Chemical reporters for bacterial glycans: development and applications

N Banahene, HW Kavunja, BM Swarts - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bacteria possess an extraordinary repertoire of cell envelope glycans that have critical
physiological functions. Pathogenic bacteria have glycans that are essential for growth and …

Azide-masked fluorescence turn-on probe for imaging mycobacteria

SH Liyanage, NGH Raviranga, JG Ryan, SS Shell… - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
A fluorescence turn-on probe, an azide-masked and trehalose-derivatized carbazole (Tre-
Cz), was developed to image mycobacteria. The fluorescence turn-on is achieved by …

PPE51 mediates uptake of trehalose across the mycomembrane of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

MR Babu Sait, H Koliwer-Brandl, JA Stewart… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The disaccharide trehalose is essential for viability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which
synthesizes trehalose de novo but can also utilize exogenous trehalose. The mycobacterial …

Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Persistence through Inhibition of the Trehalose Catalytic Shift

K Kalera, R Liu, J Lim, R Pathirage… - ACS infectious …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is the leading cause of
death worldwide by infectious disease. Treatment of Mtb infection requires a six-month …

Overview of Small Molecules as Fluorescent Probes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

K Stavropoulou, IP Papanastasiou - ACS omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading infectious causes of death worldwide.
Detecting and precisely quantifying viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) is …

AuCl3-Catalyzed Hemiacetal Activation for the Stereoselective Synthesis of 2-Deoxy Trehalose Derivatives

R Jeanneret, C Walz, M van Meerbeek… - Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A new practical, catalytic, and highly stereoselective method for directly accessing 1, 1-α,
α′-linked 2-deoxy trehalose analogues via AuCl3-catalyzed dehydrative glycosylation …

The role of chemoenzymatic synthesis in advancing trehalose analogues as tools for combatting bacterial pathogens

K Kalera, AI Stothard, PJ Woodruff… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Trehalose, a disaccharide of glucose, is increasingly recognized as an important contributor
to virulence in major bacterial pathogens, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Structural basis of trehalose recognition by the mycobacterial LpqY-SugABC transporter

CM Furze, I Delso, E Casal, CS Guy, C Seddon… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) LpqY-SugABC ATP-binding cassette transporter is a
recycling system that imports trehalose released during remodeling of the Mtb cell-envelope …

Screening of Hydrophilic Polymers Reveals Broad Activity in Protecting Phages during Cryopreservation

HL Marton, A Bhatt, AP Sagona, P Kilbride… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bacteriophages have many biotechnological and therapeutic applications, but as with other
biologics, cryopreservation is essential for storage and distribution. Macromolecular …

Synthesis of chemical tools to label the mycomembrane of corynebacteria using modified iron (iii) chloride-mediated protection of trehalose

M Carlier, E Lesur, A Baron, A Lemétais… - Organic & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Trehalose-based probes are useful tools that allow the detection of the mycomembrane of
mycobacteria through the metabolic labeling approach. Trehalose analogues conjugated to …