Site-specific conversion of cysteine thiols into thiocyanate creates an IR probe for electric fields in proteins

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 41, 2006, Pages 13356-13357

  Fafarman, Aaron T ^a   Webb, Lauren J ^a   Chuang, Jessica I ^a   Boxer, Steven G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; THIOCYANATE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; INFRARED RADIATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; PROTEIN BINDING; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; VIBRATION;

CYSTEINE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; THIOCYANATES;

EID: 33750039654     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0650403     Document Type: Article

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