TB Research

Fluorinated trehalose analogues for cell surface engineering and imaging of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>

Collette S. Guy, James A. Gott, Jonathan Ramírez-Cárdenas, Christopher de Wolf, Christopher M. Furze, Geoff West, Juan C. Muñoz–García, Jesús Angulo, et al. (9 authors)

Chemical Science · 2024-01

Abstract

The mycobacterial trehalose LpqY-SugABC ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter was hijacked to import fluorine-modified trehalose analogues to label cell-surface glycolipids and directly visualise the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogen by Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry.

MeSH terms

  • Trehalose
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Glycolipid
  • Chemistry
  • Pathogen
  • Cell
  • Mass spectrometry
  • Microbiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Tuberculosis