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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Hans S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4456007 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hans Sunej S Altiti Ahmad A Mootoo David R DR
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20130901 40
The dimannosylatedinositol pseudotrisaccharide phospholipid of the lipoarabinomannan (LAM) component of the mycobacterial cell wall has attracted interest as a therapeutic target because of its uniqueness to mycobacteria, its assembly at an early stage in LAM biosynthesis and the immunological activity of oligosaccharides containing this subunit. Accordingly, analogues of this pseudotrisaccharide, α-d-mannose-(1 → 2)-α-d-mannose-(1 → 6)-d-myo-inositol are of interest as mechanistic probes and dr ...[more]