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Photoswitchable affinity reagents: Computational design and efficient red-light switching.

Nobuo YasuikeKristin M BlacklockHuixin LuAnna S I JaikaranSherin McDonaldMaruti UppalapatiSagar D KhareG Andrew Woolley
Published in: ChemPhotoChem (2019)
Photo-controlled affinity reagents seek to provide modular spatiotemporal control of bioactivity by conferring photo-switchability of function on an affinity reagent scaffold. Here we used Rosetta-based computational methods to screen for sites on the Fynomer affinity reagent structure for attachment of photoswitchable cross-linkers. Both established UV-based cross-linkers (azobenzene-iodoacetamide (IAC)) and an azonium-based efficient red light switchable cross-linker, piperazino-tetra-ortho-methoxy azobenzene (PIP), were then tested experimentally. Several sites compatible with Fynomer function were identified, including sites showing rapid (<10s) red light (633 nm) modulation of function. While a range of overall target binding affinities were observed, the degree of photo-switchability of Fynomer function was generally small (<2-fold). Computational models suggest that local flexibility limits the degree of switching seen in these designs.
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