Issue 31, 2014

An unnatural amino acid based fluorescent probe for phenylalanine ammonia lyase

Abstract

A fluorescent probe (2a-LP) based on an unnatural amino acid (UAA) is developed for the detection of phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL). In the presence of PAL, 2a-LP is catalytically deaminated to ortho-amino-transcinnamic acid (o-a-CA), which shows a remarkable “off–on” fluorescence signal. Thus, the probe 2a-LP enables direct visualization of the PAL activity in tomato under UV illumination and has potential in vitro assays.

Graphical abstract: An unnatural amino acid based fluorescent probe for phenylalanine ammonia lyase

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 May 2014
Accepted
17 Jun 2014
First published
17 Jun 2014

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 5818-5821

An unnatural amino acid based fluorescent probe for phenylalanine ammonia lyase

Z. Tian, W. Zhu, Y. Xu and X. Qian, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 5818 DOI: 10.1039/C4OB00914B

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