A dynamic combinatorial library for biomimetic recognition of dipeptides in water

• Florian Klepel and
• Bart Jan Ravoo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1588–1595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.131

• , which is in agreement with the apparently weaker interaction in D2O [25]. Conclusion In summary, we demonstrated that artificial peptide receptors can emerge from a peptide-based DCL under competitive conditions in water. In agreement with our previous works on carbohydrate recognition, this supports

Stereo- and regioselective hydroboration of 1-exo-methylene pyranoses: discovery of aryltriazolylmethyl C-galactopyranosides as selective galectin-1 inhibitors

• Alexander Dahlqvist,
• Axel Furevi,
• Niklas Warlin,
• Hakon Leffler and
• Ulf J. Nilsson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1046–1060, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.102

• /bjoc.15.102 Abstract Galectins are carbohydrate recognition proteins that bind carbohydrates containing galactose and are involved in cell signaling and cellular interactions, involving them in several diseases. We present the synthesis of (aryltriazolyl)methyl galactopyranoside galectin inhibitors

• ; galectin-1; hydroboration; inhibition; selective; triazole; Introduction Galectins are defined by a typically about 130 amino acid carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) that binds to carbohydrates with at least one β-galactose subunit within a binding pocket large enough to accommodate a tetrasaccharide

Lectins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis – rarely studied proteins

• Katharina Kolbe,
• Sri Kumar Veleti,
• Norbert Reiling and
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1–15, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.1

• identified based on the primary amino acid sequence alone, due to the presence of conserved lectin-associated domains (carbohydrate-recognition domains; CRDs) [27]. Well known lectin examples within the innate immune system include the DC-specific intercellular adhesion molecule 3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC

• containing a carbohydrate-recognition domain similar to the CRD in ricin, a toxin of the poisonous plant Ricinus communis. R-type lectins have been detected in plants, animals, and bacteria. Plant R-type lectins often contain a separate subunit functioning as a toxin. Furthermore, ricin-type lectin domains

• mediating and regulating numerous biological processes which are initiated by specific carbohydrate recognition. Much effort has been dedicated to the synthesis of specific lectin ligands in order to study and manipulate lectins. On the other hand, intensive work has been spent on the identification and

What contributes to an effective mannose recognition domain?

• Christoph P. Sager,
• Deniz Eriş,
• Martin Smieško,
• Rachel Hevey and
• Beat Ernst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2584–2595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.255

• carbohydrate–lectin interactions of the innate immune system but also in bacterial adhesion, a process key for the bacterium’s survival. In an effort to better understand the particular characteristics, which contribute to a successful carbohydrate recognition domain, the mannose-binding sites of six C-type

• ; multivalency; pre-organization; Review Recognition of carbohydrate ligands For the recognition of carbohydrate ligands, nature has explored binding sites of different shapes and properties. The large family of C-type lectins (CLECs) exhibits carbohydrate-recognition domains (CRDs) which incorporate a calcium

O-Alkylated heavy atom carbohydrate probes for protein X-ray crystallography: Studies towards the synthesis of methyl 2-O-methyl-L-selenofucopyranoside

• Roman Sommer,
• Dirk Hauck,
• Annabelle Varrot,
• Anne Imberty,
• Markus Künzler and
• Alexander Titz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2828–2833, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.282

• details will be reported in due course. Alkylseleno glycosides, such as 1, are used as tools for X-ray crystallography of lectins. Some lectins require O-alkylation for carbohydrate recognition, e.g., the fungal Lb-Tec2 binds to 2-O-methyl fucoside 2. The heavy-atom probe 3 bearing the required O

Are D-manno-configured Amadori products ligands of the bacterial lectin FimH?

• Tobias-Elias Gloe,
• Insa Stamer,
• Cornelia Hojnik,
• Tanja M. Wrodnigg and
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1096–1104, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.123

• squaric ester monoester 4 6900 times higher [15], and the indolinylphenyl mannoside 5 arrives at an IC50 of 2.4 nM [8]. Cartoon illustrating ligand binding by the bacterial lectin FimH. Complexation of D-manno-configured C-glycosyl-type glycoconjugates inside the carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) of

Glycodendrimers: tools to explore multivalent galectin-1 interactions

• Jonathan M. Cousin and
• Mary J. Cloninger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 739–747, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.84

• activity through multivalent interactions with cell surface glycoconjugates [1][2][3][4]. Galectin-1 is a non-covalent homodimer that belongs to a family of β-galactoside binding proteins called galectins [5][6][7]. The monomeric units are oriented such that the two carbohydrate recognition domains are

