| abstract |
This invention relates to photoswitchable inhibitors of histone deacetylases and methods of using the same. Provided herein are inhibitors of HDAC having photoswitchable modulators of protein function with short thermal relaxation kinetics. The compounds are diazo compounds including a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl ring, wherein at least one of the rings is substituted with one or more HDAC targeting elements. |