Playing with the molecules of life

DD Young, PG Schultz - ACS chemical biology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Our understanding of the complex molecular processes of living organisms at the molecular
level is growing exponentially. This knowledge, together with a powerful arsenal of tools for …

Recent advances in fluorescent materials for mercury (ii) ion detection

Q Li, Y Zhou - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Invading mercury would cause many serious health hazards such as kidney damage,
genetic freak, and nerve injury to human body. Thus, developing highly efficient and …

Cellular Site-Specific Incorporation of Noncanonical Amino Acids in Synthetic Biology

W Niu, J Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over the past two decades, genetic code expansion (GCE)-enabled methods for
incorporating noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) into proteins have significantly advanced …

Colorimetric and fluorescent probe based on coumarin for sequential sensing of mercury (II) and cyanide ions in aqueous solutions

J Isaad, A El Achari - Journal of Luminescence, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel coumarin-thiol chemosensor L for sequential colorimetric and fluorescent detection
of mercury (II) and cyanide ions in aqueous solution has been designed and prepared. The …

On/off fluorescent chemosensor for selective detection of divalent iron and copper ions: molecular logic operation and protein binding

G Tamil Selvan, C Varadaraju, R Tamil Selvan… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Here, naphthalene diamine-based β-diketone derivative (compound LH) was successfully
used as a dual signaling probe for divalent cations, Fe2+ and Cu2+ ions, in bimodal …

Genetic encoding of ε-NL-lactyllysine for detecting delactylase activity in living cells

Y Sun, Y Chen, Y Xu, Y Zhang, M Lu, M Li… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Lysine ε-NL-lactylation is a newly discovered post-translational modification. Herein we
present the genetic encoding of ε-NL-lactyllysine in bacterial and mammalian cells, allowing …

Activity‐Based Genetically Encoded Fluorescent and Luminescent Probes for Detecting Formaldehyde in Living Cells

Y Zhang, Y Du, M Li, D Zhang, Z Xiang… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Formaldehyde (FA) is endogenously produced in living systems through a variety of
biological processes and has been implicated in many pathological conditions. Detection …

A clamp-improved universal amplified system for ratiometric fluorescent detection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms coupled with a novel dual-emissive silver …

M Xu, X Wang, J Tian, J Chen, X Wei, W Li - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid, sensitive and precise detection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with risk
association is of great significance but still remains challenging in resource-limited clinical …

A nanomolar detection of mercury (II) ion by a chemodosimetric rhodamine-based sensor in an aqueous medium: Potential applications in real water samples and as …

SK Patil, D Das - Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A new promising rhodamine based colorimetric and fluorometric chemosensor, RDV has
been designed and synthesized for specific detection of Hg 2+ ion. It acts as highly selective …

A thiocoumarin-based colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent probe for Hg 2+ in aqueous solution and its application in live-cell imaging

S Qin, B Chen, J Huang, Y Han - New Journal of Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A new intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) based colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent
chemodosimeter for the detection of Hg2+ has been rationally designed and developed. The …