Amorelli Benjamin, Yang Chunhua, Rempel Brian, Withers Stephen G, Knapp Spencer
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 May 1;18(9):2944-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.03.067. Epub 2008 Mar 28.
Several C-1 homologated GlcNAc- and GalNAc-thiazolines, as well as a related GalNAc-thiazole, have been prepared. The compounds are analogues of GlcNAc-thiazoline, a potent transition-state-mimicking inhibitor of retaining beta-N-acetylglycosaminidases. Kinetic evaluation of these fused pyranose-heterocycles against the bacterial N-acetylhexosaminidase SpHex suggests active site steric restrictions around the substrate anomeric carbon.