Laboratoire des Glucides FRE-CNRS 3517, Institut de Chimie de Picardie, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 33 Rue Saint-Leu, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France.
Abstract:
A dendritic "click" mannooligomer mimicking the high-mannose oligosaccharide Man(8) has been designed by replacing some of the inner mannopyranosyl subunits with triazole moieties; evaluation of its binding affinity towards the mannose-specific lectin concanavalin A revealed striking similarities between the "click" mimic and the natural Man(8).