Azobenzene-containing photoswitchable proteasome inhibitors with selective activity and cellular toxicity
作者:Beatriz Blanco、Kathryn A. Palasis、Alaknanda Adwal、David F. Callen、Andrew D. Abell
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2017.06.011
日期:2017.10
A series of azobenzene-containing peptidic boronate esters was prepared and the activity of the thermally adapted states (TAS), enriched in trans isomer, and the photostationary states (PSS), enriched in cis isomer, for each compound were evaluated against β5 and β1 proteasome subunits. Compounds with a sterically demanding phenyl-substituted azobenzene at P2 (4c), and a less sterically demanding unsubstituted
Synthetic control of peptide-based supramolecular assemblies can provide molecular cues to understand protein aggregation while also inspiring the development of novel chemical biology tools to deliver cargoes inside cells. Here we show that the trans-to-cis photoisomerization of a pendant azo-group covalently attached to a Phe–Phe dipeptide can comprehensively ‘turn-off’ its native fibrillation propensity
Light Regulation of Enzyme Allostery through Photo-responsive Unnatural Amino Acids
作者:Andrea C. Kneuttinger、Kristina Straub、Philipp Bittner、Nadja A. Simeth、Astrid Bruckmann、Florian Busch、Chitra Rajendran、Enrico Hupfeld、Vicki H. Wysocki、Dominik Horinek、Burkhard König、Rainer Merkl、Reinhard Sterner
DOI:10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.08.006
日期:2019.11
Imidazole glycerol phosphate synthase (ImGPS) is an allosteric bienzyme complex in which substrate binding to the synthase subunit HisF stimulates the glutaminase subunit HisH. To control this stimulation with light, we have incorporated the photo-responsive unnatural amino acids phenylalanine-4'-azobenzene (AzoF), o-nitropiperonyl-O-tyrosine (NPY), and methyl-o-nitropiperonyllysine (mNPK) at strategic positions of HisF. The light-mediated isomerization of AzoF at position 55 (fS55AzoF(E) <-> fS55AzoF(Z)) resulted in a reversible 10-fold regulation of HisH activity. The light-mediated decaging of NPY at position 39 (fY39NPY -> fY39) and of mNPK at position 99 (fK99mNPK -> fK99) led to a 4- to 6-fold increase of HisH activity. Molecular dynamics simulations explained how the unnatural amino acids interfere with the allosteric machinery of ImGPS and revealed additional aspects of HisH stimulation in wild-type ImGPS. Our findings show that unnatural amino acids can be used as a powerful tool for the spatio-temporal control of a central metabolic enzyme complex by light.
The Incorporation of a Photoisomerizable Amino Acid into Proteins in <i>E. </i><i>c</i><i>oli</i>
作者:Mohua Bose、Dan Groff、Jianming Xie、Eric Brustad、Peter G. Schultz
DOI:10.1021/ja055467u
日期:2006.1.1
An orthogonal aminoacyl tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair has been evolved that allows the incorporation of the photoisomerizable amino acid phenylalanine-4'-azobenzene (AzoPhe) into proteins in E. coli in response to the amber nonsense codon. Further, we show that AzoPhe can be used to photoregulate the binding affinity of catabolite activator protein to its promoter. The ability to selectively incorporate AzoPhe into proteins at defined sites should make it possible to regulate a variety of biological processes with light, including enzyme, receptor, and ion channel activity.