Structural Snapshots for Mechanism-Based Inactivation of a Glycoside Hydrolase by Cyclopropyl Carbasugars.
Adamson, C., Pengelly, R.J., Shamsi Kazem Abadi, S., Chakladar, S., Draper, J., Britton, R., Gloster, T.M., Bennet, A.J.(2016) Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 55: 14978-14982
- PubMed: 27783466 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201607431
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5M0X, 5M12, 5M16, 5M1I - PubMed Abstract: 
Glycoside hydrolases (GHs) have attracted considerable attention as targets for therapeutic agents, and thus mechanism-based inhibitors are of great interest. We report the first structural analysis of a carbocyclic mechanism-based GH inactivator, the results of which show that the two Michaelis complexes are in 2 H 3 conformations. We also report the synthesis and reactivity of a fluorinated analogue and the structure of its covalently linked intermediate (flattened 2 H 3 half-chair). We conclude that these inactivator reactions mainly involve motion of the pseudo-anomeric carbon atom, knowledge that should stimulate the design of new transition-state analogues for use as chemical biology tools.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.