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A new hydrophobic heterobifunctional photocrosslinking reagent 3-(trifluoromethyl)-3-(m-isothiocyanophenyl)diazirine (TRIMID), a carbene precursor, and its radioiodinated analogue [125I]TRIMID, have been synthesized and chemically characterized. The reagents were applied for membrane protein modification in human erythrocyte membranes and purple membranes fromHalobacterium halobium. Covalent labeling of the anion transport protein (band 3) via the isothiocyanate function was confirmed. Radiolabeled TRIMID was detected in at least two thermolysin-generated transmembrane fragments of the anion transport protein, and half-maximal inhibition of the erythrocyte anion transport activity was attained with 2.2 mM reagent. In bacteriorhodopsin (BR), a common binding site for the monofunctional phenylisothiocyanate and the bifunctional crosslinking reagent was identified: preincubation of purple membranes with TRIMID suppressed phenylisothio-[14C]-cyanate binding to BR. [125I]TRIMID was recovered in V-1, the N-terminal segment of BR, which includes the phenylisothiocyanate binding site Lys-41. Light-induced intramolecular crosslinking of band 3-derived thermolytic fragments was not observed, although the carbene was generatedin situ and photocrosslinking of the protease V8 fragments of BR was not detected. Chemical and physicochemical characteristics of the new reagent are discussed with regard to limitations imposed for photoinduced site-directed crosslink formation.
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Dolder, M., Michel, H. & Sigrist, H. 3-(Trifluoromethyl)-3-(m-isothiocyanophenyl)diazirine: Synthesis and chemical characterization of a heterobifunctional carbene-generating crosslinking reagent. J Protein Chem 9, 407–415 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01024616
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