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Gueta O, Amiram M. Expanding the chemical repertoire of protein-based polymers for drug-delivery applications. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2022; 190:114460. [PMID: 36030987 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Expanding the chemical repertoire of natural and artificial protein-based polymers (PBPs) can enable the production of sequence-defined, yet chemically diverse, biopolymers with customized or new properties that cannot be accessed in PBPs composed of only natural amino acids. Various approaches can enable the expansion of the chemical repertoire of PBPs, including chemical and enzymatic treatments or the incorporation of unnatural amino acids. These techniques are employed to install a wide variety of chemical groups-such as bio-orthogonally reactive, cross-linkable, post-translation modifications, and environmentally responsive groups-which, in turn, can facilitate the design of customized PBP-based drug-delivery systems with modified, fine-tuned, or entirely new properties and functions. Here, we detail the existing and emerging technologies for expanding the chemical repertoire of PBPs and review several chemical groups that either demonstrate or are anticipated to show potential in the design of PBP-based drug delivery systems. Finally, we provide our perspective on the remaining challenges and future directions in this field.
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- Osher Gueta
- The Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- The Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel.
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Yu B, Li S, Tabata T, Wang N, Cao L, Kumar GR, Sun W, Liu J, Ott M, Wang L. Accelerating PERx reaction enables covalent nanobodies for potent neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 and variants. Chem 2022; 8:2766-2783. [PMID: 35874165 PMCID: PMC9288967 DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2022.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The long-lasting COVID-19 pandemic and increasing SARS-CoV-2 variants demand effective drugs for prophylactics and treatment. Protein-based biologics offer high specificity, yet their noncovalent interactions often lead to drug dissociation and incomplete inhibition. Here, we have developed covalent nanobodies capable of binding with SARS-CoV-2 irreversibly via a proximity-enabled reactive therapeutic (PERx) mechanism. A latent bioreactive amino acid (FFY) was designed and genetically encoded into nanobodies to accelerate the PERx reaction rate. Compared with the noncovalent wild-type nanobody, the FFY-incorporated covalent nanobodies neutralized both wild-type SARS-CoV-2 and its Alpha, Delta, Epsilon, Lambda, and Omicron variants with drastically higher potency. This PERx-enabled covalent-nanobody strategy and the related insights into increased potency can be valuable to developing effective therapeutics for various viral infections.
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- Bingchen Yu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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Zeng YZ, Wang JB, Qin HL. A reductive dehalogenative process for chemo- and stereoselective synthesis of 1,3-dienylsulfonyl fluorides. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:7776-7780. [PMID: 36168842 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01434c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A method for the mild and efficient synthesis of 1,3-dienylsulfonyl fluorides was developed via dehalogenation of α-halo-1,3-dienylsulfonyl fluorides in the presence of zinc powder and acetic acid, achieving exclusive chemo- and stereoselectivities. This protocol was successfully applied to the synthesis of heterocyclic dienylsulfonyl fluorides and polyene sulfonyl fluoride.
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- Yu-Zhen Zeng
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China. .,Changyi Tianyu Pharm. Co., Ltd., Weifang 261399, China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Chao Y, Krishna A, Subramaniam M, Liang D, Pujari SP, Sue AC, Li G, Miloserdov FM, Zuilhof H. Sulfur-Phenolate Exchange: SuFEx-Derived Dynamic Covalent Reactions and Degradation of SuFEx Polymers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202207456. [PMID: 35819248 PMCID: PMC9540147 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The products of the SuFEx reaction between sulfonimidoyl fluorides and phenols, sulfonimidates, are shown to display dynamic covalent chemistry with other phenols. This reaction was shown to be enantiospecific, finished in minutes at room temperature in high yields, and useful for both asymmetric synthesis and sustainable polymer production. Its wide scope further extends the usefulness of SuFEx and related click chemistries.
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- Yang Chao
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and TechnologyTianjin University92 Weijin RoadTianjin300072China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and TechnologyTianjin University92 Weijin RoadTianjin300072China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and TechnologyTianjin University92 Weijin RoadTianjin300072China
- Laboratory of Organic ChemistryWageningen UniversityStippeneng 46708WEWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic ChemistryWageningen UniversityStippeneng 46708WEWageningenThe Netherlands
- Department of ChemistryCapital Normal UniversityBeijing100048China
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- Laboratory of Organic ChemistryWageningen UniversityStippeneng 46708WEWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic ChemistryWageningen UniversityStippeneng 46708WEWageningenThe Netherlands
- Biobased Chemistry and TechnologyWageningen UniversityBornse Weilanden 96708WGWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic ChemistryWageningen UniversityStippeneng 46708WEWageningenThe Netherlands
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and TechnologyTianjin University92 Weijin RoadTianjin300072China
- Laboratory of Organic ChemistryWageningen UniversityStippeneng 46708WEWageningenThe Netherlands
- Department of Chemical and Materials EngineeringFaculty of EngineeringKing Abdulaziz University21589JeddahSaudi Arabia
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Lee SB, Park JH, Bae HY. Hydrophobic Amplification Enabled High-Turnover Phosphazene Superbase Catalysis. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202200634. [PMID: 35638148 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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β-Sulfido sulfonyl fluoride and its derivatives have been gaining attention recently in the fields of medicinal chemistry and material science. The conventional method for the synthesis of functionalized alkyl sulfonyl fluorides requires several chemical transformations. Therefore, a direct establishment of such chemical structures remains challenging, and an efficient catalytic approach is highly desired. Herein a significant "on-water" hydrophobic amplification was achieved, enabling a high-turnover catalytic thia-Michael addition to produce unprecedented β-arylated-β-sulfido sulfonyl fluorides. Amounts as low as 100 ppm (0.01 mol %) of the phosphazene superbase were sufficient to successfully catalyze the reaction with excellent chemo-/site-selectivity and with optimal functional group tolerance. Several β-arylated ethene sulfonyl fluorides were converted into thia-Michael adducts up to >99 % yields. The mild conditions, high turnover, neutral pH, and scalability of the sustainable catalytic process benefit the preparation of potential pharmaceuticals (e. g., polyisoprenylated methylated protein methyl esterase inhibitors) and organic materials (e. g., electrolyte additives).
