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¹Department of Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.

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Area of Science:

Microbiology and Biochemistry
Synthetic Biology
Glycobiology

Background:

Bacterial polysaccharides play crucial roles in host interactions and virulence.
In vivo structural modification of bacterial polysaccharides remains largely unexplored.
Understanding bacterial polysaccharide structure is key to dissecting their functions.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a method for in vivo structural modification of bacterial polysaccharides.
To enable the homogeneous incorporation of monosaccharide analogs.
To utilize bioorthogonal functional groups for cell surface labeling.

Main Methods:

Metabolic engineering of a promiscuous sugar nucleotide biosynthetic pathway.
Incorporation of monosaccharide analogs into bacterial polysaccharides.
Bioorthogonal chemical ligation for cell surface labeling.

Main Results:

Achieved highly homogeneous incorporation of diverse monosaccharide analogs.
Demonstrated successful cell surface labeling using metabolically incorporated bioorthogonal groups.
Established a general and facile approach for generating novel bacterial polysaccharides.

Conclusions:

Metabolic engineering provides a powerful platform for creating tailor-made bacterial polysaccharides.
This approach facilitates the study of bacterial polysaccharide function and interactions.
The developed method offers a versatile tool for glycoengineering applications.