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Long-wavelength photoremovable protecting groups : On the way to in vivo application. / Vorobev, Aleksey Yu; Moskalensky, Alexander E.
In: Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, Vol. 18, 2020, p. 27-34.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-wavelength photoremovable protecting groups
T2 - On the way to in vivo application
AU - Vorobev, Aleksey Yu
AU - Moskalensky, Alexander E.
N1 - © 2019 The Authors.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Photoremovable protective groups (PPGs) and related “caged” compounds have been recognized as a powerful tool in an arsenal of life science methods. The present review is focused on recent advances in design of “caged” compounds which function in red or near-infrared region. The naive comparison of photon energy with that of organic bond leads to the illusion that long-wavelength activation is possible only for weak chemical bonds like N-N. However, there are different means to overcome this threshold and shift the uncaging functionality into red or near-infrared regions for general organic bonds. We overview these strategies, including the novel photochemical and photophysical mechanisms used in newly developed PPGs, singlet-oxygen-mediated photolysis, and two-photon absorption. Recent advances in science places the infrared-sensitive PPGs to the same usability level as traditional ones, facilitating in vivo application of caged compounds.
AB - Photoremovable protective groups (PPGs) and related “caged” compounds have been recognized as a powerful tool in an arsenal of life science methods. The present review is focused on recent advances in design of “caged” compounds which function in red or near-infrared region. The naive comparison of photon energy with that of organic bond leads to the illusion that long-wavelength activation is possible only for weak chemical bonds like N-N. However, there are different means to overcome this threshold and shift the uncaging functionality into red or near-infrared regions for general organic bonds. We overview these strategies, including the novel photochemical and photophysical mechanisms used in newly developed PPGs, singlet-oxygen-mediated photolysis, and two-photon absorption. Recent advances in science places the infrared-sensitive PPGs to the same usability level as traditional ones, facilitating in vivo application of caged compounds.
KW - caged compounds
KW - long-wavelength excitation
KW - photoremovable protecting groups
KW - DESIGN
KW - CHROMOPHORE
KW - STRATEGY
KW - LIGHT
KW - PHOTORELEASE
KW - REACTIVITY
KW - CAGING GROUP
KW - RELEASE
KW - PLATFORM
KW - PHOTOACTIVATION
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076046047&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.11.007
DO - 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.11.007
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31890141
AN - SCOPUS:85076046047
VL - 18
SP - 27
EP - 34
JO - Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
JF - Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
SN - 2001-0370
ER -
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