Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification
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...light-based control of signaling pathways. This is particularly exciting because using light to control signaling...
Option #2 may sound like fiction, but light-controlled protein purification is now a reality thanks ..., and their use for protein purification and controlling cell signaling.
Key components of OptoNBs
OptoNBs...insertion into loops 1 and 6 resulted in light controlled binding, but with opposite effects: insertion...insertion site on light-induced binding.
Light controlled protein purification with OptoNBs
The first application...application for OptoNBs takes us in vitro: light-controlled affinity purification of unmodified proteins....stuck to the surface of a bead.
Using OptoNBs to control cell signaling
The second application for OptoNBs...