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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
; 48(7): 1300-3, 2009.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19130519
ABSTRACT
Gal-PUGNAc (see picture), a highly selective inhibitor for beta-hexosaminidases HEXA and HEXB is cell-permeable and modulates the activity of HEXA and HEXB in tissue culture, increasing ganglioside GM2 levels. Gal-PUGNAc should allow the role of these enzymes to be studied at the cellular level without generating a complex chemical phenotype from concomitant inhibition of O-GlcNAcase.