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- Sun Bu Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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Chao Y, Krishna A, Subramaniam M, Liang D, Pujari SP, Sue AC, Li G, Miloserdov FM, Zuilhof H. Sulfur–Phenolate Exchange: SuFEx‐Derived Dynamic Covalent Reactions and Degradation of SuFEx Polymers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202207456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yang Chao
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Tianjin University 92 Weijin Road Tianjin 300072 China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Tianjin University 92 Weijin Road Tianjin 300072 China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Tianjin University 92 Weijin Road Tianjin 300072 China
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Wageningen University Stippeneng 4 6708WE Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Wageningen University Stippeneng 4 6708WE Wageningen The Netherlands
- Department of Chemistry Capital Normal University Beijing 100048 China
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Wageningen University Stippeneng 4 6708WE Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Wageningen University Stippeneng 4 6708WE Wageningen The Netherlands
- Biobased Chemistry and Technology Wageningen University Bornse Weilanden 9 6708WG Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Wageningen University Stippeneng 4 6708WE Wageningen The Netherlands
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Tianjin University 92 Weijin Road Tianjin 300072 China
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Wageningen University Stippeneng 4 6708WE Wageningen The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty of Engineering King Abdulaziz University 21589 Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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Zhang W, Li H, Li X, Zou Z, Huang M, Liu J, Wang X, Ni S, Pan Y, Wang Y. A practical fluorosulfonylating platform via photocatalytic imidazolium-based SO 2F radical reagent. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3515. [PMID: 35717500 PMCID: PMC9206656 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31296-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Sulfonyl fluorides are key components in the fields of chemical biology, materials science and drug discovery. In this line, the highly active SO2F radical has been employed for the construction of sulfonyl fluorides, but the utilization of gaseous ClSO2F as radical precursor is limited due to the tedious and hazardous preparation. Meanwhile, the synthesis of sulfonyl fluorides from inert SO2F2 gas through a fluorosulfonyl radical (·SO2F) process has met with inevitable difficulties due to the high homolytic bond dissociation energy of the S(VI)-F bond. Here we report a radical fluorosulfonylation strategy for the stereoselective synthesis of alkenyl sulfonyl fluorides and functional alkyl sulfonyl fluorides with an air-stable crystalline benzimidazolium fluorosulfonate cationic salt reagent. This bench-stable redox-active reagent offers a useful and operational protocol for the radical fluorosulfonylation of unsaturated hydrocarbons with good yield and high stereoselectivity, which can be further transformed into valuable functional SO2F moieties. Sulfonyl fluorides have potential application in chemical biology, materials science, and drug discovery, but their preparation remains challenging. Here, the authors report an air-stable fluorosulfonylating reagent that enables the radical fluorosulfonylation, hydrofluorosulfonylation and migratory SO2F-difunctionalization of unsaturated hydrocarbons to construct a variety of sulfonyl fluoride compounds.
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- Weigang Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Klauser PC, Berdan VY, Cao L, Wang L. Encoding latent SuFEx reactive meta-fluorosulfate tyrosine to expand covalent bonding of proteins. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:6861-6864. [PMID: 35621237 PMCID: PMC9816398 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01902g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The introduction of new covalent bonds into proteins is affording novel avenues for protein research and applications, yet it remains difficult to generate covalent linkages at all possible sites and across diverse protein classes. Herein, we genetically encoded meta-fluorosulfate-L-tyrosine (mFSY) to selectively react with lysine, tyrosine, and histidine via proximity-enabled SuFEx reaction. mFSY was able to target residues that were elusive for previous unnatural amino acids, and permitted engineering of various proteins including affibody, nanobody, and Fab into covalent binders that irreversibly cross-linked EGFR and HER2. mFSY is thus valuable for developing covalent proteins for biological research, synthetic biology, and biotherapeutics.
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- Paul C. Klauser
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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Xu Y, Rahim A, Lin Q. Spontaneous Orthogonal Protein Crosslinking via a Genetically Encoded 2-Carboxy-4-Aryl-1,2,3-Triazole. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202202657. [PMID: 35290708 PMCID: PMC9117480 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Here we report the design of N2 -carboxy-4-aryl-1,2,3-triazole-lysines (CATKs) and their site-specific incorporation into proteins via genetic code expansion. When introduced into the protein dimer interface, CATKs permitted spontaneous, proximity-driven, site-selective crosslinking to generate covalent protein dimers in living cells, with phenyl-bearing CATK-1 exhibiting high reactivity toward the proximal Lys and Tyr. Furthermore, when introduced into the N-terminal β-strand of either a single-chain VHH antibody or a supercharged monobody, CATK-1 enabled site-specific, inter-strand, orthogonal crosslinking with a proximal Tyr located on the opposing β-strand. Compared with a non-crosslinked monobody, the orthogonally crosslinked monobody displayed improved cellular uptake and enhanced proteolytic stability against an endosomal enzyme. The robust crosslinking reactivity of CATKs should facilitate the design of novel protein topologies with improved physicochemical properties.
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- Yali Xu
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA
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Yang WF, Shu T, Chen HR, Qin HL, Tang H. A cascade reaction for regioselective construction of pyrazole-containing aliphatic sulfonyl fluorides. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:3506-3510. [PMID: 35420611 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob00515h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A copper-catalyzed cascade reaction of α-diazocarbonyl compounds with ethenesulfonyl fluoride (ESF) is developed, affording a variety of highly functionalized pyrazolyl aliphatic sulfonyl fluorides in good to excellent yields (66-98%). This transformation features broad substrates, exclusive regioselectivity, high atom economy and operational simplicity, thus providing a straightforward method for the direct construction of pyrazole-containing aliphatic sulfonyl fluorides, which will provide great applicable value in medicinal chemistry and other related disciplines.
