Histone acylations and chromatin dynamics: concepts, challenges, and links to metabolism

S Nitsch, L Zorro Shahidian, R Schneider - EMBO reports, 2021 - embopress.org
In eukaryotic cells, DNA is tightly packed with the help of histone proteins into chromatin.
Chromatin architecture can be modified by various post‐translational modifications of …

Probing lysine posttranslational modifications by unnatural amino acids

MN Maas, JCJ Hintzen, J Mecinović - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Posttranslational modifications, typically small chemical tags attached on amino acids
following protein biosynthesis, have a profound effect on protein structure and function …

Targeted protein acetylation in cells using heterobifunctional molecules

WW Wang, LY Chen, JM Wozniak… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein acetylation is a central event in orchestrating diverse cellular processes. However,
current strategies to investigate protein acetylation in cells are often nonspecific or lack …

Designer Adaptor Proteins for Functional Conversion of Peptides to Small-Molecule Ligands toward In-Cell Catalytic Protein Modification

A Fujimura, H Ishida, T Nozaki, S Terada… - ACS Central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Peptides are privileged ligands for diverse biomacromolecules, including proteins; however,
their utility is often limited due to low membrane permeability and in-cell instability. Here, we …

Targeted Covalent Modification Strategies for Drugging the Undruggable Targets

T Tamura, M Kawano, I Hamachi - Chemical Reviews, 2025 - ACS Publications
The term “undruggable” refers to proteins or other biological targets that have been
historically challenging to target with conventional drugs or therapeutic strategies because …

Chemical biology tools for protein lysine acylation

Y Xie, S Du, Z Liu, M Liu, Z Xu, X Wang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lysine acylation plays pivotal roles in cell physiology, including DNA transcription and
repair, signal transduction, immune defense, metabolism, and many other key cellular …

A toolkit for engineering proteins in living cells: peptide with a tryptophan-selective Ru-TAP Complex to regioselectively photolabel specific proteins

TH Chen, K Garnir, CY Chen, CB Jian… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Using a chemical approach to crosslink functionally versatile bioeffectors (such as peptides)
to native proteins of interest (POI) directly inside a living cell is a useful toolbox for chemical …

Live-cell protein modification by boronate-assisted hydroxamic acid catalysis

C Adamson, H Kajino, SA Kawashima… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Selective methods for introducing protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) within
living cells have proven valuable for interrogating their biological function. In contrast to …

Precision in protein chemical modification and total synthesis

Z Sun, H Liu, X Li - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Chemically engineered biomacromolecules (eg, proteins) offer great opportunities to
investigate fundamental chemical biology and develop novel therapeutics. With the …

Synthetic proteins behind the plasma barrier: Molecular spies

G Mann, P Sadhu, A Brik - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus There is a continuous demand to improve our understanding of fundamental
processes that underlie human health and disease. Therefore, novel strategies that can …