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SUBMITTER: Swarts BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3466019 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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]