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- Wen-Fei Yang
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Design of a highly potent GLP-1R and GCGR dual-agonist for recovering hepatic fibrosis. Acta Pharm Sin B 2022; 12:2443-2461. [PMID: 35646543 PMCID: PMC9136578 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2021.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Currently, there is still no effective curative treatment for the development of late-stage liver fibrosis. Here, we have illustrated that TB001, a dual glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor/glucagon receptor (GLP-1R/GCGR) agonist with higher affinity towards GCGR, could retard the progression of liver fibrosis in various rodent models, with remarkable potency, selectivity, extended half-life and low toxicity. Four types of liver fibrosis animal models which were induced by CCl4, α-naphthyl-isothiocyanate (ANIT), bile duct ligation (BDL) and Schistosoma japonicum were used in our study. We found that TB001 treatment dose-dependently significantly attenuated liver injury and collagen accumulation in these animal models. In addition to decreased levels of extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation during hepatic injury, activation of hepatic stellate cells was also inhibited via suppression of TGF-β expression as well as downstream Smad signaling pathways particularly in CCl4-and S. japonicum-induced liver fibrosis. Moreover, TB001 attenuated liver fibrosis through blocking downstream activation of pro-inflammatory nuclear factor kappa B/NF-kappa-B inhibitor alpha (NFκB/IKBα) pathways as well as c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)-dependent induction of hepatocyte apoptosis. Furthermore, GLP-1R and/or GCGR knock-down results represented GCGR played an important role in ameliorating CCl4-induced hepatic fibrosis. Therefore, TB001 can be used as a promising therapeutic candidate for the treatment of multiple causes of hepatic fibrosis demonstrated by our extensive pre-clinical evaluation of TB001.
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Han Y, Yang Z, Hu H, Zhang H, Chen L, Li K, Kong L, Wang Q, Liu B, Wang M, Lin J, Chen PR. Covalently Engineered Protein Minibinders with Enhanced Neutralization Efficacy against Escaping SARS-CoV-2 Variants. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:5702-5707. [PMID: 35212528 PMCID: PMC8905923 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The rapid emergence and spread of escaping mutations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has significantly challenged our efforts in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic. A broadly neutralizing reagent against these concerning variants is thus highly desirable for the prophylactic and therapeutic treatments of SARS-CoV-2 infection. We herein report a covalent engineering strategy on protein minibinders for potent neutralization of the escaping variants such as B.1.617.2 (Delta), B.1.617.1 (Kappa), and B.1.1.529 (Omicron) through in situ cross-linking with the spike receptor binding domain (RBD). The resulting covalent minibinder (GlueBinder) exhibited enhanced blockage of RBD-human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (huACE2) interaction and more potent neutralization effect against the Delta variant than its noncovalent counterpart as demonstrated on authentic virus. By leveraging the covalent chemistry against escaping mutations, our strategy may be generally applicable for restoring and enhancing the potency of neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and other rapidly evolving viral targets.
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- Yu Han
- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education,
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871,
China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for
Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing
100871, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education,
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871,
China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for
Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing
100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of
Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education,
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871,
China
- Shenzhen Bay Laboratory,
Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education,
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871,
China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for
Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing
100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for
Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing
100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of
Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China
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- Department of Microorganism Engineering,
Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of
Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education,
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871,
China
- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University
Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education,
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871,
China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for
Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing
100871, China
- Shenzhen Bay Laboratory,
Shenzhen 518055, China
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Xu Y, Rahim A, Lin Q. Spontaneous Orthogonal Protein Crosslinking via a Genetically Encoded 2‐Carboxy‐4‐Aryl‐1,2,3‐Triazole. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202202657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Yali Xu
- Department of Chemistry State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo NY 14260-3000 USA
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- Department of Chemistry State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo NY 14260-3000 USA
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- Department of Chemistry State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo NY 14260-3000 USA
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Yu B, Li S, Tabata T, Wang N, Kumar GR, Liu J, Ott MM, Wang L. Accelerating PERx Reaction Enables Covalent Nanobodies for Potent Neutralization of SARS-Cov-2 and Variants. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2022. [PMID: 35313590 DOI: 10.1101/2022.03.11.483867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The long-lasting COVID-19 pandemic and increasing SARS-CoV-2 variants demand effective drugs for prophylactics and treatment. Protein-based biologics offer high specificity yet their noncovalent interactions often lead to drug dissociation and incomplete inhibition. Here we developed covalent nanobodies capable of binding with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein irreversibly via proximity-enabled reactive therapeutic (PERx) mechanism. A novel latent bioreactive amino acid FFY was designed and genetically encoded into nanobodies to accelerate PERx reaction rate. After covalent engineering, nanobodies binding with the Spike in the down state, but not in the up state, were discovered to possess striking enhancement in inhibiting viral infection. In comparison with the noncovalent wildtype nanobody, the FFY-incorporated covalent nanobody neutralized both authentic SARS-CoV-2 and its Alpha and Delta variants with potency drastically increased over tens of folds. This PERx-enabled covalent nanobody strategy and uncovered insights on potency increase can be valuable to developing effective therapeutics for various viral infections.
