The action of bromoconduritol on ER glucosidase II.

Yoichi Takeda, Kiichiro Totani, Ichiro Matsuo, Yukishige Ito

Index: Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 20 , 5357-9, (2010)

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Abstract

Bromoconduritol (6-bromo-3,4,5-trihydroxycyclohex-1-ene; BCD) has been known as an inhibitor of glucosidase II (G-II), which plays pivotal roles in glycoprotein processing and folding in the ER. Previous works suggested that BCD specifically inhibits the cleavage of the innermost glucose (Glc) among two alpha1-3 linked Glc residues (cleavage-2). This study addressed the mode of BCD's inhibition toward G-II by using fluorescently labeled substrates. Our analysis clarified that BCD inhibits both cleavage-1 and cleavage-2 activities of G-II. However, the inhibitory activity toward cleavage-2 was 6-fold higher than that toward cleavage-1. Inhibition against both of these activities was retained after dialysis, supporting that BCD exhibits inhibition through irreversible binding to G-II.Copyright 2009. Published by Elsevier Ltd.