Journal
CHEMBIOCHEM
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 73-83Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000449
Keywords
amphiphiles; azobenzene; lipids; photopharmacology; photoswitches
Funding
- German Academic Scholarship Foundation
- New York University
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Photoswitchable lipids are emerging tools for precise manipulation and study of lipid function, modulating various aspects of membrane biophysics and enabling optical control of lipid receptors in physiology. They complement other functionalized lipids used in lipid chemical biology.
Photoswitchable lipids are emerging tools for the precise manipulation and study of lipid function. They can modulate many aspects of membrane biophysics, including permeability, fluidity, lipid mobility and domain formation. They are also very useful in lipid physiology and enable optical control of a wide array of lipid receptors, such as ion channels, G protein-coupled receptors, nuclear hormone receptors, and enzymes that translocate to membranes. Enzymes involved in lipid metabolism often process them in a light-dependent fashion. Photoswitchable lipids complement other functionalized lipids widely used in lipid chemical biology, including isotope-labeled lipids (lipidomics), fluorescent lipids (imaging), bifunctional lipids (lipid-protein crosslinking), photocaged lipids (photopharmacology), and other labeled variants.
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