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BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 6, Issue 6, Pages 2935-2942Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm050364p
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Synthesis of chondroitin sulfate (ChS) with well-defined structure was achieved for the first time by hyaluronidase-catalyzed polymerization. N-Acetylchondrosine (GlcA beta(1 -> 3)GalNAc) oxazoline derivatives sulfated at C4 (1a), C6 (1b), and both C4 and C6 (1c) in the GalNAc unit were synthesized as transition state analogue substrate monomers for hyaluronidase (HAase) catalysis. Compound la was effectively polymerized by the enzyme, giving rise to synthetic ChS sulfated perfectly at the C4 position in all N-acetylgalactosamine units (Ch4S, 2a) in good yields. Molecular weights (M-n) of 2a ranged from 4000 to 18 400, which were controlled by varying reaction conditions. Compounds 1b and 1c were not catalyzed by the enzyme, affording the corresponding disaccharides through the oxazoline ring-opening without formation of poly saccharides.
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