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Sophie Manner

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Chemistry of xylopyranosides.

Author

  • Karin Thorsheim
  • Anna Siegbahn
  • Richard Johnsson
  • Henrik Stålbrand
  • Sophie Manner
  • Göran Widmalm
  • Ulf Ellervik

Summary, in English

Xylose is one of the few monosaccharidic building blocks that are used by mammalian cells. In comparison with other monosaccharides, xylose is rather unusual and, so far, only found in two different mammalian structures, i.e. in the Notch receptor and as the linker between protein and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains in proteoglycans. Interestingly, simple soluble xylopyranosides can not only initiate the biosynthesis of soluble GAG chains but also function as inhibitors of important enzymes in the biosynthesis of proteoglycans. Furthermore, xylose is a major constituent of hemicellulosic xylans and thus one of the most abundant carbohydrates on Earth. Altogether, this has spurred a strong interest in xylose chemistry. The scope of this review is to describe synthesis of xylopyranosyl donors, as well as protective group chemistry, modifications, and conformational analysis of xylose.

Department/s

  • Centre for Analysis and Synthesis
  • Biochemistry and Structural Biology

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

65-88

Publication/Series

Carbohydrate Research

Volume

418

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1873-426X