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Mustafa M, Winum JY. The importance of sulfur-containing motifs in drug design and discovery. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2022; 17:501-512. [PMID: 35193437 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2022.2044783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Sulfur-containing functional groups are privileged motifs that occur in various pharmacologically effective substances and several natural products. Various functionalities are found with a sulfur atom at diverse oxidation states, as illustrated by thioether, sulfoxide, sulfone, sulfonamide, sulfamate, and sulfamide functions. They are valuable scaffolds in the field of medicinal chemistry and are part of a large array of approved drugs and clinical candidates. AREA COVERED Herein, the authors review the current research on the development of organosulfur-based drug discovery. This article also covers details of their roles in the new lead compounds reported in the literature over the past five years 2017-2021. EXPERT OPINION Given its prominent role in medicinal chemistry and its importance in drug discovery, sulfur has attracted continuing interest and has been used in the design of various valuable compounds that demonstrate a variety of biological and pharmacological feature activities. Overall, sulfur's role in medicinal chemistry continues to grow. However, many sulfur functionalities remain underused in small-molecule drug discovery and deserve special attention in the armamentarium for treating diverse diseases. Research efforts are also still required for the development of a synthetic methodology for direct access to these functions and late-stage functionalization.
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- Muhamad Mustafa
- IBMM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France.,Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya Unuversity, Minia, Egypt
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Shu X, Asghar S, Yang F, Li ST, Wu H, Yang B. Uncover New Reactivity of Genetically Encoded Alkyl Bromide Non-Canonical Amino Acids. Front Chem 2022; 10:815991. [PMID: 35252115 PMCID: PMC8894327 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.815991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Genetically encoded non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) with electrophilic moieties are excellent tools to investigate protein-protein interactions (PPIs) both in vitro and in vivo. These ncAAs, including a series of alkyl bromide-based ncAAs, mainly target cysteine residues to form protein-protein cross-links. Although some reactivities towards lysine and tyrosine residues have been reported, a comprehensive understanding of their reactivity towards a broad range of nucleophilic amino acids is lacking. Here we used a recently developed OpenUaa search engine to perform an in-depth analysis of mass spec data generated for Thioredoxin and its direct binding proteins cross-linked with an alkyl bromide-based ncAA, BprY. The analysis showed that, besides cysteine residues, BprY also targeted a broad range of nucleophilic amino acids. We validated this broad reactivity of BprY with Affibody/Z protein complex. We then successfully applied BprY to map a binding interface between SUMO2 and SUMO-interacting motifs (SIMs). BprY was further applied to probe SUMO2 interaction partners. We identified 264 SUMO2 binders, including several validated SUMO2 binders and many new binders. Our data demonstrated that BprY can be effectively used to probe protein-protein interaction interfaces even without cysteine residues, which will greatly expand the power of BprY in studying PPIs.
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- Xin Shu
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Biophysics, Kidney Disease Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Glbizzia Biosciences Co., Ltd, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Shang-Tong Li, ; Haifan Wu, ; Bing Yang,
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, United States
- *Correspondence: Shang-Tong Li, ; Haifan Wu, ; Bing Yang,
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Shang-Tong Li, ; Haifan Wu, ; Bing Yang,
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Therapeutic peptides: current applications and future directions. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022; 7:48. [PMID: 35165272 PMCID: PMC8844085 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-022-00904-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 501] [Impact Index Per Article: 250.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Peptide drug development has made great progress in the last decade thanks to new production, modification, and analytic technologies. Peptides have been produced and modified using both chemical and biological methods, together with novel design and delivery strategies, which have helped to overcome the inherent drawbacks of peptides and have allowed the continued advancement of this field. A wide variety of natural and modified peptides have been obtained and studied, covering multiple therapeutic areas. This review summarizes the efforts and achievements in peptide drug discovery, production, and modification, and their current applications. We also discuss the value and challenges associated with future developments in therapeutic peptides.
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Sato S. Protein Chemical Modification Using Highly Reactive Species and Spatial Control of Catalytic Reactions. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2022; 70:95-105. [PMID: 35110442 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c21-00915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Protein bioconjugation has become an increasingly important research method for introducing artificial functions in to protein with various applications, including therapeutics and biomaterials. Due to its amphiphilic nature, only a few tyrosine residues are exposed on the protein surface. Therefore, tyrosine residue has attracted attention as suitable targets for site-specific modification, and it is the most studied amino acid residue for modification reactions other than lysine and cysteine residues. In this review, we present the progress of our tyrosine chemical modification studies over the past decade. We have developed several different catalytic approaches to selectively modify tyrosine residues using peroxidase, laccase, hemin, and ruthenium photocatalysts. In addition to modifying tyrosine residues by generating radical species through single-electron transfer, we have developed a histidine modification method that utilizes singlet oxygen generated by photosensitizers. These highly reactive chemical species selectively modify proteins in close proximity to the enzyme/catalyst. Taking advantage of the spatially controllable reaction fields, we have developed novel methods for site-specific antibody modification, detecting hotspots of oxidative stress, and target identification of bioactive molecules.
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- Shinichi Sato
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University
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Cao L, Wang L. New covalent bonding ability for proteins. Protein Sci 2022; 31:312-322. [PMID: 34761448 PMCID: PMC8819847 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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To expand protein's covalent bonding ability, latent bioreactive unnatural amino acids have been designed and genetically encoded into proteins, which react with specific natural amino acid residues through proximity-enabled bioreactivity. The resultant new covalent bonds can be selectively created within and between proteins in vitro, in cells, and in vivo. Offering diverse properties previously unattainable, these covalent linkages have been harnessed to enhance protein properties, to modulate protein function, to probe ligand-receptor binding, to identify elusive protein interactions, and to develop covalent protein drugs. Selective introduction of covalent bonds into proteins is affording novel avenues for biological studies, synthetic biology, and biotherapeutics.
