title: An optical switch for a motor protein.
abstract: Light-triggered motor: Incorporation of a photocleavable group onto a phosphoserine residue of the regulator of a motor protein allows light-induced activation with spatial and temporal precision inside a living cell.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tarun M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Kapoor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D008027:Light; D024462:Myosin Type II / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010768:Phosphoserine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational
chemical_list: D010768:Phosphoserine; D024462:Myosin Type II