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SUBMITTER: Lee HM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3045470 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Hsien-Ming HM Xu Weichen W Lawrence David S DS
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20110208 8
A strategy for the construction of a profluorescent caged enzyme is described. An active site-directed peptide-based affinity label was designed, synthesized, and employed to covalently label a nonactive site residue in the cAMP-dependent protein kinase. The modified kinase displays minimal catalytic activity and low fluorescence. Photolysis results in partial cleavage of the enzyme-bound affinity label, restoration of enzymatic activity (60-80%) and a strong fluorescent response (10-20 fold). T ...[more]