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SUBMITTER: MacKinnon AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2574519 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
MacKinnon Andrew L AL Garrison Jennifer L JL Hegde Ramanujan S RS Taunton Jack J
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20071106 47
Photoaffinity labeling is a powerful tool to identify protein targets of biologically active small molecules, yet is often limited by the size, chemical properties, and availability of photoreactive groups. We report an improved synthesis of photo-leucine, a diazirine-based photoreactive analogue of leucine, and demonstrate its incorporation into a cyclodepsipeptide inhibitor of cotranslational translocation. Photoaffinity labeling in a crude membrane fraction, followed by "click chemistry" with ...[more]