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  • Title: Photoactivatable Glycolipid Probes for Identifying Mycolate-Protein Interactions in Live Mycobacteria.
    Author: Kavunja HW, Biegas KJ, Banahene N, Stewart JA, Piligian BF, Groenevelt JM, Sein CE, Morita YS, Niederweis M, Siegrist MS, Swarts BM.
    Journal: J Am Chem Soc; 2020 Apr 29; 142(17):7725-7731. PubMed ID: 32293873.
    Abstract:
    Mycobacteria have a distinctive glycolipid-rich outer membrane, the mycomembrane, which is a critical target for tuberculosis drug development. However, proteins that associate with the mycomembrane, or that are involved in its metabolism and host interactions, are not well-characterized. To facilitate the study of mycomembrane-related proteins, we developed photoactivatable trehalose monomycolate analogues that metabolically incorporate into the mycomembrane in live mycobacteria, enabling in vivo photo-cross-linking and click-chemistry-mediated analysis of mycolate-interacting proteins. When deployed in Mycobacterium smegmatis with quantitative proteomics, this strategy enriched over 100 proteins, including the mycomembrane porin (MspA), several proteins with known mycomembrane synthesis or remodeling functions (CmrA, MmpL3, Ag85, Tdmh), and numerous candidate mycolate-interacting proteins. Our approach is highly versatile, as it (i) enlists click chemistry for flexible protein functionalization; (ii) in principle can be applied to any mycobacterial species to identify endogenous bacterial proteins or host proteins that interact with mycolates; and (iii) can potentially be expanded to investigate protein interactions with other mycobacterial lipids. This tool is expected to help elucidate fundamental physiological and pathological processes related to the mycomembrane and may reveal novel diagnostic and therapeutic targets.
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