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SUBMITTER: Aaron JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2408383 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aaron Julie A JA Chambers Jennifer M JM Jude Kevin M KM Di Costanzo Luigi L Dmochowski Ivan J IJ Christianson David W DW
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20080508 22
Cryptophanes represent an exciting class of xenon-encapsulating molecules that can be exploited as probes for nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. The 1.70 A resolution crystal structure of a cryptophane-derivatized benezenesulfonamide complexed with human carbonic anhydrase II shows how an encapsulated xenon atom can be directed to a specific biological target. The crystal structure confirms binding measurements indicating that the cryptophane cage does not strongly interact with the surface of ...[more]