Synthesis of fluorine substituted oligosaccharide analogues of monoglucosylated glycan chain, a proposed ligand of lectin-chaperone calreticulin and calnexin.

As a part of a exploring the N-glycan-mediated glycoprotein quality control in endoplasmic reticulum, 2-fluorinated derivative Glcalpha1 --> 3Man(F) 1, Glcalpha1 --> 3Man(F)alpha1 --> 2Man2, and Glcalpha1 --> 3Man(F)alpha1 --> 2Manalpha1 --> 2Man 3 were synthesized in a concise manner. These oligosaccharides were subjected to binding studies with calreticulin by using isothermal titration calorimetry. It was revealed that disaccharide 1 was a poor ligand, while tri- (2) and tetrasaccharide (3) had observable affinity.