D-Mannosamine

Commercial A -acetylneuraminic acid aldolase from Clostridium perfringens (NeuAcA EC 4.1.3.3) catalyzes the addition of pyruvate to A-acetyl-D-mannosamine. A number of sialic acid related carbohydrates are obtained with the natural substrate22"24 or via replacement by aldose derivatives containing modifications at positions C-2, -4, or -6 (Table 4)22,23,25 26. Generally, a high level of asymmetric induction is retained, with the exception of D-arabinose (epimeric at C-3) where stereorandom product formation occurs 25 2t The unfavorable equilibrium constant requires that the reaction must be driven forward by using an excess of one of the components in order to achieve satisfactory conversion (preferably 7-10 equivalents of pyruvate, for economic reasons). 

N-Acetylneuraminic acid aldolase (or sialic acid aldolase, NeuA EC 4.1.3.3) catalyzes the reversible addition of pyruvate (2) to N-acetyl-D-mannosamine (ManNAc (1)) in the degradation of the parent sialic acid (3) (Figure 10.4). The NeuA lyases found in both bacteria and animals are type I enzymes that form a Schiff base/enamine intermediate with pyruvate and promote a si-face attack to the aldehyde carbonyl group with formation of a (4S) configured stereocenter. The enzyme is commercially available and it has a broad pH optimum around 7.5 and useful stability in solution at ambient temperature [36]. 

The amino sugars include D-glucosamine, a constiment of hyaluronic acid (Figure 13-10), D-galactosamine (chondrosamine), a constituent of chondroitin and D-mannosamine. Several antibiotics (eg, erythromycin) contain amino sugars believed to be important for their antibiotic activity. 

In nature, NANA arises through condensation of phosphoenolpyruvic acid with A-acetyl-D-mannosamine (NAM) catalysed by the biosynthetic enzyme NANA synthase. Owing to the labile nature of phosphoenolpyruvate, the use of this reaction in the synthesis of NANA has been limited to whole-cell systems where this substance can be generated biosynthetically in situ Most recently, the NANA synthase reaction forms the basis of fermentation processes for total biosynthesis of NANA. ... 

It is suggested that oxidative degradation of D-mannosamine, D-galactosamine, and D-glucosamine by CAB involves attack of an anomeric alkoxide on CAB as a source of C1+ followed by elimination to lactone. ... 

The molecular weight (94,000) was smaller than that of other microbial P-mannosidases such as Aspergillus o/jCTe( 120,000-135,000) and Tremella fuciformis (160,000-200,000). The final product from the oligosaccharides with the enzyme was mainly D-mannose and the enzymatic activity was not inhibited by D-mannose or mannose-derivatives such as D-mannosamine, D-mannonic acid and D-mannitol. 

We propose that the first step in NDP-kasugamine biosynthesis is 2-epimeriza-tion of the postulated UDP-A -acetyl-D-glucosamine precursor, which is suggested by the similarity of the KasQ protein with known UDP-(Af-acetyl-)D-glucosamine 2-epimerases and catalyzes the conversion to UDP-N-acetyl-D-mannosamine. To... 

D-Erythrose-4-phosphate = D-Arabinose-5-phosphate = N -Acetyl-D-mannosamin-6-phosphate... 

N-Acetvlneuraminic Acid Aldolase. A new procedure has also been developed for the synthesis of 9-0-acetyl-N-acetylneuraminic acid using the aldolase catalyzed reaction methodology. This compound is an unusual sialic acid found in a number of tumor cells and influenza virus C glycoproteins (4 ). The aldol acceptor, 6-0-acetyl-D-mannosamine was prepared in 70% isolated yield from isopropenyl acetate and N-acetyl-D-mannosamine catalyzed by protease N from Bacillus subtilis (from Amano). The 6-0-acetyl hexose was previously prepared by a complicated chemical procedure (42.) The target molecule was obtained in 90% yield via the condensation of the 6-0-acetyl sugar and pyruvate catalyzed by NANA aldolase (Figure 6). With similar procedures applied to KDO, 2-deoxy-NANA and 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-NANA were prepared from NANA. 

The formation of the Ai-acetyl-D-mannosamine ketone 70a could be rationalized considering the alkaline epimerization of Ai-acetyl-o-glucosamine (66) giving... 

Scheme 11 Possible intermediates involved in the reaction of Af-acetyl-D-glucosamine (66) and W-acetyl-D-mannosamine (67)...

N-acetyl D-glucosamine A/-acetyl D-mannosamine N-acetyl D-galactosamine... 

Synthetic studies for sialic acid and its modifications have extensively used the catabolic enzyme N-acetylneuraminic acid aldolase (NeuA E.C. 4.1.3.3), which catalyzes the reversible addition of pyruvate (70) to N-acetyl-D-mannosamine (ManNAc, 11) to form the parent sialic acid N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuSNAc, 12 Scheme 2.2.5.23) [1, 2, 45]. In contrast, the N-acetylneuraminic acid synthase (NeuS E.C. 4.1.3.19) has practically been ignored, although it holds considerable synthetic potential in that the enzyme utilizes phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP, 71) as a preformed enol nucleophile from which release of inorganic phosphate during... 

