From 1,4-Disaccharide to 1,3-Glycosyl Carbasugar: Synthesis of a Bespoke Inhibitor of Family GH99 Endo-alpha-mannosidase.
Lu, D., Zhu, S., Sobala, L.F., Bernardo-Seisdedos, G., Millet, O., Zhang, Y., Jimenez-Barbero, J., Davies, G.J., Sollogoub, M.(2018) Org Lett 20: 7488-7492
- PubMed: 30427198 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03260
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6HMG, 6HMH - PubMed Abstract: 
Understanding the enzyme reaction mechanism can lead to the design of enzyme inhibitors. A Claisen rearrangement was used to allow conversion of an α-1,4-disaccharide into an α-1,3-linked glycosyl carbasugar to target the endo-α-mannosidase from the GH99 glycosidase family, which, unusually, is believed to act through a 1,2-anhydrosugar "epoxide" intermediate. Using NMR and X-ray crystallography, it is shown that glucosyl carbasugar α-aziridines can act as reasonably potent endo-α-mannosidase inhibitors, likely by virtue of their shape mimicry and the interactions of the aziridine nitrogen with the conserved catalytic acid/base of the enzyme active site.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Sorbonne Université , CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR 8232 , 4 place Jussieu , 75005 Paris , France.