title: A bola-phospholipid bearing tetrafluorophenylazido chromophore as a promising lipid probe for biomembrane photolabeling studies.
abstract: A bola-phospholipid probe, carrying a tetrafluorophenylazido chromophore in the middle of the transmembrane diacyl chain, was synthesized and characterized with a view to studying biomembranes by a photolabeling approach. This probe shows the advantageous stability of bola-lipids in giant vesicle formation alongside excellent photochemical properties conferred by the tetrafluorophenylazido chromophore, and thus constitutes a promising probe for biomembrane photolabeling studies.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille University, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille, CNRS UMR 7325, 163, avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Kheya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maggiani
authors.forename: Fanqi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000032:analysis / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes
chemical_list: D001386:Azides; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010743:Phospholipids; C014747:phenylazide