Prebiotic peptides: Molecular hubs in the origin of life

M Frenkel-Pinter, M Samanta, G Ashkenasy… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The fundamental roles that peptides and proteins play in today's biology makes it almost
indisputable that peptides were key players in the origin of life. Insofar as it is appropriate to …

Nonclassical routes for amide bond formation

RM De Figueiredo, JS Suppo, JM Campagne - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The present review offers an overview of nonclassical (eg, with no pre-or in situ activation of
a carboxylic acid partner) approaches for the construction of amide bonds. The review aims …

Progress and perspective on hydrogen sulfide donors and their biomedical applications

ZL Song, L Zhao, T Ma, A Osama… - Medicinal Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Following the discovery of nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen sulfide
(H2S) has been identified as the third gasotransmitter in humans. Increasing evidence have …

[HTML][HTML] Practical N-to-C peptide synthesis with minimal protecting groups

T Tatsumi, K Sasamoto, T Matsumoto… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Accessible drug modalities have continued to increase in number in recent years. Peptides
play a central role as pharmaceuticals and biomaterials in these new drug modalities …

The path to controlled delivery of reactive sulfur species

X Ni, SS Kelly, S Xu, M Xian - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Reactive sulfur species (RSS) play regulatory roles in many physiological and
pathological processes. Since the discovery of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as a nitric oxide (NO) …

Cyrene as a bio-based solvent for HATU mediated amide coupling

KL Wilson, J Murray, C Jamieson… - Organic & biomolecular …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Amide bonds are one of the underpinning linkages in all living systems and are fundamental
within drug discovery. Current methods towards their synthesis frequently rely on the use of …

Inorganic hydrogen polysulfides: chemistry, chemical biology and detection

H Liu, MN Radford, C Yang, W Chen… - British journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies suggest that inorganic hydrogen polysulfides (H2Sn, n≥ 2) play important
regulatory roles in redox biology. Modulation of their cellular levels could have potential …

Glycoprotein semisynthesis by chemical insertion of glycosyl asparagine using a bifunctional thioacid-mediated strategy

K Nomura, Y Maki, R Okamoto, A Satoh… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Glycosylation is a major modification of secreted and cell surface proteins, and the resultant
glycans show considerable heterogeneity in their structures. To understand the biological …

O→ S relay deprotection: a general approach to controllable donors of reactive sulfur species

J Kang, S Xu, MN Radford, W Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive sulfur species (RSS) are biologically important molecules. Among them, H2S,
hydrogen polysulfides (H2Sn, n> 1), persulfides (RSSH), and HSNO are believed to play …

Potassium thioacids mediated selective amide and peptide constructions enabled by visible light photoredox catalysis

H Liu, L Zhao, Y Yuan, Z Xu, K Chen, S Qiu… - ACS Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
A remarkable visible-light-promoted photoredox catalytic methodology involved with amines
and eco-friendly potassium thioacids for amide formation was uncovered. This approach can …