolved X-ray crystal structures, discuss how this information guides the design of enzyme inhibitors, and explain how the molecules were optimized to achieve satisfying potency and selectivity.
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- Zhijay Tu
- Institute of Biological Chemistry and Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, No.128 Academia Road Section 2, Nan-Kang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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Goddard-Borger ED, Tropak MB, Yonekawa S, Tysoe C, Mahuran DJ, Withers SG. Rapid assembly of a library of lipophilic iminosugars via the thiol-ene reaction yields promising pharmacological chaperones for the treatment of Gaucher disease. J Med Chem 2012; 55:2737-45. [PMID: 22360565 DOI: 10.1021/jm201633y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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A highly divergent route to lipophilic iminosugars that utilizes the thiol-ene reaction was developed to enable the rapid synthesis of a collection of 16 dideoxyiminoxylitols bearing various different lipophilic substituents. Enzyme kinetic analyses revealed that a number of these products are potent, low-nanomolar inhibitors of human glucocerebrosidase that stabilize the enzyme to thermal denaturation by up to 20 K. Cell based assays conducted on Gaucher disease patient derived fibroblasts demonstrated that administration of the compounds can increase lysosomal glucocerebrosidase activity levels by therapeutically relevant amounts, as much as 3.2-fold in cells homozygous for the p.N370S mutation and 1.4-fold in cells homozygous for the p.L444P mutation. Several compounds elicited this increase in enzyme activity over a relatively wide dosage range. The data assembled here illustrate how the lipophilic moiety common to many glucocerebrosidase inhibitors might be used to optimize a lead compound's ability to chaperone the protein in cellulo. The flexibility of this synthetic strategy makes it an attractive approach to the rapid optimization of glycosidase inhibitor potency and pharmacokinetic behavior.
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- Ethan D Goddard-Borger
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Stütz AE, Wrodnigg TM. Imino sugars and glycosyl hydrolases: historical context, current aspects, emerging trends. Adv Carbohydr Chem Biochem 2011; 66:187-298. [PMID: 22123190 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385518-3.00004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Forty years of discoveries and research on imino sugars, which are carbohydrate analogues having a basic nitrogen atom instead of oxygen in the sugar ring and, acting as potent glycosidase inhibitors, have made considerable impact on our contemporary understanding of glycosidases. Imino sugars have helped to elucidate the catalytic machinery of glycosidases and have refined our methods and concepts of utilizing them. A number of new aspects have emerged for employing imino sugars as pharmaceutical compounds, based on their profound effects on metabolic activities in which glycosidases are involved. From the digestion of starch to the fight against viral infections, from research into malignant diseases to potential improvements in hereditary storage disorders, glycosidase action and inhibition are essential issues. This account aims at combining general developments with a focus on some niches where imino sugars have become useful tools for glycochemistry and glycobiology.
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- Arnold E Stütz
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Austria
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