p-ethynyl-L-phenylalanine

ncAA Structure (png, jpg, jpeg)
p-Ethynyl-L-phenylalanine

ncAA Foundational Publication Support

Miyake-Stoner, Shigeki J, Andrew M Miller, Jared T Hammill, Jennifer C Peeler, Kenneth R Hess, Ryan A Mehl, and Scott H Brewer. (2009) 2009. “Probing Protein Folding Using Site-Specifically Encoded Unnatural Amino Acids As Fret Donors With Tryptophan.”. Biochemistry 48 (25): 5953-62. doi:10.1021/bi900426d.

Young, Douglas D, Travis S Young, Michael Jahnz, Insha Ahmad, Glen Spraggon, and Peter G Schultz. (2011) 2011. “An Evolved Aminoacyl-Trna Synthetase With Atypical Polysubstrate Specificity.”. Biochemistry 50 (11): 1894-900. doi:10.1021/bi101929e.

ncAA Utility
FRET Probe
ncAA Source
Exogenous - Purchased
ncAA Availability
Can be purchased from https://www.medchemexpress.com/4-ethynyl-l-phenylalanine-hydrochloride.html

RS/tRNA Pair(s)


ncAA Synonyms
278605-15-5
p-ethynylphenylalanine
4-Ethynyl-L-phenylalanine
L-Phenylalanine, 4-ethynyl-
(2S)-2-amino-3-(4-ethynylphenyl)propanoic acid
ChEBI ID
232917