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ArticleThe Journal of organic chemistry2008

Synthesis of uridine 5'-diphosphoiduronic acid: a potential substrate for the chemoenzymatic synthesis of heparin.

Michel Weïwer, Trevor Sherwood, Dixy E Green, Miao Chen, Paul L DeAngelis, Jian Liu, Robert J Linhardt

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Article in The Journal of organic chemistry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michel WeïwerDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, New York 12180, USA.
Trevor Sherwood
Dixy E Green
Miao Chen
Paul L DeAngelis
Jian Liu
Robert J Linhardt
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Synthetic Heparan Sulfate: Probing Biosynthesis to Prepare Defined DrugsR01HL062244 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI DEANGELIS, PAUL L, LINHARDT, ROBERT J · 2001 to 2016
$4.1M
Structural Specificity of Heparan Sulfate for Herpes InfectionsR01AI050050 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LIU, JIAN · 2001 to 2010
$2.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL062244NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL062244NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An improved understanding of the biological activities of heparin requires structurally defined heparin oligosaccharides. The chemoenzymatic synthesis of heparin oligosaccharides relies on glycosyltransferases that use UDP-sugar nucleotides as donors. Uridine 5'-diphosphoiduronic acid (UDP-IdoA) and uridine 5'-diphosphohexenuronic acid (UDP-HexUA) have been synthesized as potential analogues of uridine 5'-diphosphoglucuronic acid (UDP-GlcA) for enzymatic incorporation into heparin oligosaccharides. Non-natural UDP-IdoA and UDP-HexUA were tested as substrates for various glucuronosyltransferases to better understand enzyme specificity.

Indexed as

GlucuronosyltransferaseHeparinHexuronic AcidsIduronic AcidMetabolismUridine Diphosphate Glucuronic AcidUridine Diphosphate SugarsGlucuronosyltransferaseHeparinhexenuronic acidHexuronic AcidsIduronic Aciduridine 5'-diphosphoiduronic acidUridine Diphosphate Glucuronic AcidUridine Diphosphate Sugars

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PMID18759479
PMCPMC2639712
OpenAlexW2088191429

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