A-Acetyl neuraminic acid aldolase [from Clostridium perfringens, A-acetylneuraminic acid pyruvate lyase] [9027-60-5] [EC 4.1.3.3]. Purified by extraction with H20, protamine pptn, (NH4)2S04 pptn, Me2CO pptn, acid treatment at pH 5.7 and pptn at pH 4.5. The equilibrium constant for pyruvate + n-acetyl-D-mannosamine ++ /V-acetylneuraminidate at 37° is 0.64. The Km for A-acetylneuraminic acid is 3.9mM in phosphate at pH 7.2 and 37°. [Comb and Roseman Methods in Enzymology 5 391 1962). The enzyme from Hogg kidney (cortex) has been purified 1700 fold by extraction with H20, protamine sulphate pptn, (NH4)2S04 pptn, heat treatment between 60-80°, a second (NH4)2S04 pptn and starch gel electrophoresis. The Km for A-acetylneuraminic acid is 1.5mM. [Brunetti et al. JBC 237 2447 1962). 

The Sowden homologation [21], based on the nitroaldol condensation (Henry reaction) [22] between the aldehydo sugar and nitromethane in basic medium, followed by the Nef decomposition [23] of the resultant nitronate in strongly acidic conditions, has been employed in a more limited number of cases than the cyanohydrin synthesis. A recent example in this area is shown by the stepwise homologation of (V-acetyl-D-mannosamine (11) into /V-acetylneuraminic acid (12) [24] (Scheme 4). Also, this procedure has found... 

Having set up a protocol for the aminohomologation of various aldehydo sugars, the value of the method was tested by the synthesis of simple natural products. The firsl example involved [57a] the conversion of 2,3 4,5-di-0-isopropylidene-D-arabinose 59 (Scheme 18) through the nitrone 60 into the W-acetyl-D-mannosamine diacetonide 61 and the deprotected compound 11, both well-known key intermediates for the synthesis of /V-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) [59,60]. Unfortunately, in this case the addition of 2-LTT (25b) to the nitrone 60 occurred with modest selectivity (ds 75% to the best) therefore, the overall yield of 61 was quite low (29%). 

The reversed configuration of these adducts that was mistakenly assigned in our first report (Ref 57a) was timely corrected in a second paper (Ref 57b). For a commentary to this reaction, see A. Zamojski, Stereoselective aminohomologation of chiral a-alkoxy aldehydes via thiazole addition to nitrones. Application to the synthesis of W-acetyl-D-mannosamine, Chemtracts Org. Chem. 6 172 368 (1993). 

The sialic acid aldolase-catalyzed condensation of D-mannose 8 and pyruvate led, in an excellent yield, to the synthesis of KDN 9 [33], a natural deaminated neuraminic acid first isolated from rainbow trout eggs [34] and then discovered in other species. The discovery that sialic acid aldolase accepts as substrates D-mannose substituted on the 2-position, even by bulky substituents such as phenyl, azido, or bromine, opened the route to novel unnatural sialic acid derivatives [35-39]. Pentoses also are substrates. N-Substituted neuraminic acids could be prepared either directly from the corresponding Af-substituted mannosamine, such as N-thioacyl derivatives [40], or after reduction and acylation of 5-azido-KDN [41]. Recently, AT-carbobenzyloxy-D-mannosamine was converted, in a good yield, into the N-carbobenzyloxy-neurarninic acid, further used as a precursor of a derivative of castanospermine [42]. 

Addition of pyruvate to Cbz-protected D-mannosamine 194 under NeuA catalysis has furnished an JV-acyl derivative of neuraminic acid 5 from which internal reductive amination yielded an azasugar which could be further elaborated to 195, an analog of the bicyclic, indolizidine type glycosidase inhibitor castanospermine [91]. 

Scheme 11.—Chemical Synthesis of Differently Substituted W-Acetyl-D-mannosamine Derivatives.

Scheme 12.—Chemical Synthesis of the Furanose Derivative of N-Acetyl-D-mannosamine.

When HeLa cells were.cultured in medium supplemented with 5 mM sodium butyrate, their content of GM3 increased (Fig.2a). Increases varied from 3.5 to 5-fold depending on the experiment (4,8,12,13). When the butyrate was removed and the cells were cultured in normal medium for 24 h, the GM3 levels returned to those found in untreated cells (Fig. 2a). Similar results were observed when N-[acetyl-3H]-D-mannosamine, a precursor of sialic acid, was also included in the culture medium. In the butyrate-treated cells, radioactivity associated with GM3 increased 6.5-fold and 24 h after butyrate was removed, the amount of labeling returned to control values (Fig. 2b). We also were able to label the GM3 by means of a cell surface labeling technique. Control and butyrate-treated cells were exposed to 10 mM sodium periodate and the oxidized sialyl residues were reduced with NaBSfy. There was 5.5-fold more 3h associated with the GM3 recovered from the butyrate-... 

HeLa cells were cultured in medium containing N[acetyl-3H]-D-mannosamine (50 pCit mL) for 24 hr with (solid bars) and without (open bars) 5 mM sodium butyrate. In addition, butyrate-treated cells were cultured an additional 24 hr in fresh medium (without label and butyrate) (hatched bars). The cells were harvested and analyzed for GM3 content and radioactivity. (Data from Refs. 8, Vi.)... 

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