PMID: 30663832

Authors:

Coyle T, Wu L, Debowski A, Davies G, Stubbs KA

Title:

Synthetic and crystallographic insight into exploiting sp2-hybridization in the development of alpha-L-fucosidase inhibitors.

Journal:

Chembiochem. 2019 Jan 21. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201800710.

Abstract:

The sugar fucose plays a myriad of roles in biological recognition. Enzymes hydrolyzing fucose from glycoconjugates, alpha-L-fucosidases, are important targets for inhibitor and probe development. Here we describe the synthesis and evaluation of novel alpha-L-fucosidase inhibitors, with X-ray crystallographic analysis using an alpha-L-fucosidase from Bacteroides thetaiotamicron helping to lay a foundation for future development of inhibitors for this important enzyme class.