Radicals: reactive intermediates with translational potential

M Yan, JC Lo, JT Edwards… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This Perspective illustrates the defining characteristics of free radical chemistry, beginning
with its rich and storied history. Studies from our laboratory are discussed along with recent …

Chemical proteomics approaches for identifying the cellular targets of natural products

MH Wright, SA Sieber - Natural product reports, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2010 up to 2016 Deconvoluting the mode of action of natural products and drugs
remains one of the biggest challenges in chemistry and biology today. Chemical proteomics …

“Inverse drug discovery” strategy to identify proteins that are targeted by latent electrophiles as exemplified by aryl fluorosulfates

DE Mortenson, GJ Brighty, L Plate, G Bare… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Drug candidates are generally discovered using biochemical screens employing an isolated
target protein or by utilizing cell-based phenotypic assays. Both noncovalent and covalent …

Development and applications of the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) as a bioorthogonal reaction

L Li, Z Zhang - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
The emergence of bioorthogonal reactions has greatly broadened the scope of biomolecule
labeling and detecting. Of all the bioorthogonal reactions that have been developed, the …

Strategies for discovering and derisking covalent, irreversible enzyme inhibitors

DS Johnson, E Weerapana… - Future medicinal …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents several covalent inhibitors, including examples of successful drugs, as
well as highly selective, irreversible inhibitors of emerging therapeutic targets, such as fatty …

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 …

Electrophilic natural products and their biological targets

M Gersch, J Kreuzer, SA Sieber - Natural product reports, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1900 to 2011 The study of biologically active natural products has resulted in
seminal contributions to our understanding of living systems. In the case of electrophilic …

Biosynthesis and chemical diversity of β-lactone natural products

SL Robinson, JK Christenson, LP Wackett - Natural product reports, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2018 β-Lactones are strained rings that are useful organic synthons and
pharmaceutical warheads. Over 30 core scaffolds of β-lactone natural products have been …

Enzymatic Activity Profiling Using an Ultrasensitive Array of Chemiluminescent Probes for Bacterial Classification and Characterization

O Shelef, T Kopp, R Tannous, M Arutkin… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Identification and characterization of bacterial species in clinical and industrial settings
necessitate the use of diverse, labor-intensive, and time-consuming protocols as well as the …

Natural products as chemical probes

EE Carlson - ACS chemical biology, 2010 - ACS Publications
Natural products have evolved to encompass a broad spectrum of chemical and functional
diversity. It is this diversity, along with their structural complexity, that enables nature's small …