Metal complexes for catalytic and photocatalytic reactions in living cells and organisms

H Madec, F Figueiredo, K Cariou, S Roland… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of organometallic catalysis has greatly expanded the synthetic chemist
toolbox compared to only exploiting “classical” organic chemistry. Although more widely …

Metal-promoted synthetic chemistry within living cells

J Miguel-Ávila, M Tomás-Gamasa, JL Mascareñas - Trends in Chemistry, 2023 - cell.com
The ability to perform'new-to-nature'chemical reactions within living cells and organisms is
transforming the way in which scientists interrogate and/or manipulate biological processes …

[HTML][HTML] Bioorthogonal catalysis in complex media: Consequences of using polymeric scaffold materials on catalyst stability and activity

A Sathyan, L Deng, T Loman, ARA Palmans - Catalysis Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Bioorthogonal catalysis using transition-metal-based complexes (TMCs) is a promising
approach for converting substrates to desired products in complex cellular media. Notably …

De Novo Engineering of Pd-Metalloproteins and Their Use as Intracellular Catalysts

S Learte-Aymamí, L Martínez-Castro… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of transition metal-based catalytic platforms that promote bioorthogonal
reactions inside living cells remains a major challenge in chemical biology. This is …

Targeting Pathogenic Formate-Dependent Bacteria with a Bioinspired Metallo–Nitroreductase Complex

C Weng, H Yang, BS Loh, MW Wong… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitroreductases (NTRs) constitute an important class of oxidoreductase enzymes that have
evolved to metabolize nitro-containing compounds. Their unique characteristics have …

Intracellular Synthesis of Indoles Enabled by Visible-Light Photocatalysis

C D'Avino, S Gutiérrez, MJ Feldhaus… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Performing abiotic synthetic transformations in live cell environments represents a new,
promising approach to interrogate and manipulate biology and to uncover new types of …

Morphology modified by polyvinylpyrrolidone for enhanced antibacterial and catalytic execution of bioactive Ag/ZnO composites based on hydroxyapatite in the …

P Babaei, J Safaei-Ghomi, S Rashki, AM Kharazm - Ceramics International, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibacterial resistance is growing in the world and is becoming a global threat to public
health. In this project, we have checked the particular role of polyvinylpyrrolidone in the …

Metal‐Catalyzed Abiotic Cleavage of C═ C Bonds for Effective Fluorescence Imaging of Cu (II) and Fe (III) in Living Systems

C Wang, D Chen, Z Wei, J Tan, C Wu… - Advanced …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Imaging abnormal copper/iron with effective fluorescent tools is essential to
comprehensively put insight into many pathological events. However, conventional …

Ruthenium Catalysis in Biological Habitats

A Gutiérrez‐González, F López… - Helvetica Chimica …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have witnessed a considerable progress in research aimed at merging
transition metal catalysis with chemical and cell biology. Therefore, a crescent number of …

Interplay of chloride levels and palladium (ii)-catalyzed O-deallenylation bioorthogonal uncaging reactions

GM Dal Forno, E Latocheski, CD Navo… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The palladium-mediated uncaging reaction of allene substrates remains a promising yet
often overlooked strategy in the realm of bioorthogonal chemistry. This method exhibits high …