Facile and Versatile Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Enterobactin Analogues and Applications in Bacterial Detection

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Abstract
Siderophores, such as enterobactin (Ent), are small molecules that can be selectively imported into bacteria along with iron by cognate transporters. Siderophore conjugates are thus a promising strategy for delivering functional reagents into bacteria. In this work, we present an easy‐to‐perform, one‐pot chemoenzymatic synthesis of functionalized monoglucosylated enterobactin (MGE). When functionalized MGE is conjugated to a rhodamine fluorophore, which affords RhB‐Glc‐Ent, it can selectively label Gram‐negative bacteria that utilize Ent, including some E. coli strains and P. aeruginosa. V. cholerae, a bacterium that utilizes linearized Ent, can also be weakly targeted. Moreover, the targeting is effective under iron‐limiting but not iron‐rich conditions. Our results suggest that the RhB‐Glc‐Ent probe is sensitive not only to the bacterial strain but also to the iron condition in the environment.
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  • Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (104-2119-M-002-021, 103-2113-M-002-001-MY2)
  • Center for Emerging Material and Advanced Devices
  • National Taiwan University (NTU) (NTU-ERP-105R8956-4)
  • National Cheng Kung University

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