Native chemical ligation and extended methods: mechanisms, catalysis, scope, and limitations

V Agouridas, O El Mahdi, V Diemer, M Cargoet… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The native chemical ligation reaction (NCL) involves reacting a C-terminal peptide thioester
with an N-terminal cysteinyl peptide to produce a native peptide bond between the two …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and applications of mirror-image proteins

K Harrison, AS Mackay, L Kambanis… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The homochirality of biomolecules in nature, such as DNA, RNA, peptides and proteins, has
played a critical role in establishing and sustaining life on Earth. This chiral bias has also …

Nanomaterials for quantum information science and engineering

A Alfieri, SB Anantharaman, H Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum information science and engineering (QISE)—which entails the use of quantum
mechanical states for information processing, communications, and sensing—and the area …

Chemical protein synthesis: advances, challenges, and outlooks

Y Tan, H Wu, T Wei, X Li - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Contemporary chemical protein synthesis has been dramatically advanced over the past few
decades, which has enabled chemists to reach the landscape of synthetic …

Chemical synthesis of bioactive proteins

O Harel, M Jbara - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nature has developed a plethora of protein machinery to operate and maintain nearly every
task of cellular life. These processes are tightly regulated via post‐expression modifications …

Recent advances in chemical protein synthesis: method developments and biological applications

S Dong, JS Zheng, Y Li, H Wang, G Chen… - Science China …, 2024 - Springer
The central dogma of modern biology underscores the pivotal roles proteins play in diverse
biological processes, the study of which necessitates advanced methods to produce …

D‐peptide and d‐protein technology: recent advances, challenges, and opportunities

AJ Lander, Y Jin, LYP Luk - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Total chemical protein synthesis provides access to entire D‐protein enantiomers enabling
unique applications in molecular biology, structural biology, and bioactive compound …

Practical chemical synthesis of atypical ubiquitin chains by using an isopeptide‐linked Ub isomer

S Tang, LJ Liang, YY Si, S Gao, JX Wang… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical ubiquitination is an effective approach for accessing structurally defined, atypical
ubiquitin (Ub) chains that are difficult to prepare by other techniques. Herein, we describe a …

Development and application of ubiquitin-based chemical probes

X Sui, Y Wang, YX Du, LJ Liang, Q Zheng, YM Li… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein ubiquitination regulates almost every process in eukaryotic cells. The study of the
many enzymes involved in the ubiquitination system and the development of ubiquitination …

Mirror-image protein and peptide drug discovery through mirror-image phage display

YK Qi, JS Zheng, L Liu - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Mirror-image proteins and peptides composed of D-amino acids are garnering increasing
attention as diagnostic agents and drug candidates due to their higher stability and lower …