Cell surface engineering by a modified Staudinger reaction
Cell surface engineering by a modified Staudinger reaction
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DOI:
10.1126/science.287.5460.2007
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发表时间:
2000-03-17
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56.9
通讯作者:
Bertozzi, CR
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作者:
Saxon, E;Bertozzi, CR
Selective chemical reactions enacted within a cellular environment can be powerful tools for elucidating biological processes or engineering novel interactions. A chemical transformation that permits the selective formation of covalent adducts among richly functionalized biopolymers within a cellular context is presented. A ligation modeled after the Staudinger reaction forms an amide bond by coupling of an azide and a specifically engineered triarylphosphine. Both reactive partners are abiotic and chemically orthogonal to native cellular components. Azides installed within cell surface glycoconjugates by metabolism of a synthetic azidosugar were reacted with a biotinylated triarylphosphine to produce stable cell-surface adducts. The tremendous selectivity of the transformation should permit its execution within a cell's interior, offering new possibilities for probing intracellular interactions.