Contemporary approaches to site-selective protein modification

EA Hoyt, PMSD Cal, BL Oliveira… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Proteins constitute the majority of nature's worker biomolecules. Designed for specific
functions, complex tertiary structures make proteins ideal candidates for analysing natural …

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 …

Protein assembly: versatile approaches to construct highly ordered nanostructures

Q Luo, C Hou, Y Bai, R Wang, J Liu - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nature endows life with a wide variety of sophisticated, synergistic, and highly functional
protein assemblies. Following Nature's inspiration to assemble protein building blocks into …

Late‐stage peptide diversification by position‐selective C− H activation

W Wang, MM Lorion, J Shah, AR Kapdi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The late‐stage modification of structurally complex peptides bears great potential for drug
discovery, crop protection, and the pharmaceutical industry, among others. Whereas …

Modulation of intrinsically disordered protein function by post-translational modifications

A Bah, JD Forman-Kay - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - ASBMB
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) produce significant changes in the structural
properties of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) by affecting their energy landscapes …

Chemical protein modification through cysteine

SB Gunnoo, A Madder - ChemBioChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The modification of proteins with non‐protein entities is important for a wealth of
applications, and methods for chemically modifying proteins attract considerable attention …

Designing logical codon reassignment–Expanding the chemistry in biology

A Dumas, L Lercher, CD Spicer, BG Davis - Chemical science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the last decade, the ability to genetically encode unnatural amino acids (UAAs) has
evolved rapidly. The programmed incorporation of UAAs into recombinant proteins relies on …

Achieving controlled biomolecule–biomaterial conjugation

CD Spicer, ET Pashuck, MM Stevens - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The conjugation of biomolecules can impart materials with the bioactivity necessary to
modulate specific cell behaviors. While the biological roles of particular polypeptide …

Chemoenzymatic methods for the synthesis of glycoproteins

C Li, LX Wang - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Glycosylation is one of the most prevalent posttranslational modifications that profoundly
affects the structure and functions of proteins in a wide variety of biological recognition …

Manganese‐Catalyzed C− H Alkynylation: Expedient Peptide Synthesis and Modification

Z Ruan, N Sauermann, E Manoni… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Manganese (I)‐catalyzed C− H alkynylations with organic halides occurred with
unparalleled substrate scope, and thus enabled step‐economical C− H functionalizations …