作者: Noriyuki Uchida , Kou Okuro , Yamato Niitani , Xiao Ling , Takayuki Ariga
DOI: 10.1021/JA401059W
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摘要: A water-soluble dendron with a fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) fluorescent label and bearing nine pendant guanidinium ion (Gu+)/benzophenone (BP) pairs at its periphery (GlueBP-FITC) serves as “photoclickable molecular glue”. By multivalent salt-bridge formation between Gu+ ions oxyanions, GlueBP-FITC temporarily adheres to kinesin/microtubule hybrid. Upon subsequent exposure UV light, this noncovalent binding is made permanent via cross-linking reaction mediated by carbon radicals derived from the photoexcited BP units. This temporal-to-permanent transformation light occurs quickly efficiently in preorganized state, allowing movements of microtubules on kinesin-coated glass plate be photochemically controlled. fundamental difference such temporal bindings was visualized use “optical tweezers”.