<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rivera, Sylvia L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Espaillat, Akbar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aditham, Arjun K</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shieh, Peyton</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Muriel-Mundo, Chris</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kim, Justin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cava, Felipe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Siegrist, M Sloan</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chemically Induced Cell Wall Stapling in Bacteria.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cell Chem Biol</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cell Chem Biol</style></alt-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021 Feb 18</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">28</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">213-220.e4</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Transpeptidation reinforces the structure of cell-wall peptidoglycan, an extracellular heteropolymer that protects bacteria from osmotic lysis. The clinical success of transpeptidase-inhibiting &amp;beta;-lactam antibiotics illustrates the essentiality of these cross-linkages for cell-wall integrity, but the presence of multiple, seemingly redundant transpeptidases in many species makes it challenging to determine cross-link function. Here, we present a technique to link peptide strands by chemical rather than enzymatic reaction. We employ biocompatible click chemistry to induce triazole formation between azido- and alkynyl-d-alanine residues that are metabolically installed in the peptidoglycan of Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria. Synthetic triazole cross-links can be visualized using azidocoumarin-d-alanine, an amino acid derivative that undergoes fluorescent enhancement upon reaction with terminal alkynes. Cell-wall stapling protects Escherichia coli from treatment with the broad-spectrum &amp;beta;-lactams ampicillin and carbenicillin. Chemical control of cell-wall structure in live bacteria can provide functional insights that are orthogonal to those obtained by genetics.&lt;/p&gt;
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