Inhibition of the key enzyme of sialic acid biosynthesis by C6-Se modified N-acetylmannosamine analogs.

ABSTRACT: Synthetically accessible C6-analogs of N-acetylmannosamine (ManNAc) were tested as potential inhibitors of the bifunctional UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE/MNK), the key enzyme of sialic acid biosynthesis. Enzymatic experiments revealed that the modification introduced at the C6 saccharide position strongly influences the inhibitory potency. A C6-ManNAc diselenide dimer showed the strongest kinase inhibition in the low μM range among all the substrates tested and successfully reduced cell surface sialylation in Jurkat cells.

SUBMITTER: Nieto-Garcia O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6013775 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature