- Synthesis of Chiral Spin-Labeled Amino Acids
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Spin-labeled amino acids (SLAAs) are often used to determine intermolecular distances and conformations in proteins via double electron-electron resonance. Currently available SLAAs can be difficult to incorporate selectively and have little resemblance to natural side chains in proteins. Enantioselective synthesis of three spin-labeled l-amino acids is described, starting from readily available 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinone. These SLAAs better replicate canonical residues in proteins and aim for biological incorporation via genetic incorporation or solid-phase peptide synthesis.
- Vuong, Wayne,Mosquera-Guagua, Fabricio,Sanichar, Randy,McDonald, Tyler R.,Ernst, Oliver P.,Wang, Lei,Vederas, John C.
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p. 10149 - 10153
(2019/12/24)
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- 2′-Alkynylnucleotides: A Sequence- and Spin Label-Flexible Strategy for EPR Spectroscopy in DNA
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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is a powerful method to elucidate molecular structure through the measurement of distances between conformationally well-defined spin labels. Here we report a sequence-flexible approach to the synthesis of double spin-labeled DNA duplexes, where 2′-alkynylnucleosides are incorporated at terminal and internal positions on complementary strands. Post-DNA synthesis copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reactions with a variety of spin labels enable the use of double electron-electron resonance experiments to measure a number of distances on the duplex, affording a high level of detailed structural information.
- Haugland, Marius M.,El-Sagheer, Afaf H.,Porter, Rachel J.,Pe?a, Javier,Brown, Tom,Anderson, Edward A.,Lovett, Janet E.
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p. 9069 - 9072
(2016/08/05)
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- Synthesis and fluorescence properties of six fluorescein-nitroxide radical hybrid-compounds
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Six fluorescein-nitroxide radical hybrid-compounds (2ab, 3ab, 4, and 5) were synthesized by the condensation of 5- or 6-carboxy-fluorescein and 4-amino-TEMPO (2ab), 5- or 6-aminofluorescein and 4-carboxy-TEMPO (3ab), and fluorescein and 4-carboxy-TEMPO (4), or by reaction of the 3-hydroxyl group of fluorescein with DPROXYL-3-ylmethyl methanesulfonate (5). Fluorescence intensities (around 520 nm) after reduction of the radical increased to 1.43-, 1.38-, and 1.61-folds for 2a, 2b and 3b respectively; 3a alone exhibited a decrease in intensity on reduction. Since 4 was readily solvolyzed in PBS or even methanol to afford fluorescein and 4-carboxy-TEMPO, its fluorescence change could not be measured. Hybrid compound 5 containing an ether-linkage between the fluorescein phenol and 3-hydroxymethyl-DPROXYL hydroxyl centers, was stable and on reduction, showed a maximum increase (3.21-fold) in relative fluorescence intensity in PBS (pH 5.0), despite its remarkably low absolute fluorescence intensity.
- Sato, Shingo,Endo, Susumu,Kurokawa, Yusuke,Yamaguchi, Masaki,Nagai, Akio,Ito, Tomohiro,Ogata, Tateaki
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p. 66 - 71
(2016/07/06)
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