Competitive inhibitors of yeast phosphoglucose isomerase:: synthesis and evaluation of new types of phosphorylated sugars from the synthon D-arabinonolactone-5-phosphate

Designed as competitive inhibitors of the isomerization reaction catalyzed by the potential chemotherapeutic target phosphoglucose isomerases (PGI), D-arabinonamide-5-phosphate and D-arabinohydrazide-5-phosphate were synthesized and fully characterized. These new types of phosphorylated sugar derivatives were easily and efficiently obtained in a one-step procedure from the promising synthon D-arabinono-1,4-lactone 5-phosphate. These two compounds proved to be new good competitive inhibitors of yeast PGI with the substrate D-fructose-6-phosphate, though not as strong as D-arabinonhydroxamic acid-5-phosphate. Overall, our results are in accord with the postulated 1,2-cis-enediolate species as a probable high-energy intermediate of the PGI-catalyzed reaction. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.