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- Li Cao
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research InstituteUniversity of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research InstituteUniversity of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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Lou TSB, Willis MC. Sulfonyl fluorides as targets and substrates in the development of new synthetic methods. Nat Rev Chem 2022; 6:146-162. [PMID: 37117299 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-021-00352-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The advent of sulfur(VI)-fluoride exchange (SuFEx) processes as transformations with click-like reactivity has invigorated research into electrophilic species featuring a sulfur-fluorine bond. Among these, sulfonyl fluorides have emerged as the workhorse functional group, with diverse applications being reported. Sulfonyl fluorides are used as electrophilic warheads by both medicinal chemists and chemical biologists. The balance of reactivity and stability that is so attractive for these applications, particularly the resistance of sulfonyl fluorides to hydrolysis under physiological conditions, has provided opportunities for synthetic chemists. New synthetic approaches that start with sulfur-containing substrates include the activation of sulfonamides using pyrilium salts, the deoxygenation of sulfonic acids, and the electrochemical oxidation of thiols. Employing non-sulfur-containing substrates has led to the development of transition-metal-catalysed processes based on palladium, copper and nickel, as well as the use of SO2F2 gas as an electrophilic hub. Selectively manipulating molecules that already contain a sulfonyl fluoride group has also proved to be a popular tactic, with metal-catalysed processes again at the fore. Finally, coaxing sulfonyl fluorides to engage with nucleophiles, when required, and under suitable reaction conditions, has led to new activation methods. This Review provides an overview of the challenges in the efficient synthesis and manipulation of these intriguing functional groups.
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Genetically encoding latent bioreactive amino acids and the development of covalent protein drugs. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2021; 66:102106. [PMID: 34968810 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.102106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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As natural proteins generally do not bind targets in a covalent mode, the therapeutic potential of covalent protein drugs remains largely unexplored. Recently, latent bioreactive amino acids have been incorporated into proteins through genetic code expansion, which selectively react with nearby natural residues via proximity-enabled reactivity, generating diverse covalent linkages for proteins in vitro and in cells. These new covalent linkages provide novel avenues for protein research and engineering. In addition, a general platform technology, proximity-enabled reactive therapeutics (PERx), has been established for the development of covalent protein drugs. The first covalent protein drug demonstrates advantageous features in cancer immunotherapy in mice. Selective introduction of covalent bonds into proteins will advance biological studies, synthetic biology, and biotherapeutics with the power of biocompatible covalent chemistries.
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The maturation of chemical synthesis during the 20th century has elevated the discipline from a largely empirical into a rational science. This ability to purposefully craft matter at the molecular level has put chemists in a privileged position to contribute to progress in neighboring natural sciences. Recently, we have witnessed another major advance in the field in which chemists use chemical and biological "synthetic" methods together to alter the structures and properties of biological macromolecules in ways heretofore unimagined. This interdisciplinary approach to synthesis has even allowed us to expand upon the defining characteristics of living organisms at the molecular level. In this perspective, we present a case study for the successful addition of new chemistries to the fundamental processes of the central dogma of molecular biology, exemplified by the expansion of the genetic code.
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- Christian S. Diercks
- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
- These authors contributed equally
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
- These authors contributed equally
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Pan Q, Liu Y, Pang W, Wu J, Ma X, Hu X, Guo Y, Chen QY, Liu C. Copper-catalyzed three-component reaction of arylhydrazine hydrochloride, DABSO, and NFSI for the synthesis of arenesulfonyl fluorides. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:8999-9003. [PMID: 34605502 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob01697k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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This paper reports a convenient copper-catalyzed three-component conversion of arylhydrazine hydrochlorides to arenesulfonyl fluorides in good yields under mild conditions, using 1,4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2]octane bis(sulfur dioxide) (DABSO) as a sulfonyl source and N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide (NFSI) as a fluorine source based on a radical sulfur dioxide insertion and fluorination strategy. Notably, arylhydrazine hydrochloride is used as a safe precursor of aryl radicals.
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- Qijun Pan
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, 100 Haiquan Road, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, 100 Haiquan Road, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, 100 Haiquan Road, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, 100 Haiquan Road, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, 100 Haiquan Road, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, 100 Haiquan Road, Shanghai 201418, China. .,Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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Zhang H, Han Y, Yang Y, Lin F, Li K, Kong L, Liu H, Dang Y, Lin J, Chen PR. Covalently Engineered Nanobody Chimeras for Targeted Membrane Protein Degradation. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:16377-16382. [PMID: 34596400 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c08521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The targeted degradation of membrane proteins would afford an attractive and general strategy for treating various diseases that remain difficult with the current proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) methodology. We herein report a covalent nanobody-based PROTAC strategy, termed GlueTAC, for targeted membrane protein degradation with high specificity and efficiency. We first established a mass-spectrometry-based screening platform for the rapid development of a covalent nanobody (GlueBody) that allowed proximity-enabled cross-linking with surface antigens on cancer cells. By conjugation with a cell-penetrating peptide and a lysosomal-sorting sequence, the resulting GlueTAC chimera triggered the internalization and degradation of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), which provides a new avenue to target and degrade cell-surface proteins.
