Selective Incorporation of Nitrile-Based Infrared Probes into Proteins via Cysteine Alkylation
作者:Hyunil Jo、Robert M. Culik、Ivan V. Korendovych、William F. DeGrado、Feng Gai
DOI:10.1021/bi101711a
日期:2010.12.14
The nitrile stretching vibration is increasingly used as a sensitive infrared probe of local protein environments. However, site-specific incorporation of a nitrile moiety into proteins is difficult. Here we show that various aromatic nitriles can be easily incorporated into peptides and proteins via either thiol alkylation or arylation reaction.