Volume 41, Issue 16 pp. 3041-3044
Communication

Synthesis and Evaluation of Transition-State Analogue Inhibitors of α-1,3-Fucosyltransferase

Michael L. Mitchell Dr.

Michael L. Mitchell Dr.

Department of Chemistry and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology The Scripps Research Institute 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA) Fax: (+1) 858-784-2409

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Feng Tian Dr.

Feng Tian Dr.

Department of Chemistry and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology The Scripps Research Institute 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA) Fax: (+1) 858-784-2409

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Lac V. Lee Dr.

Lac V. Lee Dr.

Department of Chemistry and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology The Scripps Research Institute 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA) Fax: (+1) 858-784-2409

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Chi-Huey Wong Prof.

Chi-Huey Wong Prof.

Department of Chemistry and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology The Scripps Research Institute 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA) Fax: (+1) 858-784-2409

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This work was supported by the NIH and the Skaggs Institute. M.L.M. acknowledges fellowships from UNCF⋅Merck Science Initiative and Skaggs Predoctoral Fellows Program.

Graphical Abstract

Mimics of the geometry or charge of the fucose moiety of GDP-fucose in the transition state of fucosyltransferase-catalyzed reactions, compounds 13 are good competive inhibitors of α-1,3-fucosyltransferases V and VI with Ki values between 6 and 13 μM. GDP=guanosine diphosphate.

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