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SUBMITTER: Wright AT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2044501 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wright Aaron T AT Cravatt Benjamin F BF
Chemistry & biology 20070901 9
The cytochrome P450 (P450) superfamily metabolizes many endogenous signaling molecules and drugs. P450 enzymes are regulated by posttranslational mechanisms in vivo, which hinders their functional characterization by conventional genomic or proteomic methods. Here we describe a chemical proteomic strategy to profile P450 activities directly in living systems. Derivatization of a mechanism-based inhibitor with a "clickable" handle provided an activity-based probe that labels multiple P450s both i ...[more]