Bioorthogonal chemistry

SL Scinto, DA Bilodeau, R Hincapie, W Lee… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Bioorthogonal chemistry represents a class of high-yielding chemical reactions that proceed
rapidly and selectively in biological environments without side reactions towards …

Inverse electron demand Diels–Alder reactions in chemical biology

BL Oliveira, Z Guo, GJL Bernardes - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The emerging inverse electron demand Diels–Alder (IEDDA) reaction stands out from other
bioorthogonal reactions by virtue of its unmatchable kinetics, excellent orthogonality and …

Artificial metalloenzymes: reaction scope and optimization strategies

F Schwizer, Y Okamoto, T Heinisch, Y Gu… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The incorporation of a synthetic, catalytically competent metallocofactor into a protein
scaffold to generate an artificial metalloenzyme (ArM) has been explored since the late …

Ligand-targeted drug delivery

M Srinivasarao, PS Low - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Safety and efficacy constitute the major criteria governing regulatory approval of any new
drug. The best method to maximize safety and efficacy is to deliver a proven therapeutic …

Residue-specific peptide modification: a chemist's guide

JN deGruyter, LR Malins, PS Baran - Biochemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Advances in bioconjugation and native protein modification are appearing at a blistering
pace, making it increasingly time consuming for practitioners to identify the best chemical …

Unleashing the power of bond cleavage chemistry in living systems

J Wang, X Wang, X Fan, PR Chen - ACS Central Science, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bioorthogonal cleavage chemistry has been rapidly emerging as a powerful tool for
manipulation and gain-of-function studies of biomolecules in living systems. While the initial …

Polymerization of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and other alkylene oxides: synthesis, novel polymer architectures, and bioconjugation

J Herzberger, K Niederer, H Pohlit, J Seiwert… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The review summarizes current trends and developments in the polymerization of alkylene
oxides in the last two decades since 1995, with a particular focus on the most important …

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 …

Developing bioorthogonal probes to span a spectrum of reactivities

SS Nguyen, JA Prescher - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Bioorthogonal chemistries enable researchers to interrogate biomolecules in living systems.
These reactions are highly selective and biocompatible, and can be performed in many …

Directed evolution of artificial metalloenzymes for in vivo metathesis

M Jeschek, R Reuter, T Heinisch, C Trindler, J Klehr… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The field of biocatalysis has advanced from harnessing natural enzymes to using directed
evolution to obtain new biocatalysts with tailor-made functions. Several tools have recently …