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- Heng Zhang
- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic Intervention, Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Bui TT, Tran VH, Kim H. Visible‐Light‐Mediated Synthesis of Sulfonyl Fluorides from Arylazo Sulfones. Adv Synth Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202100951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Tien Tan Bui
- Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames Iowa 50011 United States
- Department of Nuclear Medicine Molecular Imaging & Therapeutic Medicine Research Center Jeonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital Jeonju 54907 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine Molecular Imaging & Therapeutic Medicine Research Center Jeonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital Jeonju 54907 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine Molecular Imaging & Therapeutic Medicine Research Center Jeonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital Jeonju 54907 Republic of Korea
- Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University- Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital Jeonju 54907 Republic of Korea
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Nie X, Xu T, Hong Y, Zhang H, Mao C, Liao S. Introducing A New Class of Sulfonyl Fluoride Hubs via Radical Chloro-Fluorosulfonylation of Alkynes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:22035-22042. [PMID: 34382306 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Sulfonyl fluorides have widespread applications in many important fields, including ligation chemistry, chemical biology, and drug discovery. Therefore, new methods to increase the synthetic efficiency and expand the available structures of sulfonyl fluorides are highly in demand. Here, we introduce a new and powerful class of sulfonyl fluoride hubs, β-chloro alkenylsulfonyl fluorides (BCASF), which can be constructed via radical chloro-fluorosulfonyl difunctionalization of alkynes under photoredox conditions. BCASF molecules exhibit versatile reactivities and well undergo a series of transformations at the chloride site while keeping the sulfonyl fluoride group intact, including reduction, Suzuki coupling, Sonogashira coupling, as well as nucleophilic substitution with various nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur nucleophiles. By using BCASF as a synthetic hub, a wide range of sulfonyl fluorides becomes readily accessible, such as cis alkenylsulfonyl fluorides, dienylsulfonyl fluorides, and ynenylsulfonyl fluorides, which are challenging or even not possible to synthesize before with the known methods. Moreover, further application of BCASF to the late-stage modification of peptides and drugs is also demonstrated.
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- Xingliang Nie
- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, Fujian Province University), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, Fujian Province University), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Tan Kah Kee Innovation Laboratory (IKKEM) Center for Micro-nano Fabrication and Advanced Characterization, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, Fujian Province University), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, Fujian Province University), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, Fujian Province University), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.,Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Science (BNLMS), Beijing, 100190, China
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Nie X, Xu T, Hong Y, Zhang H, Mao C, Liao S. Introducing A New Class of Sulfonyl Fluoride Hubs via Radical Chloro‐Fluorosulfonylation of Alkynes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202109072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Xingliang Nie
- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery Fujian Province University) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery Fujian Province University) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Tan Kah Kee Innovation Laboratory (IKKEM) Center for Micro-nano Fabrication and Advanced Characterization Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery Fujian Province University) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery Fujian Province University) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery Fujian Province University) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Science (BNLMS) Beijing 100190 China
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Cao YJ, Yu C, Wu KL, Wang X, Liu D, Tian Z, Zhao L, Qi X, Loredo A, Chung A, Xiao H. Synthesis of precision antibody conjugates using proximity-induced chemistry. Theranostics 2021; 11:9107-9117. [PMID: 34522229 PMCID: PMC8419051 DOI: 10.7150/thno.62444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Rationale: Therapeutic antibody conjugates allow for the specific delivery of cytotoxic agents or immune cells to tumors, thus enhancing the antitumor activity of these agents and minimizing adverse systemic effects. Most current antibody conjugates are prepared by nonspecific modification of antibody cysteine or lysine residues, inevitably resulting in the generation of heterogeneous conjugates with limited therapeutic efficacies. Traditional strategies to prepare homogeneous antibody conjugates require antibody engineering or chemical/enzymatic treatments, processes that often affect antibody folding and stability, as well as yield and cost. Developing a simple and cost-effective way to precisely couple functional payloads to native antibodies is of great importance. Methods: We describe a simple proximity-induced antibody conjugation method (pClick) that enables the synthesis of homogeneous antibody conjugates from native antibodies without requiring additional antibody engineering or post-synthesis treatments. A proximity-activated crosslinker is introduced into a chemically synthesized affinity peptide modified with a bioorthogonal handle. Upon binding to a specific antibody site, the affinity peptide covalently attaches to the antibody via spontaneous crosslinking, yielding an antibody molecule ready for bioorthogonal conjugation with payloads. Results: We have prepared well-defined antibody-drug conjugates and bispecific small molecule-antibody conjugates using pClick technology. The resulting conjugates exhibit excellent in vitro cytotoxic activity against cancer cells and, in the case of bispecific conjugates, superb antitumor activity in mouse xenograft models. Conclusions: Our pClick technology enables efficient, simple, and site-specific conjugation of various moieties to the existing native antibodies. This technology does not require antibody engineering or additional UV/chemical/enzymatic treatments, therefore providing a general, convenient strategy for developing novel antibody conjugates.
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A CDR-based approach to generate covalent inhibitory antibody for human rhinovirus protease. Bioorg Med Chem 2021; 42:116219. [PMID: 34077853 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Covalent target modulation with small molecules has been emerging as a promising strategy for drug discovery. However, covalent inhibitory antibody remains unexplored due to the lack of efficient strategies to engineer antibody with desired bioactivity. Herein, we developed an intracellular selection method to generate covalent inhibitory antibody against human rhinovirus 14 (HRV14) 3C protease through unnatural amino acid mutagenesis along the heavy chain complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR-H3). A library of antibody mutants was thus constructed and screened in vivo through co-expression with the target protease. Using this screening strategy, six covalent antibodies with proximity-enabled bioactivity were identified, which were shown to covalently target HRV14-3C protease with high inhibitory potency and exquisite selectivity. Compared to structure-based rational design, this library-based screening method provides a simple and efficient way for the discovery and engineering of covalent antibody for enzyme inhibition.
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Zhang ZW, Rakesh KP, Liu J, Qin HL, Tang H. A general approach to nitrile- and sulfonyl fluoride-substituted cyclopropanes. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:6021-6024. [PMID: 34160538 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob01043c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Both cis and trans relative configurations of functionalized cyano cyclopropane bearing sulfonyl fluoride moiety were accessed by Corey-Chaykovsky cyclopropanation reactions. This protocol used mild conditions, and obtained good yields with excellent functional group compatibility. Further application of this class of compounds in SuFEx reactions and cyano reductions were also successfully achieved in good yields.