• lactose endgroups on the dendrimers and the carbohydrate recognition site of galectin-1 occurs when nanoparticles are formed (Figure 6). Control experiments were performed with different functional groups on the multivalent framework. No aggregates were detected upon the addition of a polyhydroxylated

Synthesis of carbohydrate-scaffolded thymine glycoconjugates to organize multivalency

• Anna K. Ciuk and
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 668–674, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.75

• Anna K. Ciuk Thisbe K. Lindhorst Christiana Albertina University of Kiel, Otto Diels Institute of Organic Chemistry, Otto-Hahn-Platz 3/4, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Fax: +49 431 8807410 10.3762/bjoc.11.75 Abstract Multivalency effects are essential in carbohydrate recognition processes as occurring

• ] photocycloaddition; carbohydrate scaffolds; multivalency; thymine glycoconjugates; Introduction Multivalency of molecular interactions is a fundamental principle in carbohydrate recognition. It influences the avidity and specificity of carbohydrate–protein interactions as well as it enables supramolecular changes

• other way. These processes allow to control, regulate and fine-tune the complex life of eukaryotes. We have recently focused our research dedicated to multivalency effects in carbohydrate recognition on the aspect of conformational control of multivalent assemblies, such as micelles [5] or glycoarrays

Expeditive synthesis of trithiotriazine-cored glycoclusters and inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation

• Meriem Smadhi,
• Sophie de Bentzmann,
• Anne Imberty,
• Marc Gingras,
• Raoudha Abderrahim and
• Peter G. Goekjian

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1981–1990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.206

• bioactivity of these lectins in host recognition and adhesion in biofilm formation represents an attractive antibacterial strategy, as multivalent carbohydrate motifs on cell surfaces are known to mediate a broad range of cellular and tissue adhesion processes. Carbohydrate recognition in biological systems

Multivalent scaffolds induce galectin-3 aggregation into nanoparticles

• Candace K. Goodman,
• Mark L. Wolfenden,
• Pratima Nangia-Makker,
• Anna K. Michel,
• Avraham Raz and
• Mary J. Cloninger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1570–1577, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.162

• , apoptosis, angiogenesis, and B cell activation [8][9][10]. Galectin-3 has been reported to be involved in mechanisms that cluster cell surface glycoproteins [10][11], cross-link receptors [12], and form lattices and larger aggregates [13]. Structurally, galectin-3 is composed of one carbohydrate recognition

• resulted in disassembly (Table S3, Supporting Information File 1). Analysis of concentration effects and kinetics of aggregation and disaggregation are beyond the scope of this report but are under investigation. Experiments using 5 and truncated galectin-3, which has only the carbohydrate recognition

• galectin-3 binding site must then be enabling protein–protein interactions. Some of these protein–protein interactions may occur because of intertwining of the N-terminal domains that are now in close proximity. However, protein–protein interactions using the carbohydrate recognition domains of galectin-3

Postsynthetic functionalization of glycodendrons at the focal point

• Thisbe K. Lindhorst and
• Katharina Elsner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1482–1487, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.152

• of compounds, the carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are involved in numerous biological recognition processes, where they are often displayed in the form of multivalent conjugates such as on the surface of cells [1]. To investigate multivalency in carbohydrate recognition, multivalent glycomimetics, for

Design and synthesis of multivalent neoglycoconjugates by click conjugations

• Feiqing Ding,
• Li Ji,
• Ronny William,
• Hua Chai and
• Xue-Wei Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1325–1332, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.134

• (Table 3, method B). This result showed that the synthesis of 3-tosylamino-2,3-dideoxyneoglycoconjugates via copper-catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition is highly efficient under microwave irradiation. In carbohydrate recognition events, higher multivalent interactions are absolutely essential as the

Human dendritic cell activation induced by a permannosylated dendron containing an antigenic GM₃-lactone mimetic

• Renato Ribeiro-Viana,
• Elena Bonechi,
• Javier Rojo,
• Clara Ballerini,
• Giuseppina Comito,
• Barbara Richichi and
• Cristina Nativi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1317–1324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.133

• glycosylated proteins expressed on pathogens by means of its carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) [21]. CLRs are antigen-uptake receptors. Moreover, the signaling pathways downstream induced by these receptors play a pivotal role in tailoring the immune response to break tumor-induced immunosuppression [22

Molecular architecture with carbohydrate functionalized β-peptides adopting 3₁₄-helical conformation

• Nitin J. Pawar,
• Navdeep S. Sidhu,
• George M. Sheldrick,
• Dilip D. Dhavale and
• Ulf Diederichsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 948–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.93

• , India Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August University Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.10.93 Abstract Carbohydrate recognition is essential in cellular interactions and biological processes. It is characterized by structural diversity, multivalency and

