TY - JOUR A1 - Mos, Julian Martinus de A1 - Jakob, Andreas A1 - Becker-Baldus, Johanna A1 - Heckel, Alexander A1 - Glaubitz, Clemens T1 - Light‐induced uncaging for time‐resolved observations of biochemical reactions by MAS NMR spectroscopy T2 - Chemistry - a European journal N2 - Light‐induced activation of biomolecules by uncaging of photolabile protection groups has found many applications for triggering biochemical reactions with minimal perturbations directly within cells. Such an approach might also offer unique advantages for solid‐state NMR experiments on membrane proteins for initiating reactions within or at the membrane directly within the closed MAS rotor. Herein, we demonstrate that the integral membrane protein E. coli diacylglycerol kinase (DgkA), which catalyzes the phosphorylation of diacylglycerol, can be controlled by light under MAS‐NMR conditions. Uncaging of NPE‐ATP or of lipid substrate NPE‐DOG by in situ illumination triggers its enzymatic activity, which can be monitored by real‐time 31P‐MAS NMR. This proof‐of‐concept illustrates that combining MAS‐NMR with uncaging strategies and illumination methods offers new possibilities for controlling biochemical reactions at or within lipid bilayers. KW - caged ATP KW - caged diacylglycerol KW - DgkA KW - enzymes KW - NMR spectroscopy KW - solid-state NMR Y1 - 2020 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/56508 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-565081 SN - 1521-3765 VL - 26 IS - 30 SP - 6789 EP - 6792 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER -