An unnatural amino acid based fluorescent probe for phenylalanine ammonia lyase

  • Zhenlin Tian
  • , Weiping Zhu*
  • , Yufang Xu
  • , Xuhong Qian
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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. This journal is

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5818-5821
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Volume12
Issue number31
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Aug 2014
Externally publishedYes

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