Noncanonical Amino Acids in Biocatalysis

Z Birch-Price, FJ Hardy, TM Lister, AR Kohn… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In recent years, powerful genetic code reprogramming methods have emerged that allow
new functional components to be embedded into proteins as noncanonical amino acid …

Metal-free bioorthogonal click chemistry in cancer theranostics

D Wu, K Yang, Z Zhang, Y Feng, L Rao… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioorthogonal chemistry is a powerful tool to site-specifically activate drugs in living systems.
Bioorthogonal reactions between a pair of biologically reactive groups can rapidly and …

Inverse electron demand Diels–Alder reactions in chemical biology

BL Oliveira, Z Guo, GJL Bernardes - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The emerging inverse electron demand Diels–Alder (IEDDA) reaction stands out from other
bioorthogonal reactions by virtue of its unmatchable kinetics, excellent orthogonality and …

Advances in chemical protein modification

O Boutureira, GJL Bernardes - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Chemical protein modification has emerged as an invaluable tool for the development of
modified proteins. The complementary use of both genetic and chemical methods has …

Click chemistry in complex mixtures: bioorthogonal bioconjugation

CS McKay, MG Finn - Chemistry & biology, 2014 - cell.com
The selective chemical modification of biological molecules drives a good portion of modern
drug development and fundamental biological research. While a few early examples of …

Cellular incorporation of unnatural amino acids and bioorthogonal labeling of proteins

K Lang, JW Chin - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
In the past 15 years, there have been rapid developments in the ability to cotranslationally
incorporate unnatural amino acids into proteins produced in cells, both at defined sites via …

Click chemistry for drug development and diverse chemical–biology applications

P Thirumurugan, D Matosiuk, K Jozwiak - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Chemistry, traditionally being the science of synthesis and structural manipulations of
molecules, has gradually undertaken the more challenging task of biology-oriented …

Stimulus-cleavable chemistry in the field of controlled drug delivery

Y Xue, H Bai, B Peng, B Fang, J Baell, L Li… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimulus-cleavable nanoscale drug delivery systems are receiving significant attention
owing to their capability of achieving exquisite control over drug release via the exposure to …

Playing with the molecules of life

DD Young, PG Schultz - ACS chemical biology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Our understanding of the complex molecular processes of living organisms at the molecular
level is growing exponentially. This knowledge, together with a powerful arsenal of tools for …

Hybrid small-molecule/protein fluorescent probes

M Minoshima, SI Reja, R Hashimoto, K Iijima… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hybrid small-molecule/protein fluorescent probes are powerful tools for visualizing protein
localization and function in living cells. These hybrid probes are constructed by diverse site …