Glycosaminoglycans: what remains to be deciphered?

S Perez, O Makshakova, J Angulo, E Bedini, A Bisio… - Jacs Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are complex polysaccharides exhibiting a vast structural
diversity and fulfilling various functions mediated by thousands of interactions in the …

Oligosaccharide synthesis and translational innovation

L Krasnova, CH Wong - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019 - ACS Publications
The translation of biological glycosylation in humans to the clinical applications involves
systematic studies using homogeneous samples of oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates …

Automated solution-phase multiplicative synthesis of complex glycans up to a 1,080-mer

W Yao, DC Xiong, Y Yang, C Geng, Z Cong, F Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Carbohydrates play essential roles in nature, such as in cell–cell communication, cell growth
and immunoresponse. However, the synthesis of structurally well-defined carbohydrates …

Efficient platform for synthesizing comprehensive heparan sulfate oligosaccharide libraries for decoding glycosaminoglycan–protein interactions

L Wang, AW Sorum, BS Huang, MK Kern, G Su… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are abundant, ubiquitous carbohydrates in biology, yet their
structural complexity has limited an understanding of their biological roles and structure …

Glycans in drug discovery

P Valverde, A Ardá, NC Reichardt… - …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Glycans are key players in many biological processes. They are essential for protein folding
and stability and act as recognition elements in cell–cell and cell–matrix interactions. Thus …

Automated quantification of hydroxyl reactivities: Prediction of glycosylation reactions

CW Chang, MH Lin, CK Chan, KY Su… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The stereoselectivity and yield in glycosylation reactions are paramount but unpredictable.
We have developed a database of acceptor nucleophilic constants (Aka) to quantify the …

Hierarchical and programmable one-pot synthesis of oligosaccharides

CW Cheng, Y Zhou, WH Pan, S Dey, CY Wu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The programmable one-pot oligosaccharide synthesis method was designed to enable the
rapid synthesis of a large number of oligosaccharides, using the software Optimer to search …

An efficient modular one-pot synthesis of heparin-based anticoagulant idraparinux

S Dey, HJ Lo, CH Wong - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Idraparinux is a fully O-sulfated α-methyl glycoside of heparin pentasaccharide motif known
to interact with the antithrombin III domain and act as anticoagulant. The current most …

Expedient synthesis of core disaccharide building blocks from natural polysaccharides for heparan sulfate oligosaccharide assembly

NJ Pawar, L Wang, T Higo, C Bhattacharya… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The complex sulfation motifs of heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans (HS GAGs) play critical
roles in many important biological processes. However, an understanding of their specific …

Programmable one-pot synthesis of heparin pentasaccharide fondaparinux

S Dey, HJ Lo, CH Wong - Organic letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The clinically approved Fondaparinux (Arixtra) has been used for the treatment of deep vein
thrombosis and acute pulmonary embolism since 2002 and is considered to be better than …