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Intermolecular crosslinking of fatty acyl chains in phospholipids: use of photoactivable carbene precursors.

Abstract

Phospholipids containing photolysable carbene precursors (beta-trifluoro-alpha-diazopropionoxy and m-diazirinophenoxy groups) in omega-positions of sn-2 fatty acyl chains were prepared. Photolysis of their vesicles produced crosslinked products in 40-60% yields. Crosslinking was mostly intermolecular and occurred by carbene insertion into the C-H bonds of a second fatty acyl chain. Crosslinking products were characterized by (i) their gel …

Authors

Gupta CM; Radhakrishnan R; Gerber GE; Olsen WL; Quay SC; Khorana HG

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 76, No. 6, pp. 2595–2599

Publisher

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Publication Date

June 1979

DOI

10.1073/pnas.76.6.2595

ISSN

0027-8424