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SUBMITTER: Karginov AV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3133816 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karginov Andrei V AV Zou Yan Y Shirvanyants David D Kota Pradeep P Dokholyan Nikolay V NV Young Douglas D DD Hahn Klaus M KM Deiters Alexander A
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20101216 3
We developed a new system for light-induced protein dimerization in living cells using a photocaged analogue of rapamycin together with an engineered rapamycin binding domain. Using focal adhesion kinase as a target, we demonstrated successful light-mediated regulation of protein interaction and localization in living cells. Modification of this approach enabled light-triggered activation of a protein kinase and initiation of kinase-induced phenotypic changes in vivo. ...[more]