期刊
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
卷 54, 期 36, 页码 10492-10496出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503869
关键词
bacteria; biosensors; crosslinking; fluorescent probes; peptidoglycans
资金
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
- Novartis
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation [BR2011-117]
- NIH [1DP2OD002913-01]
- NIH MSTP [T32GM07205]
Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) catalyze the crosslinking of peptidoglycan (PG), an essential process for bacterial growth and survival, and a common antibiotic target. Yet, despite its importance, little is known about the spatiotemporal aspects of crosslinkinglargely because of a lack of experimental tools for studying the reaction in live bacteria. Here we introduce such a tool: an activity-based probe that enables visualization and relative quantitation of crosslinking in vivo. In Staphylococcus aureus, we show that fluorescent mimics of the natural substrate of PBPs (PG stem peptide) are covalently incorporated into the cell wall, installing fluorophores in place of natural crosslinks. These fluorescent stem peptide mimics (FSPMs) are selectively recognized by a single PBP in S. aureus: PBP4. Thus, we were able to use FSPM pulse-labeling to localize PBP4 activity in live cells, showing that it is recruited to the septum in a manner dependent on wall teichoic acid.
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