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 …

Structure‐based design of inhibitors of protein–protein interactions: mimicking peptide binding epitopes

M Pelay‐Gimeno, A Glas, O Koch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) are involved at all levels of cellular organization, thus
making the development of PPI inhibitors extremely valuable. The identification of selective …

Hybrid small-molecule/protein fluorescent probes

M Minoshima, SI Reja, R Hashimoto, K Iijima… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hybrid small-molecule/protein fluorescent probes are powerful tools for visualizing protein
localization and function in living cells. These hybrid probes are constructed by diverse site …

An uncoupling channel within the c-subunit ring of the F1FO ATP synthase is the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

KN Alavian, G Beutner, E Lazrove… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Mitochondria maintain tight regulation of inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) permeability
to sustain ATP production. Stressful events cause cellular calcium (Ca2+) dysregulation …

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 …

Amyloid-β forms fibrils by nucleated conformational conversion of oligomers

J Lee, EK Culyba, ET Powers, JW Kelly - Nature chemical biology, 2011 - nature.com
Amyloid-β amyloidogenesis is reported to occur via a nucleated polymerization mechanism.
If this is true, the energetically unfavorable oligomeric nucleus should be very hard to detect …

Imaging proteins inside cells with fluorescent tags

G Crivat, JW Taraska - Trends in biotechnology, 2012 - cell.com
Watching biological molecules provides clues to their function and regulation. Some of the
most powerful methods of labeling proteins for imaging use genetically encoded fluorescent …

PML/RARA oxidation and arsenic binding initiate the antileukemia response of As2O3

M Jeanne, V Lallemand-Breitenbach, O Ferhi, M Koken… - Cancer cell, 2010 - cell.com
As 2 O 3 cures acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) by initiating PML/RARA oncoprotein
degradation, through sumoylation of its PML moiety. However, how As 2 O 3 initiates PML …

Metalloproteomics for biomedical research: methodology and applications

Y Zhou, H Li, H Sun - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Metals are essential components in life processes and participate in many important
biological processes. Dysregulation of metal homeostasis is correlated with many diseases …