3,4,5-trifluorophenylalanine

ncAA Structure (png, jpg, jpeg)
3,4,5-trifluorophenylalanine

ncAA Foundational Publication Support

Lee, Yan-Jiun, M Schmidt, Jeffery M Tharp, Annemarie Weber, Amber Koenig, Hong Zheng, Jianmin Gao, Marcey L Waters, Daniel Summerer, and Wenshe R Liu. (2016) 2016. “Genetically Encoded Fluorophenylalanines Enable Insights Into The Recognition Of Lysine Trimethylation By An Epigenetic Reader.”. Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England) 52 (85): 12606-12609. doi:10.1039/c6cc05959g.

ncAA Utility
Serves as an NMR probe. Usable for probing cation-pi interactions.
ncAA Source
Exogenous - Purchased
ncAA Availability
Purchasable from ChemImpex Inc.

RS/tRNA Pair(s)


ncAA Synonyms
L-(3,4,5-Trifluorophenyl)-alanine
(2s)-2-amino-3-(3,4,5-trifluorophenyl)propanoic acid
F3F
646066-73-1
ChEBI ID
747857