Photocatalytic late-stage C–H functionalization

P Bellotti, HM Huang, T Faber, F Glorius - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The emergence of modern photocatalysis, characterized by mildness and selectivity, has
significantly spurred innovative late-stage C–H functionalization approaches that make use …

The growing applications of SuFEx click chemistry

AS Barrow, CJ Smedley, Q Zheng, S Li… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
SuFEx (Sulfur Fluoride Exchange) is a modular, next generation family of click reactions,
geared towards the rapid and reliable assembly of functional molecules. This review …

Sulfur fluoride exchange

JA Homer, L Xu, N Kayambu, Q Zheng… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Click chemistry is a conceptual strategy to rapidly synthesize and discover functional
molecules. Sulfur fluoride exchange (SuFEx) is a click reaction that has revolutionized …

Cracking the code: Reprogramming the genetic script in prokaryotes and eukaryotes to harness the power of noncanonical amino acids

C Jann, S Giofré, R Bhattacharjee, EA Lemke - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over 500 natural and synthetic amino acids have been genetically encoded in the last two
decades. Incorporating these noncanonical amino acids into proteins enables many …

Biospecific Chemistry for Covalent Linking of Biomacromolecules

L Cao, L Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Interactions among biomacromolecules, predominantly noncovalent, underpin biological
processes. However, recent advancements in biospecific chemistry have enabled the …

SuFEx-enabled, agnostic discovery of covalent inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase

Q Zheng, JL Woehl, S Kitamura… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Sulfur fluoride exchange (SuFEx) has emerged as the new generation of click chemistry. We
report here a SuFEx-enabled, agnostic approach for the discovery and optimization of …

Sulfur (VI) fluorides as tools in biomolecular and medicinal chemistry

SN Carneiro, SR Khasnavis, J Lee, TW Butler… - Organic & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advances in the synthesis of sulfur (VI)-fluorides has enabled incredible growth in
their application in biomolecular chemistry. This review aims to serve as a primer …

Chemical modification of enzymes to improve biocatalytic performance

P Giri, AD Pagar, MD Patil, H Yun - Biotechnology Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Improvement in intrinsic enzymatic features is in many instances a prerequisite for the
scalable applicability of many industrially important biocatalysts. To this end, various …

Harnessing conformational plasticity to generate designer enzymes

RM Crean, JM Gardner… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Recent years have witnessed an explosion of interest in understanding the role of
conformational dynamics both in the evolution of new enzymatic activities from existing …

Late‐Stage Modification of Oligopeptides by Nickel‐Catalyzed Stereoselective Radical Addition to Dehydroalanine

X Qi, S Jambu, Y Ji, KM Belyk, NR Panigrahi… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Radical addition to dehydroalanine (Dha) represents an appealing, modular strategy to
access non‐canonical peptide analogues for drug discovery. Prior studies on radical …