Click chemistry in proteomic investigations

CG Parker, MR Pratt - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Despite advances in genetic and proteomic techniques, a complete portrait of the proteome
and its complement of dynamic interactions and modifications remains a lofty, and as of yet …

Activity‐based sensing: a synthetic methods approach for selective molecular imaging and beyond

KJ Bruemmer, SWM Crossley… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging from the origins of supramolecular chemistry and the development of selective
chemical receptors that rely on lock‐and‐key binding, activity‐based sensing (ABS)—which …

Introducing a covalent thiol-based protected immobilized acetylcholinesterase with enhanced enzymatic performances for biosynthesis of esters

SRH Jangi, M Akhond - Process Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Acetylcholinesterase covalent immobilization was performed on mercaptoacetic acid-
functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. Upon the thiol-based protection of the enzyme active …

Target validation using chemical probes

ME Bunnage, ELP Chekler, LH Jones - Nature chemical biology, 2013 - nature.com
Fully profiled chemical probes are essential to support the unbiased interpretation of
biological experiments necessary for rigorous preclinical target validation. We believe that …

Enzyme inhibitor discovery by activity-based protein profiling

MJ Niphakis, BF Cravatt - Annual review of biochemistry, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms possess huge numbers of uncharacterized enzymes.
Selective inhibitors offer powerful probes for assigning functions to enzymes in native …

ABHD17 proteins are novel protein depalmitoylases that regulate N-Ras palmitate turnover and subcellular localization

DTS Lin, E Conibear - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Dynamic changes in protein S-palmitoylation are critical for regulating protein localization
and signaling. Only two enzymes-the acyl-protein thioesterases APT1 and APT2–are known …

The metabolic serine hydrolases and their functions in mammalian physiology and disease

JZ Long, BF Cravatt - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Serine hydrolases (SHs) consist of> 200 enzymes in humans characterized by the presence
of an active site serine that is used for the hydrolysis of substrates. The membership of this …

Chemical probes of endocannabinoid metabolism

JL Blankman, BF Cravatt, EL Barker - Pharmacological reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid signaling system regulates diverse physiologic processes and has
attracted considerable attention as a potential pharmaceutical target for treating diseases …

Metabolism of the endocannabinoid anandamide: open questions after 25 years

M Maccarrone - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cannabis extracts have been used for centuries, but its main active principle∆ 9-
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was identified about 50 years ago. Yet, it is only 25 years ago …

Covalent protein modification: the current landscape of residue-specific electrophiles

DA Shannon, E Weerapana - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Electrophiles can show distinct amino-acid selectivities in proteomes.•The
judicious selection of an electrophile is critical to various chemical-proteomic applications.•A …