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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1995
Frederick F Fay, Worcester, MA (US);
Robert Carraway, Holden, MA (US);
Mitsuo Ikebe, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Jeffrey Walker, Madison, WI (US);
Other;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for preparing a photosensitive peptide which is capable of being activated or deactivated in a biological system, including the steps of: (a) providing an amino acid including a photolabile molecule; and (b) incorporating the amino acid into a peptide during synthesis, wherein incorporation of the amino acid into the peptide produces a photosensitive peptide. Also disclosed is a method of introducing a photosensitive cleavage site into a synthetic peptide, including synthesizing a synthetic peptide having at least one photolabile amino acid, wherein the photolabile amino acid is positioned within the synthetic peptide so that upon irradiation the synthetic peptide is cleaved.