Abstract
The ability to generate substrate concentration jumps through photo-deprotection of amine, carboxyl and phosphate groups has been an important development for investigations of protein activity in complex systems. To broaden the versatility and applications of photo-deprotection techniques for the photomodulation of protein activity we describe the synthesis and characterisation of a reagent for generating free thiol from thioether groups and a related photocleavable, heterobifunctional crosslinking reagent. Chemical and spectroscopic studies of a model thiol protected derivative were used to show some features of thiol group photodeprotection. To demonstrate how the photocleavable crosslinking reagent may be used to modulate the activity of proteins we investigated the effect of light on the nucleating activity of crosslinked actin dimer; thus following near-ultraviolet irradiation of the actin dimer the crosslink was cleaved, presumably at the thioether bond, resulting in the concomitant dissociation of dimer, loss of nucleating activity and creation of a concentration jump of polymerisable G-actin monomer. On the basis of this initial study we discuss applications and limitations of these reagents for the photomodulation of protein activity in vitro and in vivo.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 943-951 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Biochemistry International |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 1992 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Photomodulation of the nucleating activity of a photocleavable crosslinked actin dimer. / Marriott, G.; Miyata, H.; Kinosita, K.
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T1 - Photomodulation of the nucleating activity of a photocleavable crosslinked actin dimer
AU - Marriott, G.
AU - Miyata, H.
AU - Kinosita, K.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - The ability to generate substrate concentration jumps through photo-deprotection of amine, carboxyl and phosphate groups has been an important development for investigations of protein activity in complex systems. To broaden the versatility and applications of photo-deprotection techniques for the photomodulation of protein activity we describe the synthesis and characterisation of a reagent for generating free thiol from thioether groups and a related photocleavable, heterobifunctional crosslinking reagent. Chemical and spectroscopic studies of a model thiol protected derivative were used to show some features of thiol group photodeprotection. To demonstrate how the photocleavable crosslinking reagent may be used to modulate the activity of proteins we investigated the effect of light on the nucleating activity of crosslinked actin dimer; thus following near-ultraviolet irradiation of the actin dimer the crosslink was cleaved, presumably at the thioether bond, resulting in the concomitant dissociation of dimer, loss of nucleating activity and creation of a concentration jump of polymerisable G-actin monomer. On the basis of this initial study we discuss applications and limitations of these reagents for the photomodulation of protein activity in vitro and in vivo.
AB - The ability to generate substrate concentration jumps through photo-deprotection of amine, carboxyl and phosphate groups has been an important development for investigations of protein activity in complex systems. To broaden the versatility and applications of photo-deprotection techniques for the photomodulation of protein activity we describe the synthesis and characterisation of a reagent for generating free thiol from thioether groups and a related photocleavable, heterobifunctional crosslinking reagent. Chemical and spectroscopic studies of a model thiol protected derivative were used to show some features of thiol group photodeprotection. To demonstrate how the photocleavable crosslinking reagent may be used to modulate the activity of proteins we investigated the effect of light on the nucleating activity of crosslinked actin dimer; thus following near-ultraviolet irradiation of the actin dimer the crosslink was cleaved, presumably at the thioether bond, resulting in the concomitant dissociation of dimer, loss of nucleating activity and creation of a concentration jump of polymerisable G-actin monomer. On the basis of this initial study we discuss applications and limitations of these reagents for the photomodulation of protein activity in vitro and in vivo.
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