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SUBMITTER: Wesalo JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6980333 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wesalo Joshua S JS Luo Ji J Morihiro Kunihiko K Liu Jihe J Deiters Alexander A
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 20191030 1-2
The Staudinger reduction and its variants have exceptional compatibility with live cells but can be limited by slow kinetics. Herein we report new small-molecule triggers that turn on proteins through a Staudinger reduction/self-immolation cascade with substantially improved kinetics and yields. We achieved this through site-specific incorporation of a new set of azidobenzyloxycarbonyl lysine derivatives in mammalian cells. This approach allowed us to activate proteins by adding a nontoxic, bioo ...[more]