| Literature DB >> 26102235 |
Lili Lu1, Jian Gao2, Zhongwu Guo1.
Abstract
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of proteins to the cell surface is important for various biological processes, but GPI-anchored proteins are difficult to study. An effective strategy was developed for the metabolic engineering of cell-surface GPIs and GPI-anchored proteins by using inositol derivatives carrying an azido group. The azide-labeled GPIs and GPI-anchored proteins were then tagged with biotin on live cells through a click reaction, which allows further elaboration with streptavidin-conjugated dyes or other molecules. The strategy can be used to label GPI-anchored proteins with various tags for biological studies.Entities:
Keywords: GPI anchor; carbohydrates; glycolipids; inositol; metabolic engineering
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26102235 PMCID: PMC4536913 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503814
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336