Deciphering the Fluorine Code The Many Hats Fluorine Wears in a Protein Environment

AA Berger, JS Völler, N Budisa… - Accounts of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Deciphering the fluorine code is how we describe not only the focus of this
Account, but also the systematic approach to studying the impact of fluorine's incorporation …

Perfluorocarbons in chemical biology

MA Miller, EM Sletten - ChemBioChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Perfluorocarbons, saturated carbon chains in which all the hydrogen atoms are replaced
with fluorine, form a separate phase from both organic and aqueous solutions. Though …

Asymmetric synthesis of tailor-made amino acids using chiral Ni (II) complexes of Schiff bases. An update of the recent literature

Y Zou, J Han, AS Saghyan, AF Mkrtchyan, H Konno… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tailor-made amino acids are indispensable structural components of modern medicinal
chemistry and drug design. Consequently, stereo-controlled preparation of amino acids is …

The alanine world model for the development of the amino acid repertoire in protein biosynthesis

V Kubyshkin, N Budisa - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
A central question in the evolution of the modern translation machinery is the origin and
chemical ethology of the amino acids prescribed by the genetic code. The RNA World …

Cu-catalysed three-component C–H trifluoroalkylation of glycine derivatives: access to diverse CF 3-containing amino acids

Y Li, D Lu, Y Gong - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A Cu-catalysed method that selectively incorporates a trifluoromethyl group and an alkene
moiety onto the α carbon of glycine derivatives has been developed using commercialized …

Expanding the DOPA universe with genetically encoded, mussel‐inspired bioadhesives for material Sciences and medicine

N Budisa, T Schneider - ChemBioChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Catechols are a biologically relevant group of aromatic diols that have attracted much
attention as mediators of adhesion of “bio‐glue” proteins in mussels of the genus Mytilus …

Non‐canonical Amino Acid Substrates of E. coli Aminoacyl‐tRNA Synthetases

MCT Hartman - ChemBioChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this comprehensive review, I focus on the twenty E. coli aminoacyl‐tRNA synthetases and
their ability to charge non‐canonical amino acids (ncAAs) onto tRNAs. The promiscuity of …

Engineering aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases for use in synthetic biology

N Krahn, JM Tharp, A Crnković, D Söll - The Enzymes, 2020 - Elsevier
Within the broad field of synthetic biology, genetic code expansion (GCE) techniques enable
creation of proteins with an expanded set of amino acids. This may be invaluable for …

Unexpected trends in the hydrophobicity of fluorinated amino acids reflect competing changes in polarity and conformation

JR Robalo, AV Verde - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorination can dramatically improve the thermal and proteolytic stability of proteins and
their enzymatic activity. Key to the impact of fluorination on protein properties is the …

Practical Method for Preparation of (S)-2-Amino-5,5,5-trifluoropentanoic Acid via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution

H Mei, J Han, R Takeda, T Sakamoto, T Miwa… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Practical Method for Preparation of (S)-2-Amino-5,5,5-trifluoropentanoic Acid via Dynamic
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