Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 30, 2026

08:16
Visualizing Intracellular Sialylation with Click Chemistry and Expansion Microscopy
Published on: February 7, 2025
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of GDP-azidodeoxymannoses: non-radioactive probes for mannosyltransferase activity
Silvia Marchesan1, Derek Macmillan
1Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, UK WC1H 0AJ.
Abstract:
GDP-2-, 3-, 4- or 6-azidomannoses can be successfully prepared from the corresponding azidomannose-1-phosphates and GTP using the enzyme GDP-Mannosepyrophosphorylase (GDP-ManPP) from Salmonella enterica and may serve as useful probes for mannosyltransferase activity.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Biosynthesis of Polysaccharides
Polysaccharides such as glycogen and starch are synthesized from nucleoside diphosphate sugars, primarily uridine diphosphate glucose (UDPG) and adenosine diphosphate glucose (ADPG). These activated glucose donors act as key intermediates in carbohydrate metabolism and biosynthesis. UDPG primarily involves glycogen synthesis in animals and many bacteria, while ADPG plays a fundamental role in starch synthesis in plants and certain bacteria.UDPG is formed when glucose-1-phosphate reacts with...
Labeling DNA Probes
DNA probes are fragments of DNA labeled with a reporter tag to enable their detection or purification. The resulting labeled DNA probes can then hybridize to target nucleic acid sequences through complementary base-pairing, and may be used to recover or identify these regions.
Radioisotopes, fluorophores, or small molecule binding partners like biotin or digoxigenin, are the most widely used reporter tags for labeling DNA probes. These labels can be attached to the probe DNA molecule via...
Radioisotopes, fluorophores, or small molecule binding partners like biotin or digoxigenin, are the most widely used reporter tags for labeling DNA probes. These labels can be attached to the probe DNA molecule via...

