azidonorleucine

English

Noun

azidonorleucine (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The azido derivative of norleucine (2S)-2-amino-6-azidohexanoic acid that is used to label proteins
   • 2015 August 25, Ajit G. Chande et al., “Selective enrichment of mycobacterial proteins from infected host macrophages”, in Scientific Reports‎^[1], volume 5, →DOI:

     Here, we introduce an Mtb-selective protein labeling method based on genetic incorporation of azidonorleucine (Anl) through the expression of a mutant methionyl-tRNA synthetase.