Synthesis of an arabinofuranosyl disaccharide photoaffinity probe for arabinosyltransferase activity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Pathak AK, Pathak V, Gurcha SS, Besra GS, Reynolds RC.
(5-Azidonaphthalene-1-sulfonamidoethyl)-5-O-(alpha-arabinofuranosyl)-alpha-D-arabinofuranoside 1 was synthesized as a photoaffinity probe for the determination of arabinosyl transferase activity and for the identification of binding and functional sites in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.