Family of Site-Selective Molecular Optical Switches
摘要:
[GRAPHIVS]We describe the design, synthesis, and characterization of a family of thiol-reactive optical switches for labeling proteins and other biomolecules. Site-selective introduction of photochromic probes within biomolecules is being used as part of a new approach for optical control of biomolecular interactions and activities within cells. The thiol-reactive photochromic probes described in this report include a spironaplithoxazine and five spirobenzopyrans. The location of the thiol-reactive group on the spirobenzopyran is different for each probe; this feature can be used to control the geometry of the optical switch within a bioconjugate. The photochromes undergo rapid and reversible, optically driven transitions between a colorless spiro (SP) state and a brightly colored merocyanine (MC) state. The MC absorption of a spironaphthoxazine conjugate is red shifted by more than 100 nm compared to the equivalent spirobenzopyran, which may be exploited for the independent control of the MC to SP transition for up to two different spironaphthoxazine and spirobenzopyran conjugates within the same sample.
The present invention provides photochromic compounds and derivatives thereof as shown in claim
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and methods of use of these compounds and derivatives. The present invention also provides photochromic optical probes capable of undergoing light directed reversible transition between a first state and a second state. The invention also teaches methods of determining and controlling reversible optical biomolecular interactions, for example binding of calcium in a subject.
Family of Site-Selective Molecular Optical Switches
作者:Tomoyo Sakata、Yuling Yan、Gerard Marriott
DOI:10.1021/jo048207o
日期:2005.3.1
[GRAPHIVS]We describe the design, synthesis, and characterization of a family of thiol-reactive optical switches for labeling proteins and other biomolecules. Site-selective introduction of photochromic probes within biomolecules is being used as part of a new approach for optical control of biomolecular interactions and activities within cells. The thiol-reactive photochromic probes described in this report include a spironaplithoxazine and five spirobenzopyrans. The location of the thiol-reactive group on the spirobenzopyran is different for each probe; this feature can be used to control the geometry of the optical switch within a bioconjugate. The photochromes undergo rapid and reversible, optically driven transitions between a colorless spiro (SP) state and a brightly colored merocyanine (MC) state. The MC absorption of a spironaphthoxazine conjugate is red shifted by more than 100 nm compared to the equivalent spirobenzopyran, which may be exploited for the independent control of the MC to SP transition for up to two different spironaphthoxazine and spirobenzopyran conjugates within the same sample.