Site-specific incorporation of photoisomerizable azobenzene groups into ribonuclease S

David Liu, John Karanicolas, Catherine Yu, Zhihua Zhang, G. Andrew Woolley

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Abstract

Syntheses of S-peptide analogues bearing phenylazophenylalanine (Pap) residues at positions 4, 8, and 11 are described. Noncovalent reassociation of the Pap-4 and Pap-11 peptides with S-protein reconstitutes ribonuclease activity. Photoisomerization of the Pap-4 peptide is found to modulate the enzyme activity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2677-2680
Number of pages4
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume7
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 21 1997

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