{"title":"2022 T. Ogawa Young Investigator Award","authors":"Zhongwu Guo Ph.D.","doi":"10.1080/07328303.2024.2331299","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07328303.2024.2331299","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15311,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry","volume":"42 4","pages":"Page 221"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140222432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Jino Blessy , N. R. Siva Shanmugam , K. Veluraja , M. Michael Gromiha
{"title":"Sialic acid analog as inhibitor for human coronavirus OC43-a study by molecular dynamics simulations","authors":"J. Jino Blessy , N. R. Siva Shanmugam , K. Veluraja , M. Michael Gromiha","doi":"10.1080/07328303.2024.2325576","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07328303.2024.2325576","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Human coronavirus OC43 (HCoV-OC43) causes severe respiratory tract illness in humans. In the present study, we carried out 100 ns molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate the conformational dynamics of HCoV-OC43 spike (S) glycoprotein complexes with sialic acid (SIA) analogs. The binding affinity between the HCoV-OC43 S and SIA analogs is analyzed using NAMD and MM-PBSA binding free energy calculation. It is concluded from the results of NAMD and MM/PBSA that the order of binding specificity toward HCoV-OC43 S is 9-<em>O</em>-Ac-Sia > SIA > Neu5Gc > zanamivir > Neu5Ac2en.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15311,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry","volume":"42 4","pages":"Pages 197-215"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140255937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2022 JCC Best Paper Award","authors":"Zhongwu Guo Ph.D.","doi":"10.1080/07328303.2024.2331296","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07328303.2024.2331296","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15311,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry","volume":"42 4","pages":"Page 220"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143216744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xian-Jin Zhang , Ling-Fang Kong , Xue Lu , Yu-Ling Liu , Yan Hu , Hui-Wen Gong , Yun-Jia Li , Zhong-Gao Zhou
{"title":"Low-cost and high-performance acetylglucose-based imidazolium salts for copper-catalyzed cyclization of propargylic amines and CO2","authors":"Xian-Jin Zhang , Ling-Fang Kong , Xue Lu , Yu-Ling Liu , Yan Hu , Hui-Wen Gong , Yun-Jia Li , Zhong-Gao Zhou","doi":"10.1080/07328303.2024.2324391","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07328303.2024.2324391","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rise of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) in atmosphere is considered as a major cause of global warming. Therefore, CO<sub>2</sub> utilization has attracted increasing attention. Among those, using CO<sub>2</sub> as C1-feedstock for “value carbon” in advanced chemicals provides a solution. Here, we show an acetylglucose-based imidazolium salt for Cu-catalyzed cyclization of propargylic amines and CO<sub>2</sub> with an excellent turnover frequency value of 400 h<sup>−1</sup>. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first example of acetylglucose-based imidazolium salts for a noble-metal-free Cu catalytic system for the cyclization of propargylic amines and CO<sub>2</sub>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15311,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry","volume":"42 4","pages":"Pages 180-196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140256475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2021 T. Ogawa Young Investigator Award","authors":"Zhongwu Guo Ph.D.","doi":"10.1080/07328303.2024.2331283","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07328303.2024.2331283","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15311,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry","volume":"42 4","pages":"Page 217"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140220972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficient synthesis of 2-benzofuranyl C-glycosides by one-pot cascade reaction of sugar alkynes and substituted 2-iodophenols","authors":"Zhaoxin Cao , Xiang Zhou , Fuyi Zhang , Yufen Zhao","doi":"10.1080/07328303.2023.2280538","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07328303.2023.2280538","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>2-Benzofuranyl <em>C</em>-glycosides were synthesized in good to excellent yields by one-pot cascade reaction of terminal sugar alkynes and substituted 2-iodophenols. The products have wide structural diversity and potential biological activity. This new synthetic method is general, mild, and efficient. Thirty-seven examples have been given. The structurally diverse terminal sugar alkynes included pyranosides, furanosides, and acyclic sugars with sensitive and bulky protecting groups. The substituted 2-iodophenols contained electron-donating, electron-withdrawing, and electron-neutral substituents. The mechanism for the formation of the products has been proposed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15311,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry","volume":"42 4","pages":"Pages 135-157"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138584863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two new species of the <i>Phaoniaboleticola</i>-group (Diptera, Muscidae, Phaoniinae) from China.","authors":"Zhongyan Zhou, Lianmeng Wei","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1168.97845","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1168.97845","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two new species of <i>Phaonia</i> are described: <i>Phaoniaagitata</i> Zhou & Wei, <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>Phaonianujiangensis</i> Zhou & Wei, <b>sp. nov.</b>, which were collected from Guizhou and Yunnan provinces of southwestern China and are assigned to the <i>boleticola</i>-group. A key to the species of this group is provided. The type specimens are deposited in the Wei Lianmeng Model Worker Innovation Studio, Anshun, Guizhou, China (WLMWISAGC).</p>","PeriodicalId":15311,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry","volume":"12 1","pages":"219-229"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10848857/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81753757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiayu Dong , Katsunari Hiroki , Mizuki Tobito , Keisuke Yoshida , Ai Tanabe , Taiki Shindo , Megu Gunji , Qintong Li , Teruaki Hasegawa
