Direct photomodulation of peptide backbone conformations.
Significant photoswitching ability is found for secondary thioxopeptide bonds and can be used for the photomodulation of the backbone conformation of peptides or proteins.
Zhao
Jianzhang
J
Max-Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding, Weinbergweg 22, 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany. j.zhao@bath.ac.uk
Wildemann
Dirk
D
Jakob
Mario
M
Vargas
Carolyn
C
Schiene-Fischer
Cordelia
C
D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
D000577:Amides; D010455:Peptides