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. 2017 Dec 21;7:18041. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-18029-y

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Scheme of site-specific palmitic acid-conjugation to urate oxidase (Uox) for acquired human serum albumin (HSA) binding capacity. A clickable non-natural amino acid, p-azido-L-phenylalanine (AzF) is introduced to a specific site of Uox. Palmitic acid analog containing dibenzocyclooctyne group (DBCO-Pal) is conjugated to AzF site of Uox via strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC). The palmitic acid-conjugated Uox (Uox-Pal) binds HSA, while wild-type Uox (Uox-WT) does not bind HSA. In the structure of Uox, AzF incorporation site and active site, which are marked in blue and red respectively, are distant from each other.