PHOTO-SWITCHABLE CHEMICAL INDUCERS OF DIMERIZATION FOR CONTROL OF PROTEIN FUNCTION IN CELLS BY LIGHT
申请人:Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
公开号:US20200190067A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-18
The present application refers to photo-switchable chemical inducers of dimerization for control of protein interactions in cells by light. A compound, a test system, methods and uses are disclosed how the invention can be applied in the investigation of intracellular protein interactions. The system is composed of a compound of the general formula (I) as the photo-caged dimerizer, with the ability to covalently bind to HaloTag and a high affinity binding to eDHFR, respectively. The system can be activated and deactivated selectively on illumination with light under different irradiation conditions.