Bioorthogonal chemistry for prodrug activation in vivo

Q Fu, S Shen, P Sun, Z Gu, Y Bai, X Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Prodrugs have emerged as a major strategy for addressing clinical challenges by improving
drug pharmacokinetics, reducing toxicity, and enhancing treatment efficacy. The emergence …

Bioorthogonal chemistry

SL Scinto, DA Bilodeau, R Hincapie, W Lee… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Bioorthogonal chemistry represents a class of high-yielding chemical reactions that proceed
rapidly and selectively in biological environments without side reactions towards …

Evolution of pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase: From methanogenesis to genetic code expansion

NG Koch, N Budisa - Chemical Reviews, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Over 20 years ago, the pyrrolysine encoding translation system was discovered in specific
archaea. Our Review provides an overview of how the once obscure pyrrolysyl-tRNA …

Inverse electron demand Diels–Alder reactions in chemical biology

BL Oliveira, Z Guo, GJL Bernardes - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The emerging inverse electron demand Diels–Alder (IEDDA) reaction stands out from other
bioorthogonal reactions by virtue of its unmatchable kinetics, excellent orthogonality and …

Unleashing the power of bond cleavage chemistry in living systems

J Wang, X Wang, X Fan, PR Chen - ACS Central Science, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Bioorthogonal cleavage chemistry has been rapidly emerging as a powerful tool for
manipulation and gain-of-function studies of biomolecules in living systems. While the initial …

Artificial metalloenzymes: reaction scope and optimization strategies

F Schwizer, Y Okamoto, T Heinisch, Y Gu… - Chemical …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
The incorporation of a synthetic, catalytically competent metallocofactor into a protein
scaffold to generate an artificial metalloenzyme (ArM) has been explored since the late …

Ligand-targeted drug delivery

M Srinivasarao, PS Low - Chemical reviews, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Safety and efficacy constitute the major criteria governing regulatory approval of any new
drug. The best method to maximize safety and efficacy is to deliver a proven therapeutic …

Residue-specific peptide modification: a chemist's guide

JN DeGruyter, LR Malins, PS Baran - Biochemistry, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Advances in bioconjugation and native protein modification are appearing at a blistering
pace, making it increasingly time consuming for practitioners to identify the best chemical …

Single-Atom Catalysts Mediated Bioorthogonal Modulation of N6-Methyladenosine Methylation for Boosting Cancer Immunotherapy

M Sun, X Liu, Z Liu, W Zhang, G Li… - Journal of the American …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Bioorthogonal reactions provide a powerful tool to manipulate biological processes in their
native environment. However, the transition-metal catalysts (TMCs) for bioorthogonal …

Polymerization of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and other alkylene oxides: synthesis, novel polymer architectures, and bioconjugation

J Herzberger, K Niederer, H Pohlit, J Seiwert… - Chemical …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
The review summarizes current trends and developments in the polymerization of alkylene
oxides in the last two decades since 1995, with a particular focus on the most important …