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Probing the mycobacterial trehalome with bioorthogonal chemistry.


ABSTRACT: Mycobacteria, including the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, use the non-mammalian disaccharide trehalose as a precursor for essential cell-wall glycolipids and other metabolites. Here we describe a strategy for exploiting trehalose metabolic pathways to label glycolipids in mycobacteria with azide-modified trehalose (TreAz) analogues. Subsequent bioorthogonal ligation with alkyne-functionalized probes enabled detection and visualization of cell-surface glycolipids. Characterization of the metabolic fates of four TreAz analogues revealed unique labeling routes that can be harnessed for pathway-targeted investigation of the mycobacterial trehalome.

SUBMITTER: Swarts BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3466019 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Probing the mycobacterial trehalome with bioorthogonal chemistry.

Swarts Benjamin M BM   Holsclaw Cynthia M CM   Jewett John C JC   Alber Marina M   Fox Douglas M DM   Siegrist M Sloan MS   Leary Julie A JA   Kalscheuer Rainer R   Bertozzi Carolyn R CR  

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20120924 39


Mycobacteria, including the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, use the non-mammalian disaccharide trehalose as a precursor for essential cell-wall glycolipids and other metabolites. Here we describe a strategy for exploiting trehalose metabolic pathways to label glycolipids in mycobacteria with azide-modified trehalose (TreAz) analogues. Subsequent bioorthogonal ligation with alkyne-functionalized probes enabled detection and visualization of cell-surface glycolipids. Characterization of the m  ...[more]

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