title: Syntheses of subtractively modified 2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl beta-maltopentaosides and their application to the differential assay of human alpha-amylases.
abstract: Three novel maltopentaosides, 2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl O-(6-deoxy-alpha-D-xylo-hex-5-enopyranosyl)-(1-->4)-tris[O-alpha-D - glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3), 2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl O-(6-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1-->4)-tris[O- alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside (10), and 2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl O-(3,6-anhydro-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1-->4)-tris[O-alpha-D-glucopyran osyl- (1-->4)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside (26) were synthesized by chemical and enzymatic reactions. Two human alpha-amylases, salivary alpha-amylase (HSA) and pancreatic alpha-amylase (HPA), hydrolyzed 3 and 10 with the same specificity, almost entirely at a single D-glucosidic linkage, but had no hydrolytic activity for 26. Compound 3 was hydrolyzed by each of these amylases at an approximately equal rate, while 10 was hydrolyzed by HSA 4-fold faster than by HPA. Taking advantage of the difference in the hydrolytic rate of 10, we developed a new method for the differential assay of these two human alpha-amylases.
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Division, Kikkoman Corporation, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tokutake
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oguma
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tobe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamaji
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002863:Chromogenic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology*; D012463:Saliva / Q000201:enzymology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D009844:Oligosaccharides; C019193:maltopentaose; C049162:2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl-maltopentaoside; D000516:alpha-Amylases