Synthesis of galactofuranosyl-(1→5)-thiodisaccharide glycomimetics as inhibitors of a beta-D-galactofuranosidase

LO FIEGO, M. J.; MARINO C.; VARELA, O.

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Lugar: Londres; Año: 2015 vol. 5 p. 45631 - 45640

2046-2069

A straightforward synthesis of -D-galactofuranosyl-(1→5)-thiodisaccharides having the 6-deoxy methyl glycosides of L-altrose (16) or D-galactose (18) as reducing end is reported. These molecules are mimetics of the motif β-D-Galf-(15)-D-Galf found in glycoconjugates of many pathogenic microorganisms. The conformational preferences of 16 and 18 in solution were assessed by means of molecular modeling and NMR techniques. These thiodisaccharides have been evaluated as inhibitors of the -D-galactofuranosidase from Penicillium fellutanum. The kinetics of the inhibition showed that they behave as competitive inhibitors. As expected, compound 18 (Ki = 0.15 mM), with the same configuration for the reducing end as the natural substrate of the enzyme, was a stronger inhibitor than 16 (Ki = 2.23 mM).