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- Zai-Wei Zhang
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Li J, Guo S, Chai F, Sun Q, Li P, Gao L, Dai L, Ouyang X, Zhou Z, Zhou L, Cheng W, Qi S, Lu K, Ren H. Genetically incorporated crosslinkers reveal NleE attenuates host autophagy dependent on PSMD10. eLife 2021; 10:e69047. [PMID: 34254583 PMCID: PMC8324295 DOI: 10.7554/elife.69047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Autophagy acts as a pivotal innate immune response against infection. Some virulence effectors subvert the host autophagic machinery to escape the surveillance of autophagy. The mechanism by which pathogens interact with host autophagy remains mostly unclear. However, traditional strategies often have difficulty identifying host proteins that interact with effectors due to the weak, dynamic, and transient nature of these interactions. Here, we found that Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) regulates autophagosome formation in host cells dependent on effector NleE. The 26S Proteasome Regulatory Subunit 10 (PSMD10) was identified as a direct interaction partner of NleE in living cells by employing genetically incorporated crosslinkers. Pairwise chemical crosslinking revealed that NleE interacts with the N-terminus of PSMD10. We demonstrated that PSMD10 homodimerization is necessary for its interaction with ATG7 and promotion of autophagy, but not necessary for PSMD10 interaction with ATG12. Therefore, NleE-mediated PSMD10 in monomeric state attenuates host autophagosome formation. Our study reveals the mechanism through which EPEC attenuates host autophagy activity.
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- Jingxiang Li
- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Department of General Practice and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, and Sichuan UniversityChengduChina
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- Department of General Practice and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, and Sichuan UniversityChengduChina
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of BiotherapyChengduChina
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Liu J, Cao L, Klauser PC, Cheng R, Berdan VY, Sun W, Wang N, Ghelichkhani F, Yu B, Rozovsky S, Wang L. A Genetically Encoded Fluorosulfonyloxybenzoyl-l-lysine for Expansive Covalent Bonding of Proteins via SuFEx Chemistry. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:10341-10351. [PMID: 34213894 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c04259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Genetically introducing novel chemical bonds into proteins provides innovative avenues for biochemical research, protein engineering, and biotherapeutic applications. Recently, latent bioreactive unnatural amino acids (Uaas) have been incorporated into proteins to covalently target natural residues through proximity-enabled reactivity. Aryl fluorosulfate is particularly attractive due to its exceptional biocompatibility and multitargeting capability via sulfur(VI) fluoride exchange (SuFEx) reaction. Thus far, fluorosulfate-l-tyrosine (FSY) is the only aryl fluorosulfate-containing Uaa that has been genetically encoded. FSY has a relatively rigid and short side chain, which restricts the diversity of proteins targetable and the scope of applications. Here we designed and genetically encoded a new latent bioreactive Uaa, fluorosulfonyloxybenzoyl-l-lysine (FSK), in E. coli and mammalian cells. Due to its long and flexible aryl fluorosulfate-containing side chain, FSK was particularly useful in covalently linking protein sites that are unreachable with FSY, both intra- and intermolecularly, in vitro and in live cells. In addition, we created covalent nanobodies that irreversibly bound to epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) on cells, with FSK and FSY targeting distinct positions on EGFR to counter potential mutational resistance. Moreover, we established the use of FSK and FSY for genetically encoded chemical cross-linking to capture elusive enzyme-substrate interactions in live cells, allowing us to target residues aside from Cys and to cross-link at the binding periphery. FSK complements FSY to expand target diversity and versatility. Together, they provide a powerful, genetically encoded, latent bioreactive SuFEx system for creating covalent bonds in diverse proteins in vitro and in vivo, which will be widely useful for biological research and applications.
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- Jun Liu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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Xu S, Cui S. SuFExable Isocyanides for Ugi Reaction: Synthesis of Sulfonyl Fluoro Peptides. Org Lett 2021; 23:5197-5202. [PMID: 34157840 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Herein, the sulfonyl fluoro isocyanides were first developed as a new type of SuFExable synthon, and they are used as building blocks in the Ugi reaction (U-4CR). The Ugi reaction was established and the substrate scope was investigated, and various sulfonyl fluoro α-amino amides and peptides could be reached in a one-step synthesis. Therefore, this protocol opens a new vision for SuFExable building blocks and click chemistry, and it also provides a distinct approach to sulfonyl fluoro peptides.
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- Shuheng Xu
- Institute of Drug Discovery and Design, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery and Design, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Genetically encoded selective cross-linkers and emerging applications. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 48:1807-1817. [PMID: 32657352 DOI: 10.1042/bst20200508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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There has been a large amount of interest in the development of genetically encoded cross-linkers that target functional groups naturally present in cells. Recently, a new class of unnatural amino acids that specifically react with target residues were developed and genetically incorporated. The selective reaction shows higher cross-linking efficiency, lower background and predictable cross-linking sites. It has been applied to enhance protein/peptide stability, pinpoint protein-protein interactions, stabilize protein complexes, engineer covalent protein inhibitors, identify phosphatases in living cells, etc. These new covalent linkages provide excellent new tools for protein engineering and biological studies. Their applications in biotherapy will provide considerable opportunities for innovating and improving biomolecular medicines.
