S. Canevari et al., Synthesis, modeling and binding affinity of an ester analogue of the terminal trisaccharide of the tumor-associated antigen globo-H-1, TETRAHEDRON, 55(5), 1999, pp. 1469-1478
The synthesis of the trisacchatide alpha-L-Fucp-(1-->2)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->3)
-beta-D-Galp (3), mimicking the globo-H terminal trisaccharide unit (2), is
described. The conformational properties of 3 were investigated with the a
id of molecular mechanics energy minimizations, molecular dynamics simulati
ons, and H-1-NMR spectroscopic analysis and resulted in strict analogy with
those of 2. Nevertheless, analysis of MBr1 binding to these compounds indi
cate that substitution of the acetamido group at C-2 with the eater group l
owers the affinity, thus suggesting that the amide hydrogen atom of 2 is in
volved in intermolecular interactions with the MBr1 antibody. (C) 1999 Else
vier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.