title: 2-Sulfotrehalose, a novel osmolyte in haloalkaliphilic archaea.
abstract: A novel 1-->1 alpha-linked glucose disaccharide with sulfate at C-2 of one of the glucose moieties, 1-(2-O-sulfo-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl)-alpha-D-glycopyranose, was found to be the major organic solute accumulated by a Natronococcus sp. and several Natronobacterium species. The concentration of this novel disaccharide, termed sulfotrehalose, increased with increasing concentrations of external NaCl, behavior consistent with its identity as an osmolyte. A variety of noncharged disaccharides (trehalose, sucrose, cellobiose, and maltose) were added to the growth medium to see if they could suppress synthesis and accumulation of sulfotrehalose. Sucrose was the most effective in suppressing biosynthesis and accumulation of sulfotrehalose, with levels as low as 0.1 mM being able to significantly replace the novel charged osmolyte. Other common osmolytes (glycine betaine, glutamate, and proline) were not accumulated or used for osmotic balance in place of the sulfotrehalose by the halophilic archaeons.
authors.affiliation: Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02167, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Desmarais
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Jablonski
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Fedarko
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D004187:Disaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006216:Halobacteriaceae / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D012996:Solutions; D014199:Trehalose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004187:Disaccharides; D012996:Solutions; D012965:Sodium Chloride; C041663:trehalose 2-sulfate; D014199:Trehalose