Chemical Properties
4-AZIDOPHENACYL BROMIDE is off-White Crystalline Solid
Uses
4-AZIDOPHENACYL BROMIDE is a versatile photolabile bifunctional reagent. Useful for investigating the active sites of sulfhydryl enzymes-particularly those which posess a particularly reactive cysteine residue at the active site. Used to study the nature of the ribosomal binding site of E. coli tRNAVal.
Uses
Photoactive, heterobifunctional cross-linking reagent. Typically, the initial reaction couples to sulfhydryl in the pH range 7.0-8.0. Second bonding occurs during UV irradiation (250 nm) via reactive nitrene. The latter bonding is rapid and non-specific.
