The mad cow disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is a deadly, neurodegenerative disease in cattle, which causes spongy in the brain and spinal cord. Many scientists think the disease as transmittable to human beings by taking the brain and spinal cord of infected cattle. In an effort to study important biological functions of the mad cow disease and to develop the chemotherapy agents, it is essential to synthesize the glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol (GPI) anchor, which connects scrapie prion protein via their C-terminus to eukaryotic cell membranes. In the present work, the synthesis of {a-D-Manp-(1→2)-a-D-Manp-(1→2)-a-D-Manp-(1→6)-[b-D -GalNAcp-(1→4)]-a-D-Manp}, a suitably protected form of pentasaccharide unit of GPI anchor of scrapie prion protein was achieved by assembling of five monosaccharide building blocks with careful stereo- and position-manipulations. The ready accessibility of all starting materials, the high yields obtained in all reaction steps, including the glycosylation reactions which were carried out with trichloroacetimidates, provide an excellent basis for further successful syntheses in this field.
저자
Ye-Jin Ji [ Center for bioactive Molecular Hybrids, Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University ]
Kwan Soo Kim [ Center for bioactive Molecular Hybrids, Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University ]
본 학회는 화학, 생화학, 분자생물학, 미생물학, 식품공학, 의학, 약학, 유전공학 및 생물공학, 환경 및 기타 공업 등 전 분야의 탄수화물관련 이론과 기술을 연구 발전시키고 산학협동을 통해 이를 보급하여 국내 관련 산업의 발전 및 국민생활의 과학화에 기여하고자 하며, 이러한 목표와 비젼의 실현을 위해 회원들이 적극적인 참여와 활동을 전개하고자 한다.