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An Optical Switch for a Motor Protein
Author(s) -
Li Xiang,
Kapoor Tarun M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/cbic.201100439
Subject(s) - phosphoserine , regulator , molecular motor , chemistry , optogenetics , motor protein , biophysics , neuroscience , biology , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , phosphorylation , microtubule , serine , gene
Light‐triggered motor: Incorporation of a photocleavable group onto a phosphoserine residue of the regulator of a motor protein allows light‐induced activation with spatial and temporal precision inside a living cell.