The past decade witnessed a renaissance in the chemistry and biochemistry of inositols,
mainly due to the realization of the role played by phosphorylated myo-inositol (1, Chart 1) …

Glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) are complex glycolipids that are covalently linked to the
C‐terminus of proteins as a posttranslational modification. They anchor the attached protein …

Pinning down the role of the anchor: The chemical synthesis of a cysteine-modified
glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor provides access to homogeneous GPI-anchored …

We isolated from beef liver a putative insulin mediator termed INS-2, 1. Its structure was
determined to be a novel inositol glycan pseudo-disaccharide Mn2+ chelate containing d …

A GPI anchor bearing unsaturated fatty acid lipid chains (1) was synthesized by a highly
convergent strategy employing the para-methoxybenzyl group for permanent hydroxyl …

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) glycolipids anchor a large number of proteins in the cell
membrane of eukaryotic cells. Their conserved pseudopentasaccharide core carries …

Conventional solution-phase synthesis of thioglycosides from glycosyl acetates and thiols in
the presence of In (III) triflate as reported for benzyl thioglucoside failed when applied to the …

DC-SIGN, a lectin, which presents at the surface of immature dendritic cells, constitutes
nowadays a promising target for the design of new antiviral drugs. This lectin recognizes …

A convenient odorless methodology has been devised for the preparation of 1, 2-trans-thio-
and selenoglycosides through zinc-mediated cleavage of disulfides and diselenides and …

A GPI-anchored dipeptide of sperm CD52 antigen was prepared through a convergent
synthesis. First, the dipeptide with its C-terminus free and the GPI with its nonreducing end …