Synthesis and photolytic activation of 6″-O-2-nitrobenzyl uridine-5′-diphosphogalactose: a ‘caged’ UDP-Gal derivative
摘要:
Placing an 2-nitrobenzyl group on O-6 of the galactosyl residue in uridine-5'-diphosphogalactose (UDP-Gal) gives 6 ''-O-2-nitrobenzyl-UDP-Gal that is shown to be inactive as a donor substrate for beta-(1 -> 4)-galactosyltransferase (GalT). On irradiation at 365 nm, the nitrobenzyl group is completely removed yielding native UDP-Gal that then transfers normally to produce the expected beta Gal-(1 -> 4)-beta GlcNAc disaccharidic linkage. 6 ''-O-2-Nitrobenzyl-UDP-Gal thus fulfils the minimum requirements of a 'caged' UDP-Gal for application in time-resolved crystallographic studies of beta-(1 -> 4)-GalT. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Synthesis and photolytic activation of 6″-O-2-nitrobenzyl uridine-5′-diphosphogalactose: a ‘caged’ UDP-Gal derivative
摘要:
Placing an 2-nitrobenzyl group on O-6 of the galactosyl residue in uridine-5'-diphosphogalactose (UDP-Gal) gives 6 ''-O-2-nitrobenzyl-UDP-Gal that is shown to be inactive as a donor substrate for beta-(1 -> 4)-galactosyltransferase (GalT). On irradiation at 365 nm, the nitrobenzyl group is completely removed yielding native UDP-Gal that then transfers normally to produce the expected beta Gal-(1 -> 4)-beta GlcNAc disaccharidic linkage. 6 ''-O-2-Nitrobenzyl-UDP-Gal thus fulfils the minimum requirements of a 'caged' UDP-Gal for application in time-resolved crystallographic studies of beta-(1 -> 4)-GalT. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.