Biospecific Chemistry for Covalent Linking of Biomacromolecules

L Cao, L Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Interactions among biomacromolecules, predominantly noncovalent, underpin biological
processes. However, recent advancements in biospecific chemistry have enabled the …

Cracking the code: reprogramming the genetic script in prokaryotes and eukaryotes to harness the power of noncanonical amino acids

C Jann, S Giofré, R Bhattacharjee, EA Lemke - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over 500 natural and synthetic amino acids have been genetically encoded in the last two
decades. Incorporating these noncanonical amino acids into proteins enables many …

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 …

Covalently engineered nanobody chimeras for targeted membrane protein degradation

H Zhang, Y Han, Y Yang, F Lin, K Li… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The targeted degradation of membrane proteins would afford an attractive and general
strategy for treating various diseases that remain difficult with the current proteolysis …

Structure‐based design of inhibitors of protein–protein interactions: mimicking peptide binding epitopes

M Pelay‐Gimeno, A Glas, O Koch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) are involved at all levels of cellular organization, thus
making the development of PPI inhibitors extremely valuable. The identification of selective …

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 …

Engineering pyrrolysine systems for genetic code expansion and reprogramming

DL Dunkelmann, JW Chin - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over the past 16 years, genetic code expansion and reprogramming in living organisms has
been transformed by advances that leverage the unique properties of pyrrolysyl-tRNA …

Approaching infinite affinity through engineering of peptide–protein interaction

AH Keeble, P Turkki, S Stokes… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Much of life's complexity depends upon contacts between proteins with precise affinity and
specificity. The successful application of engineered proteins often depends on high-stability …

Recent advances in biocatalysis with chemical modification and expanded amino acid alphabet

AD Pagar, MD Patil, DT Flood, TH Yoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The two main strategies for enzyme engineering, directed evolution and rational design,
have found widespread applications in improving the intrinsic activities of proteins. Although …

Genetically encoded chemical crosslinking of carbohydrate

S Li, N Wang, B Yu, W Sun, L Wang - Nature chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Protein–carbohydrate interactions play important roles in various biological processes, such
as organism development, cancer metastasis, pathogen infection and immune response, but …