Abstract
Conditional control of protein function in a living model organism is an important tool for studying the effects of that protein during development and disease. In this chapter, we walk through the steps to generate a small-molecule-activatable enzyme in zebrafish embryos through the incorporation of a noncanonical amino acid into the protein active site. This method can be applied to many enzyme classes, which we highlight with temporal control of a luciferase and a protease. We demonstrate that strategic placement of the noncanonical amino acid completely blocks enzyme activity, which is then promptly restored after addition of the nontoxic small molecule inducer to the embryo water.
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