Sulfonyl fluorides as targets and substrates in the development of new synthetic methods

TSB Lou, MC Willis - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The advent of sulfur (vi)-fluoride exchange (SuFEx) processes as transformations with click-
like reactivity has invigorated research into electrophilic species featuring a sulfur–fluorine …

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 …

Developing bioorthogonal probes to span a spectrum of reactivities

SS Nguyen, JA Prescher - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Bioorthogonal chemistries enable researchers to interrogate biomolecules in living systems.
These reactions are highly selective and biocompatible, and can be performed in 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 …

Genetically encoded chemical crosslinking of carbohydrate

S Li, N Wang, B Yu, W Sun, L Wang - Nature chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Protein–carbohydrate interactions play important roles in various biological processes, such
as organism development, cancer metastasis, pathogen infection and immune response, but …

Insights on chemical crosslinking strategies for proteins

B Jayachandran, TN Parvin, MM Alam, K Chanda… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Crosslinking of proteins has gained immense significance in the fabrication of biomaterials
for various health care applications. Various novel chemical-based strategies are being …

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 …

Leveraging crosslinking mass spectrometry in structural and cell biology

A Graziadei, J Rappsilber - Structure, 2022 - cell.com
Crosslinking mass spectrometry (crosslinking-MS) is a versatile tool providing structural
insights into protein conformation and protein-protein interactions. Its medium-resolution …

Sulfur (VI) fluoride exchange (SuFEx)-enabled high-throughput medicinal chemistry

S Kitamura, Q Zheng, JL Woehl, A Solania… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Optimization of small-molecule probes or drugs is a synthetically lengthy, challenging, and
resource-intensive process. Lack of automation and reliance on skilled medicinal chemists …

Global targeting of functional tyrosines using sulfur-triazole exchange chemistry

HS Hahm, EK Toroitich, AL Borne, JW Brulet… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Covalent probes serve as valuable tools for global investigation of protein function and
ligand binding capacity. Despite efforts to expand coverage of residues available for …