Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2023, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (6): 956-965.DOI: 10.11983/CBB22252

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The Application of Click Chemistry Reactions in Plant Cell Labeling

Yuge Zhang1,2, Xiaoyan Yuan1,2, Guifang Zhang1,2, Yujian Li1,2, Jinhuan Yin1,2, Jinxing Lin1,2, Xiaojuan Li1,2,*()   

  1. 1Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
    2National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2022-10-25 Accepted:2023-02-28 Online:2023-11-01 Published:2023-11-27
  • Contact: * E-mail: lixj@bjfu.edu.cn

Abstract: Click chemistry, also known as "link chemistry" or "speed-matching combinatorial chemistry", is the development of a powerful, highly reliable, and highly specific set of reactions for the rapid synthesis of new compounds through the connection of carbon-heteroatomic bonds (C-X-C). Click chemistry has been progressing greatly in drug development, new material synthesis, material surface functionalization modification and biological macromolecular labeling. Pioneers of click chemistry was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2022. This review briefly introduces the principles, reaction types and applications of click chemistry, summarizes the research progress of click chemistry in labeling biological macromolecules, especially in its application to plant cell wall polysaccharide labeling, and provides new ideas for the study of plant cell wall synthesis, structure and dynamic transport.

Key words: click chemistry reaction, azide-alkyne cycloaddition, cell wall, glycan