title: Diazo groups endure metabolism and enable chemoselectivity in cellulo.
abstract: We introduce a stabilized diazo group as a reporter for chemical biology. ManDiaz, which is a diazo derivative of N-acetylmannosamine, is found to endure cellular metabolism and label the surface of a mammalian cell. There its diazo group can undergo a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with a strained alkyne, providing a signal comparable to that from the azido congener, ManNAz. The chemoselectivity of diazo and alkynyl groups enables dual labeling of cells that is not possible with azido and alkynyl groups. Thus, the diazo group, which is approximately half the size of an azido group, provides unique opportunities for orthogonal labeling of cellular components.
authors: Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology Graduate Training Program, ‡Department of Chemistry, and §Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.
authors: Kristen A
authors: KA
authors: Andersen
authors: Matthew R
authors: MR
authors: Aronoff
authors: Nicholas A
authors: NA
authors: McGrath
authors: Ronald T
authors: RT
authors: Raines
mesh_terms: D000480:Alkynes / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D006595:Hexosamines / Q000737:chemistry; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000480:Alkynes; D001391:Azo Compounds; D006595:Hexosamines; C002022:N-acetylmannosamine