Synthesis of a di-O-methylated pentasaccharide for use in the assay of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III activity

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(94)84185-3

The biantennary oligosaccharide analogue β-D-GlcpNAc-(1 → 2)-α-D-Manp-(1 → 3)[β-D-GlcpNAc-(1 → 2)-α-D-Manp-(1 → 6)]-β-D-Manp-O(CH₂)₈COOMe (3) is a potential substrate for N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases (GlcNAcTs) III-V which are pr