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FTIR analysis of GPCR activation using azido probes.

ABSTRACT: We demonstrate the site-directed incorporation of an IR-active amino acid, p-azido-L-phenylalanine (azidoF, 1), into the G protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin using amber codon suppression technology. The antisymmetric stretch vibration of the azido group absorbs at approximately 2,100 cm(-1) in a clear spectral window and is sensitive to its electrostatic environment. We used FTIR difference spectroscopy to monitor the azido probe and show that the electrostatic environments of specific interhelical networks change during receptor activation.

SUBMITTER: Ye S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2875874 | biostudies-other | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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FTIR analysis of GPCR activation using azido probes.

Ye Shixin S Huber Thomas T Vogel Reiner R Sakmar Thomas P TP

Nature chemical biology 20090426 6

We demonstrate the site-directed incorporation of an IR-active amino acid, p-azido-L-phenylalanine (azidoF, 1), into the G protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin using amber codon suppression technology. The antisymmetric stretch vibration of the azido group absorbs at approximately 2,100 cm(-1) in a clear spectral window and is sensitive to its electrostatic environment. We used FTIR difference spectroscopy to monitor the azido probe and show that the electrostatic environments of specific interhel ...[more]

PMID: 19396177

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