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Synthesis of novel mimetics of CMP-sialic acid as the inhibitors of sialyltransferases
Tanaka, Toru,Ozawa, Machiko,Miura, Tsuyoshi,Inazu, Toshiyuki,Tsuji, Shuichi,Kajimoto, Tetsuya
, p. 1487 - 1490 (2002)
Novel mimetics of CMP-sialic acid were designed as the inhibitors of sialyltransferases. They were synthesized in a short step from a cytosine carrying β-hydroxy-α-L-amino acid based on the knowledge that nikkomycin, a peptidic derivative of an uracil carrying amino acid, shows a potent inhibitory activity toward N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferases that employ UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as the donor substrate. The cytosine carrying β-hydroxyl-α-L-amino acid, a key intermediate in our synthetic strategy, was easily prepared by the L-threonine aldolase (LTA) catalyzed reaction.
