The Search for Chemical Probes to Illuminate Carbohydrate Function

Kiessling, Laura L.; Carlson, Erin E.

doi:10.1002/9783527619375.ch11a

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“…Several of the galectins, including galectin-3, form complexes in which the 4-and 6hydroxyl groups of galactose form hydrogen bonds to the protein, whereas the remaining hydroxyl groups do not make direct contact (109). These nonessential ligand hydroxyl groups serve as points for modification, and it was postulated that aromatic substituents at the 3-position would enhance binding.…”

Section: Perturbation Of Protein-glycan Recognition With Monovalent Lmentioning

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Chemical Approaches to Glycobiology

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2010

Annu. Rev. Biochem.

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Glycans are ubiquitous components of all organisms. Efforts to elucidate glycan function and to understand how they are assembled and disassembled can reap benefits in fields ranging from bioenergy to human medicine. Significant advances in our knowledge of glycan biosynthesis and function are emerging, and chemical biology approaches are accelerating the pace of discovery. Novel strategies for assembling oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, and other glycoconjugates are providing access to critical materials for interrogating glycan function. Chemoselective reactions that facilitate the synthesis of glycan-substituted imaging agents, arrays, and materials are yielding compounds to interrogate and perturb glycan function and dysfunction. To complement these advances, small molecules are being generated that inhibit key glycan-binding proteins or biosynthetic enzymes. These examples illustrate how chemical glycobiology is providing new insight into the functional roles of glycans and new opportunities to interfere with or exploit these roles.

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Section: Perturbation Of Protein-glycan Recognition With Monovalent Lmentioning

confidence: 99%