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 …

Bioorthogonal chemistry: fishing for selectivity in a sea of functionality

EM Sletten, CR Bertozzi - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The study of biomolecules in their native environments is a challenging task because of the
vast complexity of cellular systems. Technologies developed in the last few years for the …

Cellular incorporation of unnatural amino acids and bioorthogonal labeling of proteins

K Lang, JW Chin - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
In the past 15 years, there have been rapid developments in the ability to cotranslationally
incorporate unnatural amino acids into proteins produced in cells, both at defined sites via …

Oximes and hydrazones in bioconjugation: mechanism and catalysis

DK Kölmel, ET Kool - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The formation of oximes and hydrazones is employed in numerous scientific fields as a
simple and versatile conjugation strategy. This imine-forming reaction is applied in fields as …

Click chemistry in complex mixtures: bioorthogonal bioconjugation

CS McKay, MG Finn - Chemistry & biology, 2014 - cell.com
The selective chemical modification of biological molecules drives a good portion of modern
drug development and fundamental biological research. While a few early examples of …

Iminium catalysis

A Erkkilä, I Majander, PM Pihko - Chemical Reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
This review covers reactions where iminium ions are likely to be active intermediates in the
catalytic cycle. The focus of the review is on synthetically useful protocols and smallmolecule …

Covalently Crosslinked hydrogels via step‐growth reactions: crosslinking chemistries, polymers, and clinical impact

Y Gao, K Peng, S Mitragotri - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels are an important class of biomaterials with the unique property of high‐water
content in a crosslinked polymer network. In particular, chemically crosslinked hydrogels …

Hydrolytic stability of hydrazones and oximes

J Kalia, RT Raines - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Molecules containing carbon–nitrogen double bonds are prevalent in both chemical and
biological contexts. The foundations for our current understanding of carbon–nitrogen …

Synthesis of site-specific antibody-drug conjugates using unnatural amino acids

JY Axup, KM Bajjuri, M Ritland… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) allow selective targeting of cytotoxic drugs to cancer cells
presenting tumor-associated surface markers, thereby minimizing systemic toxicity …

Fluorescent analogs of biomolecular building blocks: design, properties, and applications

RW Sinkeldam, NJ Greco, Y Tor - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Fluorescence spectroscopy, one of the most informative and sensitive analytical techniques,
has played and continues to play key roles in modern research. Indeed, unraveling the inner …