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 …

Macrocyclization strategies for cyclic peptides and peptidomimetics

C Bechtler, C Lamers - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptides are a growing therapeutic class due to their unique spatial characteristics that can
target traditionally “undruggable” protein–protein interactions and surfaces. Despite their …

Recent advances of thiol-selective bioconjugation reactions

P Ochtrop, CPR Hackenberger - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Proteins are the most abundant biomolecules within a cell and are involved in all
biochemical cellular processes, fulfilling specific functions with unmatched precision. This …

Chemo-and regioselective lysine modification on native proteins

MJ Matos, BL Oliveira, N Martínez-Sáez… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Site-selective chemical conjugation of synthetic molecules to proteins expands their
functional and therapeutic capacity. Current protein modification methods, based on …

The chemistry behind ADCs

V Kostova, P Désos, JB Starck, A Kotschy - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Combining the selective targeting of tumor cells through antigen-directed recognition and
potent cell-killing by cytotoxic payloads, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have emerged in …

Site-selective protein modification: from functionalized proteins to functional biomaterials

JA Shadish, CA DeForest - Matter, 2020 - cell.com
Chemists, biologists, and material scientists alike have long sought to control protein
presentation, orientation, and activity within biomaterials to dictate reaction catalysis …

Contemporary Approaches for Site‐Selective Dual Functionalization of Proteins

L Xu, SL Kuan, T Weil - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Site‐selective protein functionalization serves as an invaluable tool for investigating protein
structures and functions in complicated cellular environments and accomplishing semi …

Cell surface-localized imaging and sensing

HR Jia, YX Zhu, QY Duan, FG Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Systematically dissecting the molecular basis of the cell surface as well as its related
biological activities is considered as one of the most cutting-edge fields in fundamental …

Diethynyl Phosphinates for Cysteine‐Selective Protein Labeling and Disulfide Rebridging

CE Stieger, L Franz, F Körlin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Diethynyl phosphinates were developed as bisfunctional electrophiles for the site‐selective
modification of peptides, proteins and antibodies. One of their electron‐deficient triple bonds …

Functional protein nanostructures: a chemical toolbox

SL Kuan, FRG Bergamini, T Weil - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature has evolved an optimal synthetic factory in the form of translational and
posttranslational processes by which millions of proteins with defined primary sequences …