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Table 2 Click chemistry-functionalized monosaccharides already applied to plants as chemical reporters

From: Current and future advances in fluorescence-based visualization of plant cell wall components and cell wall biosynthetic machineries

Monosaccharide

Click-reaction

Tissue

Compound

Live/fixed

Ref

Alkynyl fucose

CuAAC

Roots

RG-I

Cu(I) toxic

[164, 172]

Azido Kdo

CuAAC

Roots

RG-II

Cu(I) toxic

[173]

Tobacco

BY-2 cells

Alkynyl glucose

CuAAC

Root hairs

n.d.a

Arrests growth,

[174]

Cu(I) toxic

Azido Glc, Ara,

SPAAC

Roots

n.d.

Live

[168]

azido Fuc, Gal,

SPAAC

Live

cyclopropene Glc

\(\hbox {DA}_{{inv}}\)

Live

GlcNAz

CuAAC

Roots

N-linked

Cu(I) toxic

[179]

Glycoproteins

Alkynyl Fuc

CuAAC

Roots

n.d.

Cu(I) toxic

[180]

Azido Fuc, Kdo

SPAAC

Roots

Live

 

GlcNAz

SPAAC

Roots

Live

 

GalNAz

SPAAC

Roots

\(\text {toxic}\)c

 

Alkynyl fucose

CuAAC

Flax stem

n.d.b

Cu(I) toxic

[178]

  1. n.d. not determined, Kdo 3-deoxy-d-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid. Glc glucose, Ara arabinose, Fuc fucose, Gal galactose. GlcNAz N-azidoacetylglucosamine, GalNAz N-azidoacetylgalactosamine
  2. a Incorporation hypothesized in callose or \(\beta \)-1,4 glucan by CSLD3.
  3. b Incorporation into non-cellulosic polysaccharides.
  4. c Moderate inhibition of root growth