Báo cáo Y học: The glucose-specific carrier of the Escherichia coli phosphotransferase system Synthesis of selective inhibitors and inactivation studies

Thirteen glucose analogues bearing electrophilic groups were synthesized (five of themfor the first time) and screened as inhibitors of the glucose transporter (EII Glc )of the Escherichia coli phosphoenolpyruvate–sugar phospho-transferase system (PTS). 2¢,3¢-Epoxypropyl b-D-glucopyr-anoside (3a) is an inhibitor and also a pseudosubstrate. Five analogues are inhibitorsofnonvectorialGlcphosphorylation by EII Glc but not pseudosubstrates.