Looking glass inhibitors: L-DMDP, a more potent and specific inhibitor of alpha-glucosidases than the enantiomeric natural product DMDP

Robert J. Nash, Naoki Asano, Ana L. Winters, C. Y. Yu, George W. J. Fleet, T. D. Butters, Kyoko Ikeda, R. A. Dwek, M. R. Wormald, M. X. Wang

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Abstract

L-DMDP, prepared from D-gulonolactone, is a highly specific inhibitor of a number of plant and mammalian -glucosidases [between 2 and 4 orders of magnitude more potent than the enantiomeric natural product DMDP] but is not an inhibitor of bacterial and yeast -glucosidases. Additionally N-butyl-DMDP is a potent inhibitor of ceramide-specific glucosyltransferase but N-butyl-L-DMDP shows no inhibition.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1936-1937
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jul 2004

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