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J Am Chem Soc
2014 Jan 29;1364:1238-41. doi: 10.1021/ja411535q.
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A genetically encoded spin label for electron paramagnetic resonance distance measurements.
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We report the genetic encoding of a noncanonical, spin-labeled amino acid in Escherichia coli. This enables the intracellular biosynthesis of spin-labeled proteins and obviates the need for any chemical labeling step usually required for protein electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies. The amino acid can be introduced at multiple, user-defined sites of a protein and is stable in E. coli even for prolonged expression times. It can report intramolecular distance distributions in proteins by double-electron electron resonance measurements. Moreover, the signal of spin-labeled protein can be selectively detected in cells. This provides elegant new perspectives for in-cell EPR studies of endogenous proteins.
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