Synthesis, Evaluation, and Mechanism of N,N,N-Trimethyl-D-glucosamine-(1→4)-chitooligosaccharides as Selective Inhibitors of Glycosyl Hydrolase Family 20 β-N-Acetyl-D-hexosaminidases
Cutting out sugar: TMG‐chitotriomycin (shown) is a natural selectiveinhibitor against bacterial and insect β‐N‐acetyl‐D‐hexosaminidases. We have synthesized a series of analogues containing one to four GlcNAc units and found TMG‐(GlcNAc)2 to be as active as TMG‐chitotriomycin. The selective inhibition mechanism of TMG‐chitotriomycin was also explained.