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p-cyanophenylalanine

 
National Institutes of Health

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2016
2016
Selenomethionine, p-cyanophenylalanine pairs provide a convenient, sensitive, non-perturbing fluorescent probe of local helical structure.
The use of selenomethionine (MSe)-p-cyanophenylalanine (FCN) pairs to probe protein structure is demonstrated. MSe quenches FCN… Expand
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2015
2015
p-Cyanophenylalanine and selenomethionine constitute a useful fluorophore-quencher pair for short distance measurements: application to polyproline peptides.
The C≡N stretching frequency and fluorescence quantum yield of p-cyanophenylalanine are sensitive to environment. As such, this… Expand
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2015
2015
Measurement of the membrane dipole electric field in DMPC vesicles using vibrational shifts of p-cyanophenylalanine and molecular dynamics simulations.
The magnitude of the membrane dipole field was measured using vibrational Stark effect (VSE) shifts of nitrile oscillators placed… Expand
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2015
2015
New aspects of the structure and mode of action of the human cathelicidin LL-37 revealed by the intrinsic probe p-cyanophenylalanine.
The human cathelicidin peptide LL-37 is an important effector of our innate immune system and contributes to host defence with… Expand
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2013
2013
Quenching of p-Cyanophenylalanine Fluorescence by Various Anions.
To expand the spectroscopic utility of the non-natural amino acid p-cyanophenylalanine (PheCN), we examine the quenching… Expand
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2013
2013
Labeling proteins with fluorophore/thioamide Förster resonant energy transfer pairs by combining unnatural amino acid mutagenesis and native chemical ligation.
We have recently shown that p-cyanophenylalanine (Cnf) and a thioamide can be used as a minimally perturbing Förster resonant… Expand
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2012
2012
Sensitivity of amyloid formation by human islet amyloid polypeptide to mutations at residue 20.
Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP, amylin) is responsible for amyloid formation in type 2 diabetes and in islet cell transplants… Expand
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2010
2010
Nitrile bonds as infrared probes of electrostatics in ribonuclease S.
Three different nitrile-containing amino acids, p-cyanophenylalanine, m-cyanophenylalanine, and S-cyanohomocysteine, have been… Expand
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2009
2009
Interpretation of p-cyanophenylalanine fluorescence in proteins in terms of solvent exposure and contribution of side-chain quenchers: a combined fluorescence, IR and molecular dynamics study.
The use of noncoded amino acids as spectroscopic probes of protein folding and function is growing rapidly, in large part because… Expand
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2008
2008
The fluorescent amino acid p-cyanophenylalanine provides an intrinsic probe of amyloid formation.
Amyloid formation has been implicated in more than fifteen different human diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s… Expand
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