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- Chen, Xi, et al.
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“Molecular Activity Painting” : Switch-like, light-controlled perturbations inside living cells
- 2017
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Ingår i: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. - : Wiley. - 1433-7851 .- 1521-3773. ; 56:21, s. 5916-5920
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Acute subcellular protein targeting is a powerful tool to study biological networks. However, signaling at the plasma membrane is highly dynamic, making it difficult to study in space and time. In particular, sustained local control of molecular function is challenging due to lateral diffusion of plasma membrane targeted molecules. Here we present “Molecular Activity Painting” (MAP), a novel technology which combines photoactivatable chemically induced dimerization (pCID) with immobilized artificial receptors. The immobilization of artificial receptors by surface-immobilized antibodies blocks lateral diffusion, enabling rapid and stable “painting” of signaling molecules and their activity at the plasma membrane with micrometer precision. Using this method, we show that painting of the RhoA-myosin activator GEF-H1 induces patterned acto-myosin contraction inside living cells.
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- Chen, Xi, et al.
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Multidirectional Activity Control of Cellular Processes by a Versatile Chemo-optogenetic Approach
- 2018
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Ingår i: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. - : Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft. - 1433-7851 .- 1521-3773. ; 57:37, s. 11993-11997
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The spatiotemporal dynamics of proteins or organelles plays a vital role in controlling diverse cellular processes. However, acute control of activity at distinct locations within a cell is challenging. A versatile multidirectional activity control (MAC) approach is presented, which employs a photoactivatable system that may be dimerized upon chemical inducement. The system comprises second-generation SLF*-TMP (S*T) and photocaged NvocTMP-Cl dimerizers; where, SLF*-TMP features a synthetic ligand of the FKBP(F36V) binding protein, Nvoc is a caging group, and TMP is the antibiotic trimethoprim. Two MAC strategies are demonstrated to spatiotemporally control cellular signaling and intracellular cargo transport. The novel platform enables tunable, reversible, and rapid control of activity at multiple compartments in living cells.
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