Chemical synthesis of human proteoforms and application in biomedicine

H Ai, M Pan, L Liu - ACS Central Science, 2024 - ACS Publications
Limited understanding of human proteoforms with complex posttranslational modifications
and the underlying mechanisms poses a major obstacle to research on human health and …

Mirror-image protein and peptide drug discovery through mirror-image phage display

YK Qi, JS Zheng, L Liu - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Mirror-image proteins and peptides composed of D-amino acids are garnering increasing
attention as diagnostic agents and drug candidates due to their higher stability and lower …

Enhanced native chemical ligation by peptide conjugation in trifluoroacetic acid

DL Huang, WC Guo, WW Shi, YP Gao, YK Zhou… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Chemical ligation of peptides is increasingly used to generate proteins not readily
accessible by recombinant approaches. However, a robust method to ligate “difficult” …

Rationally designed highly potent NKT cell agonists with different cytokine selectivity through hydrogen-bond interaction

Y Wen, D Ding, MQ Luo, XQ Peng… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Synthetic α-galactosylceramide (αGalCer) and its analogues as powerful agonists for natural
killer T (NKT) cell manipulation have received significant attention in immunotherapy and …

Accurate de novo design of heterochiral protein–protein interactions

K Sun, S Li, B Zheng, Y Zhu, T Wang, M Liang, Y Yao… - Cell Research, 2024 - nature.com
Abiotic d-proteins that selectively bind to natural l-proteins have gained significant
biotechnological interest. However, the underlying structural principles governing such …

Conjugation of TLR7 and TLR7/8 agonists onto weak protein antigen via versatile oxime ligation for enhanced vaccine efficacy

RY Zhang, Y Wen, CB He, SH Zhou, YH Wu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Protein-based subunit vaccines are weakly immunogenic, and developing self-adjuvanting
vaccines with adjuvant conjugated to antigen is a promising approach for generating optimal …

Mechanism of nucleosomal H2A K13/15 monoubiquitination and adjacent dual monoubiquitination by RNF168

H Ai, Z Tong, Z Deng, Q Shi, S Tao, G Sun… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
The DNA damage repair regulatory protein RNF168, a monomeric RING-type E3 ligase, has
a crucial role in regulating cell fate and DNA repair by specific and efficient ubiquitination of …

Site‐Selective Construction of N‐Linked Glycopeptides through Photoredox Catalysis

B Wei, P Huang, X Wang, Z Liu, F Tang… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The glycosylation of peptides and proteins can significantly impact their intrinsic properties,
such as conformation, stability, antigenicity, and immunogenicity. Current methods for …

Promotion of RNF168‐Mediated Nucleosomal H2A Ubiquitylation by Structurally Defined K63‐Polyubiquitylated Linker Histone H1

Q Shi, Z Deng, L Zhang, Z Tong, JB Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The chemical synthesis of histones with homogeneous modifications is a powerful approach
for quantitatively deciphering the functional crosstalk between different post‐translational …

Modular, Scalable Total Synthesis of Lapparbin with a Noncanonical Biaryl Linkage

J Zhang, L Yu, H Ogawa, Y Nagata… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We report the development of a novel synthetic approach for the highly strained atrop‐Tyr C‐
6‐to‐Trp N‐1′ linkage, which can be executed on a decagram scale using a modular …