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The first chemical synthesis of UDP[6-3H]-α-D- galactofuranose
Marino, Karina,Marino, Carla,Lima, Carlos,Baldoni, Luciana,De Lederkremer, Rosa M.
, p. 2958 - 2964 (2007/10/03)
Galactofuranose metabolism is a good target for the development of novel chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of some microbial infections. This is a valid objective because galactofuranose is absent in mammals. Two enzymes are involved in the biosynthesis of molecules containing galactofuranose: a mutase, which catalyzes the interconversion of UDP-Galp and UDP-Galf, and D-galactofuranosyltransferases. The mechanism of action of the mutase and its inhibition is currently being investigated, whereas studies on the galactofuranosyltransferases have been hampered by the lack of a labeled galactofuranose nucleotide. In the present work we describe the chemical synthesis of UDP-α-D-[6-3H]Galf and we prove its effectiveness for incorporation of radioactive galactofuranose into a natural acceptor. This is the first report on the chemical synthesis of a labeled donor of galactofuranose with the potential for studying the galactofuranosyltransferases independently from the UDP-Galp mutase. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2005.
Improved chemical synthesis of UDP-galactofuranose
Marlow, Allison L.,Kiessling, Laura L.
, p. 2517 - 2519 (2007/10/03)
(Equation presented) A reliable and efficient synthetic route to UDP-α-D-galactofuranose (UDP-Galf) has been developed. Reaction of UMP-N-methylimidazolide with Galf 1-phosphate proceeds rapidly to provide UDP-Galf with excellent reproducibility and in a yield approximately twice as high as those reported previously.
Studies of UDP-galactopyranose mutase from Escherichia coli: An unusual role of reduced FAD in its catalysis
Zhang, Qibo,Liu, Hung-Wen
, p. 9065 - 9070 (2007/10/03)
The galactofuranose moiety found in many surface constituents of microorganisms is derived from UDP-D-galactopyranose (UDP-Galp) via a unique ring contraction reaction catalyzed by UDP-Galp mutase. This enzyme, which has been isolated from several bacteri
The first chemical synthesis of UDP-α-D-galactofuranose
Tsvetkov, Yury E.,Nikolaev, Andrei V.
, p. 889 - 891 (2007/10/03)
The chemical synthesis of uridine 5′-diphosphate α-D-galactofuranose (UDP-Galf) was examined. UDP-Galf was synthesized from α-D-galactofuranosyl phosphate and uridine 5′-monophosphate. The potential use of UDP-Galf as a biochemical donor of D-galactofuran
