Construction of Fluorescent Analogs to Follow the Uptake and Distribution of Cobalamin (Vitamin B(12)) in Bacteria, Worms, and Plants
| Autor: | Lawrence, AD, Nemoto-Smith, E, Deery, E, Baker, JA, Schroeder, S, Brown, DG, Tullet, JMA, Howard, MJ, Brown, IR, Smith, AG, Boshoff, HI, Barry, CE, Warren, MJ |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Molecular Bacteria food and beverages Biological Transport vitamin B12 Bacterial Infections Mycobacterium tuberculosis higher plants Article Lepidium sativum Vitamin B 12 Microscopy Fluorescence trafficking analogs tetrapyrrole Animals Corrinoids Humans fluorescence biosynthesis cobalamin Caenorhabditis elegans Fluorescent Dyes |
| Popis: | Vitamin B 12 is made by only certain prokaryotes yet is required by a number of eukaryotes such as mammals, fish, birds, worms, and Protista, including algae. There is still much to learn about how this nutrient is trafficked across the domains of life. Herein, we describe ways to make a number of different corrin analogs with fluorescent groups attached to the main tetrapyrrole-derived ring. A further range of analogs were also constructed by attaching similar fluorescent groups to the ribose ring of cobalamin, thereby generating a range of complete and incomplete corrinoids to follow uptake in bacteria, worms, and plants. By using these fluorescent derivatives we were able to demonstrate that Mycobacterium tuberculosis is able to acquire both cobyric acid and cobalamin analogs, that Caenorhabditis elegans takes up only the complete corrinoid, and that seedlings of higher plants such as Lepidium sativum are also able to transport B 12 . Lawrence et al., employed chemical biology approaches to construct a range of fluorescent vitamin B 12 derivatives. They demonstrated that these fluorescent variants can be used to follow intracellular B 12 trafficking in bacteria, including E. coli and M. tuberculosis, the worm C. elegans, and a higher plant (Lepidium sativum). |
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