Ligand discovery by activity-based protein profiling

MJ Niphakis, BF Cravatt - Cell Chemical Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Genomic technologies have led to massive gains in our understanding of human gene
function and disease relevance. Chemical biologists are a primary beneficiary of this …

A DNA-encoded chemical library based on chiral 4-amino-proline enables stereospecific isozyme-selective protein recognition

S Oehler, L Lucaroni, F Migliorini, A Elsayed, L Prati… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
DNA-encoded chemical libraries (DELs) consist of large chemical compound collections
individually linked to DNA barcodes, facilitating pooled construction and screening …

Recent Advancement in H8–BINOL Catalyzed Asymmetric Methodologies

R Kshatriya - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
H8–BINOL, a partially reduced form of BINOL, is widely employed in a broad array of
organocatalyzed asymmetric methodologies. Over the last 25 years, asymmetric …

Spacial Score─ A Comprehensive Topological Indicator for Small-Molecule Complexity

A Krzyzanowski, A Pahl, M Grigalunas… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The fraction of sp3-hybridized carbons (F sp3) and the fraction of stereogenic carbons (F
Cstereo) are two widely employed scores of molecular complexity with strong links to …

Concise Total Synthesis of Salimabromide

HH Lu, KJ Gan, FQ Ni, Z Zhang… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We achieved a concise total synthesis of salimabromide by using a novel intramolecular
radical cyclization to simultaneously construct the unique benzo-fused [4.3. 1] carbon …

Synthetic Matching of Complex Monoterpene Indole Alkaloid Chemical Space

J Xie, A Pahl, A Krzyzanowski, A Krupp… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIAs) are endowed with high structural and spatial
complexity and characterized by diverse biological activities. Given this complexity‐activity …

Role of Stereochemistry on the Biological Activity of Nature-Inspired 3-Br-Acivicin Isomers and Derivatives

A Galbiati, A Zana, C Borsari, M Persico, S Bova… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chiral natural compounds are often biosynthesized in an enantiomerically pure fashion, and
stereochemistry plays a pivotal role in biological activity. Herein, we investigated the …

Molecular Complexity: You Know It When You See It

TI Oprea, C Bologa - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular complexity (MC) lacks a universal definition, but various studies address it in
contexts ranging from ligand–receptor interactions to DNA sequencing, with the overarching …

Proteome‐Wide Fragment‐Based Ligand and Target Discovery

I Forrest, CG Parker - Israel journal of chemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical probes are invaluable tools to investigate biological processes and can serve as
lead molecules for the development of new therapies. However, despite their utility, only a …

Chiral analysis of pharmaceuticals using NMR spectroscopy: A review

V Kumar Vashistha - Asian journal of organic chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chirality recognition of pharmaceutical products plays a significant part in asymmetric
synthesis, stereoselective catalysis, supramolecular chemistry, and the development of new …