Inhibitors are important elements of regulation of enzyme activity. They can be named ubiquitous components in living organisms (Fan & Wu, 2005). There is a number of inhibitors, such as protein and nonprotein. Among all inhibitors, the most significant are inhibitors of hydrolytic enzymes. Hydrolases are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of chemical bonds. For example, proteolytic enzymes (...

Unsaturated glucuronyl hydrolase (UGL), which is a member of glycoside hydrolase family GH-88, is a bacterial enzyme that degrades mammalian glycosaminoglycans and bacterial biofilms. The enzyme, which acts on unsaturated oligosaccharides with an alpha-glycoside bond produced by microbial polysaccharide lyases responsible for bacterial invasion of host cells, was believed to release 4-deoxy-l-t...

A practical, useful glycosylation method employing only allyl glycoside building blocks has been developed. The donor's glycosylation reactivity is turned on via isomerization of its anomeric allyl protecting group into the corresponding prop-1-enyl moiety. Subsequent chemoselective activation with NIS/TfOH achieves high yields in glycosidic bond construction at room temperature. The efficacy a...