{"title":"Bacterial cellulose-based hydrogels carrying Lewis X trisaccharides as a system for monitoring carbohydrate–carbohydrate interactions with the naked eye","authors":"Jiayu Dong , Katsunari Hiroki , Mizuki Tobito , Keisuke Yoshida , Ai Tanabe , Taiki Shindo , Megu Gunji , Qintong Li , Teruaki Hasegawa","doi":"10.1080/07328303.2023.2242927","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07328303.2023.2242927","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bacterial cellulose-based hydrogels carrying Lewis X trisaccharides were prepared via a three-step synthetic route, involving (1) NaIO<sub>4</sub> oxidation of commercially available <em>nata de coco</em>, (2) reductive amination of the product using propargylamine, and (3) Cu<sup>+</sup>-catalysed alkyne-azide cycloaddition using azide-functionalised Lewis X trisaccharides. The resultant bacterial cellulose-based hydrogels were assembled in aqueous media containing Ca<sup>2+</sup> or Na<sup>+</sup>, demonstrating ion-mediated interactions among Lewis X trisaccharides. Furthermore, reference experiments using bacterial cellulose-based hydrogels carrying <em>N</em>-acetyl-lactosaminides and those carrying <em>N</em>-acetyl-D-glucosaminides revealed that the two non-reducing terminals (i.e., β-galactoside and α-fucoside of Lewis X trisaccharide) substantially contribute to their interactions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15311,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry","volume":"42 13","pages":"Pages 40-58"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44791093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemoselectivity of 3,3'-dithiobis(sulfosuccinimylpropionate)-based 3-mercaptopropionylation of amine-linked aminomonosaccharides","authors":"Yikuan Qi , Chunjun Qin , Shengyong Zhu , Jian Yin","doi":"10.1080/07328303.2023.2280513","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07328303.2023.2280513","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many polysaccharides on the surface of bacteria contain free amino groups, limiting the application of amine-based linker in these glycans. Herein, we investigated the chemoselectivity of <em>N</em>-acylation during the dithiobis(sulfosuccinimidylpropionate)-based 3-mercaptopropionylation of amine-linked aminomonosaccharides. Interestingly, for the 2-, 3-, and 4-aminoglucosides and 4-aminogalactoside, the 3-mercaptopropionyl group was selectively installed onto the amine of the linker. The chemoselectivity for the introduction of the thiol moiety was poor with the 2- and 3-aminogalactosides and 2- and 3-aminomannosides. In the meanwhile, the Fukui function was used to further quantify the nucleophilicity of amino groups. These results will serve well for the preparation of conjugation-ready aminoglycans.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15311,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry","volume":"42 13","pages":"Pages 59-91"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135141491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Betacoronaviral lectins: Identification through a genomic search—A structural and evolutionary biology perspective","authors":"Pavan K. Madasu , Arpita Maity , Dhabaleswar Patra , Thyageshwar Chandran","doi":"10.1080/07328303.2023.2285970","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07328303.2023.2285970","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Carbohydrate-binding proteins known as “Lectins” play a crucial role in host-pathogen interactions. Most of the viral surface proteins have lectin activity. In fact, they make the first line of communication with the host cells. Recent reports indicating the haemagglutination property and structural evidences of coronaviral protein bound with Sialic acid (Sia) draw our attention to exploring the presence of lectins in the Betacoronavirus genus from reference genomes. We have considered the seventeen reference genomes of different species and subspecies under the Betacoronavirus genus to identify lectin fold/domain(s) types. We have employed three strategies for characterizing lectin fold/domain(s). The strategies include the sequence-based search against the conserved domain database (CDD) and profile HMMER and Structure-based search against Protein Data Bank (PDB) and unified platform of lectins UniLectin3D database. Interestingly, both the identified proteins, namely Hemagglutinin-esterase (HE) and Spike (S) protein, were localized on viral membranes and played a pivotal role in host-pathogen interactions. These protein structures are fabricated by most pliable β-strands forming varied architectures and topologies, such as β-sandwich, jelly-roll fold, β-barrel, β-prism, β-trefoil, β-propeller and β-hairpins. The identified lectin fold/domain(s) were compared with the characterized ones and were docked with Sia using HADDOCK, and the binding affinity was calculated using the PRODIGY server. Molecular docking studies reveal that all the identified lectin fold/domains agree with the Canyon hypothesis. Furthermore, it could be observed that coronaviruses are constantly evolving by shedding their extra baggage. The latter variants were found to have only the lectin domain but not the esterase domain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15311,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry","volume":"42 13","pages":"Pages 112-134"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143292443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}