Synthesis of Novel Mimetics of CMP-Sialic Acid as the Inhibitors of Sialyltransferases

Toru  Tanaka; Machiko  Ozawa; Tsuyoshi  Miura; Toshiyuki  Inazu; Shuichi  Tsuji; Tetsuya  Kajimoto

doi:10.1055/s-2002-33518

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Synthesis of Novel Mimetics of CMP-Sialic Acid as the Inhibitors of
Sialyltransferases

Toru Tanaka^a, Machiko Ozawa^a, Tsuyoshi Miura^b, Toshiyuki Inazu^b, Shuichi Tsuji^c, Tetsuya Kajimoto*^a
^a Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8588,Japan
Fax: +81(42)3887295; e-Mail: kajimoto@cc.tuat.ac.jp;
^b The Noguchi Institute, 1-8-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003, Japan
^c Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8555, Japan

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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.

Key words

aldol reactions - amino acids - stereoselective synthesis - sialyltransferase - inhibitor

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