Sustainability in peptide chemistry: current synthesis and purification technologies and future challenges

L Ferrazzano, M Catani, A Cavazzini, G Martelli… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing greener synthesis processes is an inescapable necessity to transform the
industrial landscape, mainly in the pharmaceutical sector, into a long-term, sustainable …

Challenges in the use of sortase and other peptide ligases for site-specific protein modification

HE Morgan, WB Turnbull, ME Webb - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Site-specific protein modification is a widely-used biochemical tool. However, there are
many challenges associated with the development of protein modification techniques, in …

Empowering Site‐Specific Bioconjugations In Vitro and In Vivo: Advances in Sortase Engineering and Sortase‐Mediated Ligation

Z Zou, Y Ji, U Schwaneberg - … Chemie International Edition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sortase‐mediated ligation (SML) has emerged as a powerful and versatile methodology for
site‐specific protein conjugation, functionalization/labeling, immobilization, and design of …

Protein macrocyclization for tertiary structure stabilization

A Haim, S Neubacher, TN Grossmann - ChemBioChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Proteins possess unique molecular recognition capabilities and enzymatic activities,
features that are usually tied to a particular tertiary structure. To make use of proteins for …

Bicyclic engineered sortase A performs transpeptidation under denaturing conditions

S Kiehstaller, GH Hutchins, A Amore… - Bioconjugate …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Enzymes are of central importance to many biotechnological and biomedical applications.
However, for many potential applications, the required conditions impede enzyme folding …

Sortase-Mediated Site-Specific Conjugation and 89Zr-Radiolabeling of Designed Ankyrin Repeat Proteins for PET

R Fay, I Törő, AL Schinke, B Simic… - Molecular …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Designed ankyrin repeat proteins (DARPins) are genetically engineered proteins that exhibit
high specificity and affinity toward specific targets. Here, the G3-DARPin, which binds the …

Designed Streptococcus pyogenes Sortase A Accepts Branched Amines as Nucleophiles in Sortagging

Z Zou, M Nöth, F Jakob… - Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sortase-mediated ligation (sortagging) is commonly performed using the Staphylococcus
aureus sortase A (SaSrtA) that strictly recognizes the N-terminal glycine residue. In this work …

Structure-guided protein engineering of human cathepsin L for efficient collagenolytic activity

D Choudhury, S Biswas - Protein Engineering, Design and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Engineering precise substrate specificity of proteases advances the potential to use them in
biotechnological and therapeutic applications. Collagen degradation, a physiological …

Intramolecular Covalent Bonds in Gram‐Positive Bacterial Surface Proteins

Q Ma, H Lei, Y Cao - ChemBioChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Gram‐positive bacteria experience considerable mechanical perturbation when adhering to
host surfaces during colonization and infection. They have evolved various adhesion …

Development and applications of enzymatic peptide and protein ligation

Y Cui, D Han, X Bai, W Shi - Journal of Peptide Science, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical synthesis of complex peptides and proteins continues to play increasingly
important roles in industry and academia, where strategies for covalent ligation of two or …