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Selective Engineering of Linkage‐Specific α2,6‐ N ‐Linked Sialoproteins Using Sydnone‐Modified Sialic Acid Bioorthogonal Reporters
Author(s) -
Chinoy Zoeisha S.,
Bodineau Clément,
Favre Camille,
Moremen Kelley W.,
Durán Raúl V.,
Friscourt Frédéric
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201814266
Subject(s) - bioorthogonal chemistry , chemistry , sialic acid , biochemistry , sialyltransferase , metabolic pathway , oligosaccharide , metabolic engineering , enzyme , click chemistry , combinatorial chemistry
The metabolic oligosaccharide engineering (MOE) strategy using unnatural sialic acids has recently enabled the visualization of the sialome in living systems. However, MOE only reports on global sialylation and dissected information regarding subsets of sialosides is missing. Described here is the synthesis and utilization of sialic acids modified with a sydnone reporter for the metabolic labeling of sialoconjugates. The positioning of the reporter on the sugar significantly altered its metabolic fate. Further in vitro enzymatic assays revealed that the 9‐modified neuraminic acid is preferentially accepted by the sialyltransferase ST6Gal‐I over ST3Gal‐IV, leading to the favored incorporation of the reporter into linkage‐specific α2,6‐ N ‐linked sialoproteins. This sydnone sugar presents the possibility of investigating the roles of specific sialosides.