Widescale evaluation of interacting partners for carbohydrates is an underexploited area. Probing of the ‘glyco-interactome’ has particular relevance given the lack of direct genetic control of glycoconjugate biosynthesis. Here we design, create and utilize a natural product-derived glycomimetic iminosugar probe in a Glycomimetic Affinity-enrichment Proteomics (Glyco-AeP) strategy to elucidate key interactions directly from mammalian tissue. The binding partners discovered here and the associated genomic analysis implicate a subset of chaperone and junctional proteins as important in male fertility. Such repurposing of existing therapeutics thus creates direct routes to probing in vivo function. The success of this strategy suggests a general approach to discovering ‘carbohydrate-active’ partners in biology.
对
碳水化合物的相互作用伙伴进行大规模评估是一个尚未充分开发的领域。由于缺乏对
糖类共轭物
生物合成的直接
基因控制,对 "
糖类相互作用组 "的探究就显得尤为重要。在这里,我们设计、创建并利用源自
天然产物的拟糖
亚胺糖探针,采用拟糖亲和力富集蛋白质组学(Glyco-AeP)策略,直接从哺乳动物组织中阐明关键的相互作用。这里发现的结合伙伴和相关的
基因组分析表明,伴侣蛋白和连接蛋白是男性生育力的重要因素。因此,这种对现有疗法的重新利用为探测体内功能开辟了直接途径。这一策略的成功为发现
生物学中的 "
碳水化合物活性 "伙伴提供了一种通用方法。