• oligomers varying the sugar (glucose, galactose, xylose) and sugar protecting groups. The influence of sugar units and the configuration of sugar-β-amino acids on β-peptide secondary structure were investigated by CD spectroscopy. Keywords: carbohydrate recognition; conformation; glycopeptide; β-peptide

• -helix. The sugar hydroxy groups permit additional interactions of the water-soluble peptides. Further, uniform orientation and defined distances of side-chain sugar residues offer the opportunity to use sugar functionalized peptide scaffolds to study multivalency in carbohydrate recognition. The glucose

End-labeled amino terminated monotelechelic glycopolymers generated by ROMP and Cu(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition

• Ronald Okoth and
• Amit Basu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 608–612, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.66

• metathesis; triazole; Findings Polymers functionalized with carbohydrate side chains, also referred to as glycopolymers, constitute important synthetic probes for the study of carbohydrate recognition [1][2][3]. Glycopolymers prepared by ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornene and

Synthesis and testing of the first azobenzene mannobioside as photoswitchable ligand for the bacterial lectin FimH

• Vijayanand Chandrasekaran,
• Katharina Kolbe,
• Femke Beiroth and
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 223–233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.26

• computer-aided docking studies to get an idea of their interactions with the carbohydrate-recognition domain (CRD) of the lectin. Docking of azobenzene mannobioside 2 into the carbohydrate binding site of FimH To visualise complexation of the (E)- and (Z)-isomers of azobenzene mannobioside 2 within the CRD

Mannose-decorated cyclodextrin vesicles: The interplay of multivalency and surface density in lectin–carbohydrate recognition

• Ulrike Kauscher and
• Bart Jan Ravoo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1543–1551, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.175

En route to photoaffinity labeling of the bacterial lectin FimH

• Thisbe K. Lindhorst,
• Michaela Märten,
• Andreas Fuchs and
• Stefan D. Knight

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 810–822, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.91

• , Uppsala Biomedical Center, SE-75124 Uppsala, Sweden 10.3762/bjoc.6.91 Abstract Mannose-specific adhesion of Escherichia coli bacteria to cell surfaces, the cause of various infections, is mediated by a fimbrial lectin, called FimH. X-ray studies have revealed a carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) on

• FimH that can complex α-D-mannosides. However, as the precise nature of the ligand–receptor interactions in mannose-specific adhesion is not yet fully understood, it is of interest to identify carbohydrate recognition domains on the fimbrial lectin also in solution. Photoaffinity labeling serves as an

• X-ray studies a carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD), which can complex one α-D-mannosyl residue, has been clearly identified [6][7][8]. However, other binding experiments performed with a multitude of synthetic as well as natural mannosides and oligomannosides are not in complete agreement with

A bivalent glycopeptide to target two putative carbohydrate binding sites on FimH

• Thisbe K. Lindhorst,
• Kathrin Bruegge,
• Andreas Fuchs and
• Oliver Sperling

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 801–809, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.90

• 1 fimbriae with a monovalent carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) that is known from X-ray studies. However, binding studies with multivalent ligands have suggested an additional carbohydrate-binding site on this protein. In order to prove this hypothesis, a bivalent glycopeptide ligand with the

• and a pilin domain, which is required for fimbriae assembly [7]. The FimH adhesin domain features a carbohydrate binding site at its tip, called the carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD), which is known from X-ray studies [8][9][10][11]. It is a monovalent binding site, which can accommodate one α-D

New amphiphilic glycopolymers by click functionalization of random copolymers – application to the colloidal stabilisation of polymer nanoparticles and their interaction with concanavalin A lectin

• Otman Otman,
• Paul Boullanger,
• Eric Drockenmuller and
• Thierry Hamaide

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 58, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.58

• the nanoparticles by con A is specific, provided that no further reactive groups which could covalently bind the lectin are present on the polymer. In addition, light scattering appears to be the method of choice to detect carbohydrate recognition by a lectin at the surface of nanoparticles in dilute

Synthesis in the glycosciences

• Thisbe K. Lindhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 16, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.16

• structural diversity found in the carbohydrate regime is unparalleled [1] which makes the biological study of carbohydrate recognition and understanding the processes involved rather complicated. In addition, the multivalent nature of most carbohydrate ligands constitutes a special challenge in glycoscience

Recognition properties of receptors consisting of imidazole and indole recognition units towards carbohydrates

• Monika Mazik and
• André Hartmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 9, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.9

• -phase systems: liquid-solid extractions The dissolution of solid carbohydrates in apolar media provides valuable means of studying carbohydrate recognition by organic-soluble receptors (for examples of receptors which are able to dissolve solid carbohydrates in apolar media, see references [6][27][41