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SUBMITTER: Zhu S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7376576 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhu Sanyong S Li Jiayi J Loka Ravi S RS Song Zhenfeng Z Vlodavsky Israel I Zhang Kezhong K Nguyen Hien M HM
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20200407 8
Heparanase cleaves polymeric heparan sulfate (HS) molecules into smaller oligosaccharides, allowing for release of angiogenic growth factors promoting tumor development and autoreactive immune cells to reach the insulin-producing β cells. Interaction of heparanase with HS chains is regulated by specific substrate sulfation sequences. We have synthesized 11 trisaccharides that are highly tunable in structure and sulfation pattern, allowing us to determine how heparanase recognizes HS substrate an ...[more]