Mosquera Mosquera, JesúsSánchez López, Mateo IsidroVázquez Sentís, Marco EugenioMascareñas Cid, José Luis2014-12-052017-08-292014-07-28Mosquera, J., Sánchez, M. I., Vázquez, M. E. and Mascareñas, J. L. (2014), Ruthenium bipyridyl complexes as photocleavable dimerizers: deactivation of DNA-binding peptides using visible light. Chem. Commun., 50, 10975-10978 [doi: 10.1039/C4CC04512B]1364-548Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10347/11968We report a photolabile biselectrophilic Ru(II) complex that can be used for homo- or heterodimerization of cysteine-containing peptides. The resulting dimers can be efficiently disassembled by long-wavelength light. As proof-of-concept, we describe the preparation of homo- and heterodimeric bZIP peptides whose DNA-binding properties can be turned off using visible lightengjournal article10.1039/c4cc04512bopen access