A set of rhamnosylation-specific antibodies enables detection of novel protein glycosylations in bacteria

2020-08-24

Daniel Gast, Franziska Koller, Ralph Krafczyk, Lukas Bauer, Swetlana Wunder, Jürgen Lassak and Anja Hoffmann-Röder

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020, 18, 6823–6828

https://doi.org/10.1039/D0OB01289K

Despite its potential importance for bacterial virulence, protein rhamnosylation has not yet been sufficiently studied. Specific anti-SerRha, anti-ThrRha and anti-AsnRha antibodies allowed the identification of previously unknown monorhamnosylated proteins in cytosol and membrane fractions of bacterial cell lysates. Mapping of the complete rhamnoproteome in pathogens should facilitate development of targeted therapies against bacterial infections.