Benjamin M. Swarts

Synthesis and CD structural studies of CD52 peptides and glycopeptides.

Synthesis and antibacterial activities of N-glycosylated derivatives of tyrocidine A, a macrocyclic peptide antibiotic.

Sortase-catalyzed peptide-glycosylphosphatidylinositol analogue ligation.

Sortase A-catalyzed transpeptidation of glycosylphosphatidylinositol derivatives for chemoenzymatic synthesis of GPI-anchored proteins.

Synthesis of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor bearing unsaturated lipid chains.

Chemical synthesis and functionalization of clickable glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors.

Total synthesis of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor of the human lymphocyte CD52 antigen.

Chemical synthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors.

Probing the mycobacterial trehalome with bioorthogonal chemistry.

Sulfatase-activated fluorophores for rapid discrimination of mycobacterial species and strains.

Chemoenzymatic synthesis of trehalose analogues: rapid access to chemical probes for investigating mycobacteria.

Illumination of growth, division and secretion by metabolic labeling of the bacterial cell surface.

A trifunctional cyclooctyne for modifying azide-labeled biomolecules with photocrosslinking and affinity tags.

Bioorthogonal Chemical Reporters for Selective In Situ Probing of Mycomembrane Components in Mycobacteria.

Deoxyfluoro-d-trehalose (FDTre) analogues as potential PET probes for imaging mycobacterial infection.

A chemical reporter strategy for detecting and identifying O-mycoloylated proteins in Corynebacterium.