Redox signaling by reactive electrophiles and oxidants

S Parvez, MJC Long, JR Poganik, Y Aye - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The concept of cell signaling in the context of nonenzyme-assisted protein modifications by
reactive electrophilic and oxidative species, broadly known as redox signaling, is a uniquely …

New modalities for challenging targets in drug discovery

E Valeur, SM Guéret, H Adihou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Our ever‐increasing understanding of biological systems is providing a range of exciting
novel biological targets, whose modulation may enable novel therapeutic options for many …

Discovery of ERD-308 as a highly potent proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) degrader of estrogen receptor (ER)

J Hu, B Hu, M Wang, F Xu, B Miao… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The estrogen receptor (ER) is a validated target for the treatment of estrogen receptor-
positive (ER+) breast cancer. Here, we describe the design, synthesis, and extensive …

[HTML][HTML] Detecting tumor antigen-specific T cells via interaction-dependent fucosyl-biotinylation

Z Liu, JP Li, M Chen, M Wu, Y Shi, W Li, JR Teijaro… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Re-activation and clonal expansion of tumor-specific antigen (TSA)-reactive T cells are
critical to the success of checkpoint blockade and adoptive transfer of tumor-infiltrating …

Homo-PROTACs for the chemical knockdown of cereblon

C Steinebach, S Lindner, ND Udeshi… - ACS chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) thalidomide, lenalidomide, and pomalidomide, all
approved for the treatment of multiple myeloma, induce targeted ubiquitination and …

Visualizing and manipulating biological processes by using HaloTag and SNAP‐tag technologies

CA Hoelzel, X Zhang - ChemBioChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Visualizing and manipulating the behavior of proteins is crucial to understanding the
physiology of the cell. Methods of biorthogonal protein labeling are important tools to attain …

Bifunctional chemical probes inducing protein–protein interactions

C Maniaci, A Ciulli - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Inducing biomolecular interactions with synthetic molecules to impact biological function is a
concept of enormous appeal. Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in designing …

Amplified visualization of protein-specific glycosylation in zebrafish via proximity-induced hybridization chain reaction

J Li, S Liu, L Sun, W Li, SY Zhang, S Yang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The visualization of glycosylation states of specific proteins in vivo is of great importance for
uncovering their roles in disease development. However, the ubiquity of glycosylation …

Molecular conjugation using non-covalent click chemistry

CL Schreiber, BD Smith - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
Molecular conjugation refers to methods used in biomedicine, advanced materials and
nanotechnology to link two partners—from small molecules to large and sometimes …

Exquisitely specific anti-KRAS biodegraders inform on the cellular prevalence of nucleotide-loaded states

S Lim, R Khoo, YC Juang, P Gopal, H Zhang… - ACS central …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Mutations to RAS proteins (H-, N-, and K-RAS) are among the most common oncogenic
drivers, and tumors harboring these lesions are some of the most difficult to treat. Although …