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unnatural amino acids

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Uaas, Uaas carrying light sensitive moieties

Evidence Snippets

It is achieved by the site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids (Uaas) that carry light sensitive moieties serving as "pigments" that react to light via photo-decaging, cross-linking, or isomerization.
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Linked Claims

Claim 1application scopesupports2017Source 1PubMed

Cas9 has been engineered to enable light activation of genomic editing by CRISPR.

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Very recently, Cas9 protein has been engineered to enable light activation of genomic editing by CRISPR.
Claim 2application scopesupports2017Source 1PubMed

Proteins including ion channels, GPCRs, transporters, and kinases have been rendered light responsive using genetic code expansion-enabled unnatural amino acid functionalities.

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Over the last two decades, various proteins including ion channels, GPCRs, transporters, and kinases have been successfully rendered light responsive owing to the functionalities of Uaas.
Claim 3mechanismsupports2017Source 1PubMed

The light-sensitive unnatural amino acids used in genetic code expansion can react to light via photo-decaging, cross-linking, or isomerization.

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Uaas that carry light sensitive moieties serving as "pigments" that react to light via photo-decaging, cross-linking, or isomerization
Claim 4method capabilitysupports2017Source 1PubMed

Genetic code expansion can transform light-insensitive proteins into novel photoreceptor proteins by site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids with light-sensitive moieties.

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Genetic code expansion (GCE) technology has provided new tools to transform light insensitive proteins into novel photoreceptor proteins. It is achieved by the site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids (Uaas) that carry light sensitive moieties