Directed evolution: methodologies and applications

Y Wang, P Xue, M Cao, T Yu, ST Lane… - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Directed evolution aims to expedite the natural evolution process of biological molecules
and systems in a test tube through iterative rounds of gene diversifications and library …

Classification of metal-based drugs according to their mechanisms of action

E Boros, PJ Dyson, G Gasser - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
Metal-based drugs and imaging agents are extensively used in the clinic for the treatment
and diagnosis of cancers and a wide range of other diseases. The current clinical arsenal of …

Cancer-derived exosomes loaded with ultrathin palladium nanosheets for targeted bioorthogonal catalysis

M Sancho-Albero, B Rubio-Ruiz, AM Pérez-López… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The transformational impact of bioorthogonal chemistries has inspired new strategies for the
in vivo synthesis of bioactive agents through non-natural means. Among these, Pd catalysts …

Artificial metalloenzymes: challenges and opportunities

HJ Davis, TR Ward - ACS central science, 2019 - ACS Publications
Artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) result from the incorporation of an abiotic metal cofactor
within a protein scaffold. From the earliest techniques of transition metals adsorbed on silk …

Thiol-mediated uptake

Q Laurent, R Martinent, B Lim, AT Pham, T Kato… - Jacs Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
This Perspective focuses on thiol-mediated uptake, that is, the entry of substrates into cells
enabled by oligochalcogenides or mimics, often disulfides, and inhibited by thiol-reactive …

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 …

Intracellular catalysis with selected metal complexes and metallic nanoparticles: advances toward the development of catalytic metallodrugs

JJ Soldevila-Barreda, N Metzler-Nolte - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Platinum-containing drugs (eg, cisplatin) are among the most frequently used
chemotherapeutic agents. Their tremendous success has spurred research and …

Target‐Specific Bioorthogonal Reactions for Precise Biomedical Applications

Z Liu, M Sun, W Zhang, J Ren, X Qu - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bioorthogonal chemistry is a promising toolbox for dissecting biological processes in the
native environment. Recently, bioorthogonal reactions have attracted considerable attention …

Engineering and emerging applications of artificial metalloenzymes with whole cells

M Wittwer, U Markel, J Schiffels, J Okuda, DF Sauer… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The field of artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) is rapidly growing and ArMs are attracting
increasing attention, for example, in the fields of biosensing and drug therapy. Protein …

In situ activation of therapeutics through bioorthogonal catalysis

W Wang, X Zhang, R Huang, CM Hirschbiegel… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioorthogonal chemistry refers to any chemical reactions that can occur inside of living
systems without interfering with native biochemical processes, which has become a …