Discovery of small molecule ligands for the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) E3 ligase and their use as inhibitors and PROTAC degraders

CJ Diehl, A Ciulli - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Cullin RING E3 ligase is an essential enzyme in the ubiquitin-
proteasome system that recruits substrates such as the hypoxia inducible factor for …

Fluorine and fluorinated motifs in the design and application of bioisosteres for drug design

NA Meanwell - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
The electronic properties and relatively small size of fluorine endow it with considerable
versatility as a bioisostere and it has found application as a substitute for lone pairs of …

Tough while recyclable plastics enabled by monothiodilactone monomers

Y Wang, Y Zhu, W Lv, X Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The current scale of plastics production and the attendant waste disposal issues represent
an underexplored opportunity for chemically recyclable polymers. Typical recyclable …

A molecular descriptor of intramolecular noncovalent interaction for regulating optoelectronic properties of organic semiconductors

M Liu, X Han, H Chen, Q Peng, H Huang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
In recent years, intramolecular noncovalent interaction has become an important means to
modulate the optoelectronic performances of organic/polymeric semiconductors. However, it …

The origin of chalcogen-bonding interactions

DJ Pascoe, KB Ling, SL Cockroft - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Favorable molecular interactions between group 16 elements have been implicated in
catalysis, biological processes, and materials and medicinal chemistry. Such interactions …

The n→π* Interaction

RW Newberry, RT Raines - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The carbonyl group holds a prominent position in chemistry and biology not
only because it allows diverse transformations but also because it supports key …

A survey of the role of noncovalent sulfur interactions in drug design

BR Beno, KS Yeung, MD Bartberger… - Journal of medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Electron deficient, bivalent sulfur atoms have two areas of positive electrostatic potential, a
consequence of the low-lying σ* orbitals of the C–S bond that are available for interaction …

Developing bioorthogonal probes to span a spectrum of reactivities

SS Nguyen, JA Prescher - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Bioorthogonal chemistries enable researchers to interrogate biomolecules in living systems.
These reactions are highly selective and biocompatible, and can be performed in many …

The realm of unconventional noncovalent interactions in proteins: their significance in structure and function

VA Adhav, K Saikrishnan - Acs Omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteins and their assemblies are fundamental for living cells to function. Their complex
three-dimensional architecture and its stability are attributed to the combined effect of …

Secondary forces in protein folding

RW Newberry, RT Raines - ACS chemical biology, 2019 - ACS Publications
A complete inventory of the forces governing protein folding is critical for productive protein
modeling, including structure prediction and de novo design, as well as understanding …