Synthesis of symmetrical C- and pseudo-symmetrical O-linked disaccharide analogs for arabinosyltransferase inhibitory activity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A Pathak, V Pathak, J Riordan, W Suling, Sudagar Gurcha, Gurdyal Besra, R Reynolds

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Abstract

Herein we report the synthesis of symmetrical C-linked and pseudo-symmetrical O-linked disaccharides structurally related to Araf motifs present in the cell wall of MTB. Their activity in a competition-based arabinosyltransferase assay using [14C]-DPA as the glycosyl donor is also presented. In addition, in vitro inhibitory activity for the disaccharides was determined in a colorimetric broth microdilution assay system against MTB H37Ra and Mycobacterium avium.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4527-4530
Number of pages4
JournalBioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume17
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2007

Keywords

  • tuberculosis
  • inhibitors
  • disaccharides
  • glycosyltransferases

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