Synthesis ofN-Acetylglucosamine derivatives as probes for specificity of chicken hepatic lectin |
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Authors: | Yoshitaka Ichikawa Reiko T Lee Yuan C Lee |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biology, the Johns Hopkins University, 21218 Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.;(2) McCollum-Pratt Institute, the Johns Hopkins University, 21218 Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Syntheses of the following compounds are described: 6-(Trifluoroacetylamino)hexyl 2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy--d-glucopyranoside and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy--d-xylopyranoside, two allyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy--d-glucopyranosiduronic acid derivatives, and several allyl 2-acylamido-2-deoxy--d-glucopyranosides having different acyl groups. These and other compounds were used as inhibitors in the binding assay for the chicken hepatic lectin specific forN-acetylglucosamine. We found that: 1) The inhibitory potency ofN-acylglucosamine derivatives decreased progressively with increase in the size of acyl group, 2) absence of either 3-or 4-OH group ofN-acetylglucosamine lowered the binding affinity more than 100-fold, and 3) the presence of a negatively charged group (carboxylic acid) at the C-6 position did not lower the affinity. The first two items are similar to the mammalian hepatic galactose/N-acetylgalactosamine lectins, but the last item is in a strong contrast to the mammalian lectins.Abbreviations XyLNAc N-acetyl-d-xylosamine - BSA bovine serum albumin - NeuAc N-acetylneuraminic acid - GlcNAc34-BSA amidino-type neoglycoprotein [6] containing on the average 34N-acetylglucosaminyl residues per BSA molecule |
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Keywords: | N-acetylglucosamine derivatives chicken hepatic lectin N-acetylglucosamine-specific lectin |
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