A Structural-Reporter Group to Determine the Core Conformation of Sialyl Lewisx Mimetics

Autor: Beatrice Wagner, Florian P. C. Binder, Xiaohua Jiang, Tobias Mühlethaler, Roland C. Preston, Said Rabbani, Martin Smieško, Oliver Schwardt, Beat Ernst
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 28, Iss 6, p 2595 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28062595
Popis: The d-GlcNAc moiety in sialyl Lewisx (sLex, 1) acts predominantly as a linker to position the d-Gal and the l-Fuc moieties in the bioactive spatial orientation. The hypothesis has been made that the NHAc group of GlcNAc pushes the fucose underneath the galactose and, thus, contributes to the stabilization of the bioactive conformation of the core of sLex (1). To test this hypothesis, GlcNAc mimetics consisting of (R,R)-1,2-cyclohexanediols substituted with alkyl and aryl substituents adjacent to the linking position of the fucose moiety were synthesized. To explore a broad range of extended and spatially demanding R-groups, an enzymatic approach for the synthesis of 3-alkyl/aryl-1,2-cyclohexanediols (3b-n) was applied. These cyclohexanediol derivatives were incorporated into the sLex mimetics 2b-n. For analyzing the relationship of affinity and core conformation, a 1H NMR structural-reporter-group concept was applied. Thus, the chemical shift of H-C5Fuc proved to be a sensitive indicator for the degree of pre-organization of the core of this class of sLex mimetics and therefore could be used to quantify the contribution of the R-groups.
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