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Structural Snapshots for Mechanism-Based Inactivation of a Glycoside Hydrolase by Cyclopropyl Carbasugars.

ABSTRACT: Glycoside hydrolases (GHs) have attracted considerable attention as targets for therapeutic agents, and thus mechanism-based inhibitors are of great interest. We report the first structural analysis of a carbocyclic mechanism-based GH inactivator, the results of which show that the two Michaelis complexes are in 2 H3 conformations. We also report the synthesis and reactivity of a fluorinated analogue and the structure of its covalently linked intermediate (flattened 2 H3 half-chair). We conclude that these inactivator reactions mainly involve motion of the pseudo-anomeric carbon atom, knowledge that should stimulate the design of new transition-state analogues for use as chemical biology tools.

SUBMITTER: Adamson C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5132143 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural Snapshots for Mechanism-Based Inactivation of a Glycoside Hydrolase by Cyclopropyl Carbasugars.

Adamson Christopher C Pengelly Robert J RJ Shamsi Kazem Abadi Saeideh S Chakladar Saswati S Draper Jason J Britton Robert R Gloster Tracey M TM Bennet Andrew J AJ

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20161026 48

Glycoside hydrolases (GHs) have attracted considerable attention as targets for therapeutic agents, and thus mechanism-based inhibitors are of great interest. We report the first structural analysis of a carbocyclic mechanism-based GH inactivator, the results of which show that the two Michaelis complexes are in 2 H3 conformations. We also report the synthesis and reactivity of a fluorinated analogue and the structure of its covalently linked intermediate (flattened 2< ...[more]

PMID: 27783466

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Structural Snapshots for Mechanism-Based Inactivation of a Glycoside Hydrolase by Cyclopropyl Carbasugars.

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Structural Snapshots for Mechanism-Based Inactivation of a Glycoside Hydrolase by Cyclopropyl Carbasugars.

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