Abstract
N-Heterocyclic cations are incorporated into proteins using 5-(2-bromoethyl)phenanthridinium bromide, which selectively reacts with either cysteine or lysine residues, resulting in ethylphenanthridinium (Phen) or highly stable cyclised dihydro-imidazo-phenanthridinium (DIP) adducts respectively; these modifications have been found to manipulate the observed structure of lysozyme and bovine serum albumin by AFM.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2581-3258 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Volume | 2007 |
| Issue number | 25 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2007 |
Keywords
- animals
- cell membrane
- chickens
- egg white
- fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
- heterocyclic compounds
- atomic force microscopy
- muramidase
- proteins
- bovine serum albumin