Photocatalysis in the life science industry

L Candish, KD Collins, GC Cook, JJ Douglas… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the pursuit of new pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, chemists in the life science
industry require access to mild and robust synthetic methodologies to systematically modify …

The dawn of a new era: targeting the “undruggables” with antibody-based therapeutics

L Qian, X Lin, X Gao, RU Khan, JY Liao, S Du… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The high selectivity and affinity of antibodies toward their antigens have made them a highly
valuable tool in disease therapy, diagnosis, and basic research. A plethora of chemical and …

The current state of peptide drug discovery: back to the future?

A Henninot, JC Collins, JM Nuss - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, peptide drug discovery has experienced a revival of interest and
scientific momentum, as the pharmaceutical industry has come to appreciate the role that …

Contemporary approaches to site-selective protein modification

EA Hoyt, PMSD Cal, BL Oliveira… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Proteins constitute the majority of nature's worker biomolecules. Designed for specific
functions, complex tertiary structures make proteins ideal candidates for analysing natural …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Deciphering protein post-translational modifications using chemical biology tools

AC Conibear - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Proteins carry out a wide variety of catalytic, regulatory, signalling and structural functions in
living systems. Following their assembly on ribosomes and throughout their lifetimes, most …

Peptide and protein nanoparticle conjugates: versatile platforms for biomedical applications

CD Spicer, C Jumeaux, B Gupta… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptide–and protein–nanoparticle conjugates have emerged as powerful tools for
biomedical applications, enabling the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of disease. In …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for preparing albumin-based nanoparticles for multifunctional bioimaging and drug delivery

FF An, XH Zhang - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Biosafety is the primary concern in clinical translation of nanomedicine. As an intrinsic
ingredient of human blood without immunogenicity and encouraged by its successful clinical …

Chemistry for covalent modification of endogenous/native proteins: from test tubes to complex biological systems

T Tamura, I Hamachi - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018 - ACS Publications
Chemical modification of proteins provides powerful tools to realize a broad range of
exciting biological applications, including the development of new classes of …