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Control of protein phosphorylation with a genetically encoded photocaged amino acid.
Nature chemical biology - 1 Dec 2007
Lemke Edward A, Summerer Daniel, Geierstanger Bernhard H, Brittain Scott M, Schultz Peter G
Abstract excerpt
We genetically encoded the photocaged amino acid 4,5-dimethoxy-2-nitrobenzylserine (DMNB-Ser) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in response to the amber nonsense codon TAG. This amino acid was converted to serine in living cells by irradiation with relatively low-energy blue light and was used to noninvasively photoactivate phosphorylation of the transcription factor Pho4, which controls the cellular response to...
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