Synthesis of 4-Azido-<i>N</i>-acetylhexosamine Uridine Diphosphate Donors: Clickable Glycosaminoglycans
                                
                                    
                                        作者:Xing Zhang、Dixy E. Green、Victor L. Schultz、Lei Lin、Xiaorui Han、Ruitong Wang、Alexander Yaksic、So Young Kim、Paul L. DeAngelis、Robert J. Linhardt                                    
                                    
                                        DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.7b01787
                                    
                                    
                                        日期:2017.9.15
                                    
                                    Unnatural chemically modified nucleotide sugars UDP-4-N-3-GlcNAc and UDP-4-N-3-GalNAc were chemically synthesized for the first time. These unnatural UDP sugar products were then tested for incorporation into hyaluronan, heparosan, or chondroitin using polysaccharide synthases. UDP-4-N-3-GlcNAc served as a chain termination substrate for hyaluronan or heparosan synthases; the resulting 4-N-3-GlcNAc-terminated hyaluronan and heparosan were then successfully conjugated with Alexa Fluor 488 DIBO alkyne, demonstrating that this approach is generally applicable for labeling and detection of suitable glycosaminoglycans.