Site-selective modification of peptide backbones

A Boto, CC González, D Hernández… - Organic Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The site-selective modification of peptide backbones allows an outstanding fine-tuning of
peptide conformation, folding ability, and physico-chemical and biological properties …

Selective N-terminal modification of peptides and proteins: Recent progresses and applications

H Jiang, W Chen, J Wang, R Zhang - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerous strategies for linking desired chemical probes with target peptides and proteins
have been developed and applied in the field of biological chemistry. Approaches for site …

Broadening the scope of sortagging

X Dai, A Böker, U Glebe - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Sortases are enzymes occurring in the cell wall of Gram-positive bacteria. Sortase A (SrtA),
the best studied sortase class, plays a key role in anchoring surface proteins with the …

Recent advances in glycopeptide and glycoprotein synthesis: a refined synthetic probe towards the biological world

H Zhuang, H Hao, Y Qiu, J Gan… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary Protein glycosylation is the most complex and diverse form of
post‐translational modification in human body. Meanwhile, glycosylation of peptides and …

From synthesis to characterization of site-selective PEGylated proteins

LH Belén, CO Rangel-Yagui… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Covalent attachment of therapeutic proteins to polyethylene glycol (PEG) is widely used for
the improvement of its pharmacokinetic and pharmacological properties, as well as the …

Peptide ligases: a novel and potential enzyme toolbox for catalytic cross-linking of protein/peptide-based biomaterial scaffolds for tissue engineering

KB Narayanan, SS Han - Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The fabrication of novel biomaterial scaffolds with improved biological interactions and
mechanical properties is an important aspect of tissue engineering. The three-dimensional …

Design of a recombinant asparaginyl ligase for site-specific modification using efficient recognition and nucleophile motifs

J Tang, M Hao, J Liu, Y Chen, G Wufuer, J Zhu… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Asparaginyl ligases have been extensively utilized as valuable tools for site-specific
bioconjugation or surface-modification. However, the application is hindered by the …

Gene to diagnostic: Self immobilizing protein for silica microparticle biosensor, modelled with sarcosine oxidase

CJ Henderson, E Pumford, DJ Seevaratnam, R Daly… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
A rational design approach is proposed for a multifunctional enzyme reagent for point-of-
care diagnostics. The biomaterial reduces downstream isolation steps and eliminates …

Site-directed chemically-modified magnetic enzymes: fabrication, improvements, biotechnological applications and future prospects

AM Shemsi, FA Khanday, A Qurashi, A Khalil… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerous enzymes of biotechnological importance have been immobilized on magnetic
nanoparticles (MNP) via random multipoint attachment, resulting in a heterogeneous protein …

Recent progress of chemical methods for lysine site-selective modification of peptides and proteins

J Li, J Chen, QL Hu, Z Wang, XF Xiong - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Chemical modification of native peptides and proteins is a versatile strategy to facilitate late-
stage diversification for functional studies. Among the proteogenic amino acids, lysine is …