Rye Carl S, Withers Stephen G
Department of Chemistry, 2036 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1.
Carbohydr Res. 2004 Feb 25;339(3):699-703. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2003.12.011.
A thio-linked disaccharide based on the structure of the glycosaminoglycan chondroitin was synthesized as a potential inhibitor of chondroitin AC lyase from Flavobacterium heparinum for structural analysis of the active site. Instead it was found to be a slow substrate, thereby demonstrating that lyases, in contrast to glycosidases, can cleave thioglycoside links between sugars.