Putting precision and elegance in enzyme immobilisation with bio-orthogonal chemistry

X Pei, Z Luo, L Qiao, Q Xiao, P Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The covalent immobilisation of enzymes generally involves the use of highly reactive
crosslinkers, such as glutaraldehyde, to couple enzyme molecules to each other or to …

Chemical and Enzymatic Methods for Post-Translational Protein–Protein Conjugation

RJ Taylor, MB Geeson, T Journeaux… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fusion proteins play an essential role in the biosciences but suffer from several key
limitations, including the requirement for N-to-C terminal ligation, incompatibility of …

Site-selective lysine conjugation methods and applications towards antibody–drug conjugates

M Haque, N Forte, JR Baker - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Site-selective protein modification is of significant interest in chemical biology research, with
lysine residues representing a particularly challenging target. Whilst lysines are popular for …

Recent advances in self-immolative linkers and their applications in polymeric reporting systems

AG Gavriel, MR Sambrook, AT Russell, W Hayes - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Interest in self-immolative chemistry has grown over the past decade with more research
groups harnessing the versatility to control the release of a compound from a larger …

Functionalizing ferritin nanoparticles for vaccine development

MQ Rodrigues, PM Alves, A Roldão - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, the interest in ferritin-based vaccines has been increasing due to their
safety and immunogenicity. Candidates against a wide range of pathogens are now on …

Elucidation of the tyrosinase/O2/monophenol ternary intermediate that dictates the monooxygenation mechanism in melanin biosynthesis

I Kipouros, A Stańczak, JW Ginsbach… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Melanins are highly conjugated biopolymer pigments that provide photoprotection in a wide
array of organisms, from bacteria to humans. The rate-limiting step in melanin biosynthesis …

Enzyme activated gold nanoparticles for versatile site-selective bioconjugation

AV Ramsey, AJ Bischoff, MB Francis - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A new enzymatic method is reported for constructing protein-and DNA-AuNP conjugates.
The strategy relies on the initial functionalization of AuNPs with phenols, followed by …

Tyrosine bioconjugation–an emergent alternative

PA Szijj, KA Kostadinova, RJ Spears… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein bioconjugation is an increasingly important field of research, with wide-ranging
applications in areas such as therapeutics and biomaterials. Traditional cysteine and lysine …

Oxidation-induced “one-pot” click chemistry

B Albada, JF Keijzer, H Zuilhof, F van Delft - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Click chemistry has been established rapidly as one of the most valuable methods for the
chemical transformation of complex molecules. Due to the rapid rates, clean conversions to …

Photoredox‐Catalyzed Labeling of Hydroxyindoles with Chemoselectivity (PhotoCLIC) for Site‐Specific Protein Bioconjugation

SJ Singha Roy, C Loynd, D Jewel… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We have developed a novel visible‐light‐catalyzed bioconjugation reaction, PhotoCLIC, that
enables chemoselective attachment of diverse aromatic amine reagents onto a site …