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 …

HaloTag‐Based Reporters for Fluorescence Imaging and Biosensing

A Cook, F Walterspiel, C Deo - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Visualizing the structure and dynamics of biomolecules is critical to understand biological
function, and requires methods to fluorescently label targets of interest in their cellular …

[HTML][HTML] Protein metalation in biology

AW Foster, TR Young, PT Chivers… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inorganic metals supplement the chemical repertoire of organic molecules, especially
proteins. This requires the correct metals to associate with proteins at metalation. Protein …

Pyrene-Based AIEE Active Nanoprobe for Zn2+ and Tyrosine Detection Demonstrated by DFT, Bioimaging, and Organic Thin-Film Transistor

M Shellaiah, YT Chen, N Thirumalaivasan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) active nanoprobes
without any synthetic complication for solution-state and organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) …

Tools and techniques for illuminating the cell biology of zinc

EPS Pratt, LJ Damon, KJ Anson, AE Palmer - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Zinc (Zn 2+) is an essential micronutrient that is required for a wide variety of
cellular processes. Tools and methods have been instrumental in revealing the myriad roles …

Dual-ligand near-infrared luminescent lanthanide-based metal–organic framework coupled with in vivo microdialysis for highly sensitive ratiometric detection of Zn2+ …

H Dong, L Zhao, Y Chen, M Li, W Chen… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Zinc, which is the second most abundant trace element in the human central nervous
system, is closely associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, attempts to develop …

HaloFlippers: A general tool for the fluorescence imaging of precisely localized membrane tension changes in living cells

K Straková, J López-Andarias… - ACS central …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Tools to image membrane tension in response to mechanical stimuli are badly needed in
mechanobiology. We have recently introduced mechanosensitive flipper probes to report …

Chemical tags and beyond: Live‐cell protein labeling technologies for modern optical imaging

D Saimi, Z Chen - Smart Molecules, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Imaging proteins with high resolution is crucial for studying cellular physiology and
pathology. Fluorescence imaging is a privileged method to visualize proteins with …

Recent progress in endoplasmic reticulum-targetable small-molecule probes for fluorescence sensing and phototherapy

J Chen, H Liu, W **e, M Gu, G Mao, S Yang - Journal of Analysis and …, 2023 - Springer
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the most widespread organelle within eukaryotic cells,
performing various essential functions such as protein synthesis, post-translational …

Protein metalation in a nutshell

D Osman, NJ Robinson - FEBS letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metalation, the acquisition of metals by proteins, must avoid mis‐metalation with tighter
binding metals. This is illustrated by four selected proteins that require different metals: all …