Glucosyl epi-cyclophellitol allows mechanism-based inactivation and structural analysis of human pancreatic α-amylase

Autor: Xiaohua Zhang, Sami Caner, Gary D. Brayer, Jianbing Jiang, Stephen G. Withers, Nham T. Nguyen, Hermen S. Overkleeft, Hong-Ming Chen
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: FEBS letters. 590(8)
ISSN: 1873-3468
Popis: As part of a search for selective, mechanism-based covalent inhibitors of human pancreatic α-amylase we describe the chemoenzymatic synthesis of the disaccharide analog α-glucosyl epi-cyclophellitol, demonstrate its stoichiometric reaction with human pancreatic α-amylase and evaluate the time dependence of its inhibition. X-ray crystallographic analysis of the covalent derivative so formed confirms its reaction at the active site with formation of a covalent bond to the catalytic nucleophile D197. The structure illuminates the interactions with the active site and confirms OH4' on the nonreducing end sugar as a good site for attachment of fluorescent tags in generating probes for localization and quantitation of amylase in vivo.
Databáze: OpenAIRE