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Wan W, Huang Y, Xia Q, Bai Y, Chen Y, Jin W, Wang M, Shen D, Lyu H, Tang Y, Dong X, Gao Z, Zhao Q, Zhang L, Liu Y. Covalent Probes for Aggregated Protein Imaging via Michael Addition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202015988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Wang Wan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University 467 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116044 China
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- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University 467 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116044 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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Wan W, Huang Y, Xia Q, Bai Y, Chen Y, Jin W, Wang M, Shen D, Lyu H, Tang Y, Dong X, Gao Z, Zhao Q, Zhang L, Liu Y. Covalent Probes for Aggregated Protein Imaging via Michael Addition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:11335-11343. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Wang Wan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University 467 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116044 China
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- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University 467 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116044 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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Jeon MH, Kwon YD, Kim MP, Torres GB, Seo JK, Son J, Ryu YH, Hong SY, Chun JH. Late-Stage 18F/ 19F Isotopic Exchange for the Synthesis of 18F-Labeled Sulfamoyl Fluorides. Org Lett 2021; 23:2766-2771. [PMID: 33725454 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Synthesis of sulfamoyl [18F]fluorides has been a challenging topic owing to the inefficient nucleophilic radiofluorination of sulfamoyl derivatives. Herein, we report an 18F/19F isotopic exchange approach to synthesize various sulfamoyl [18F]fluorides, otherwise inaccessible via direct synthesis from amines, with high radiochemical yields up to 97% (30 examples). This late-stage labeling protocol offers an efficient route to yield functionalized molecules by diversifying the chemical library possessing sulfamoyl functionalities through nucleophilic 18F incorporation within nitrogen-containing sulfur(VI) frameworks.
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- Min Ho Jeon
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- UNIST Central Research Facility, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 06273, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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Wei M, Liang D, Cao X, Luo W, Ma G, Liu Z, Li L. A Broad‐Spectrum Catalytic Amidation of Sulfonyl Fluorides and Fluorosulfates**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202013976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Mingjie Wei
- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab School of Chemistry Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab School of Chemistry Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy Guangdong Pharmaceutical University Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab School of Chemistry Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab School of Chemistry Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab School of Chemistry Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab School of Chemistry Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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Wei M, Liang D, Cao X, Luo W, Ma G, Liu Z, Li L. A Broad-Spectrum Catalytic Amidation of Sulfonyl Fluorides and Fluorosulfates*. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:7397-7404. [PMID: 33337566 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202013976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A broad-spectrum, catalytic method has been developed for the synthesis of sulfonamides and sulfamates. With the activation by the combination of a catalytic amount of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt) and silicon additives, amidations of sulfonyl fluorides and fluorosulfates proceeded smoothly and excellent yields were generally obtained (87-99 %). Noticeably, this protocol is particularly efficient for sterically hindered substrates. Catalyst loading is generally low and only 0.02 mol % of catalyst is required for the multidecagram-scale synthesis of an amantadine derivative. In addition, the potential of this method in medicinal chemistry has been demonstrated by the synthesis of the marketed drug Fedratinib via a key intermediate sulfonyl fluoride 13. Since a large number of amines are commercially available, this route provides a facile entry to access Fedratinib analogues for biological screening.
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- Mingjie Wei
- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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A synthetic 5,3-cross-link in the cell wall of rod-shaped Gram-positive bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2100137118. [PMID: 33836615 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2100137118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Gram-positive bacteria assemble a multilayered cell wall that provides tensile strength to the cell. The cell wall is composed of glycan strands cross-linked by nonribosomally synthesized peptide stems. Herein, we modify the peptide stems of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis with noncanonical electrophilic d-amino acids, which when in proximity to adjacent stem peptides form novel covalent 5,3-cross-links. Approximately 20% of canonical cell-wall cross-links can be replaced with synthetic cross-links. While a low level of synthetic cross-link formation does not affect B. subtilis growth and phenotype, at higher levels cell growth is perturbed and bacteria elongate. A comparison of the accumulation of synthetic cross-links over time in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria highlights key differences between them. The ability to perturb cell-wall architecture with synthetic building blocks provides a novel approach to studying the adaptability, elasticity, and porosity of bacterial cell walls.
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Zheng Q, Xu H, Wang H, Du WGH, Wang N, Xiong H, Gu Y, Noodleman L, Sharpless KB, Yang G, Wu P. Sulfur [ 18F]Fluoride Exchange Click Chemistry Enabled Ultrafast Late-Stage Radiosynthesis. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:3753-3763. [PMID: 33630577 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c09306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The lack of efficient [18F]fluorination processes and target-specific organofluorine chemotypes remains the major challenge of fluorine-18 positron emission tomography (PET). We report here an ultrafast isotopic exchange method for the radiosynthesis of novel PET agent aryl [18F]fluorosulfate enabled by the emerging sulfur fluoride exchange (SuFEx) click chemistry. The method has been applied to the fully automated 18F-radiolabeling of 25 structurally and functionally diverse aryl fluorosulfates with excellent radiochemical yield (83-100%, median 98%) and high molar activity (280 GBq μmol-1) at room temperature in 30 s. The purification of radiotracers requires no time-consuming HPLC but rather a simple cartridge filtration. We further demonstrate the imaging application of a rationally designed poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1)-targeting aryl [18F]fluorosulfate by probing subcutaneous tumors in vivo.
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- Qinheng Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 94037, United States
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies (SIAIS), ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 94037, United States.,Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies (SIAIS), ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies (SIAIS), ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies (SIAIS), ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 94037, United States
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies (SIAIS), ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Nie X, Xu T, Song J, Devaraj A, Zhang B, Chen Y, Liao S. Radical Fluorosulfonylation: Accessing Alkenyl Sulfonyl Fluorides from Alkenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:3956-3960. [PMID: 33197094 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202012229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Sulfonyl fluorides have widespread applications in many fields. In particular, their unique biological activity has drawn considerable research interest in the context of chemical biology and drug discovery in the past years. Therefore, new and efficient methods for the synthesis of sulfonyl fluorides are highly in demand. In contrast to extensive studies on FSO2 + -type reagents, a radical fluorosulfonylation reaction with a fluorosulfonyl radical (FSO2 . ) remains elusive so far, probably owing to its instability and difficulty in generation. Herein, the development of the first radical fluorosulfonylation of alkenes based on FSO2 radicals generated under photoredox conditions is reported. This radical approach provides a new and general access to alkenyl sulfonyl fluorides, including structures that would otherwise be challenging to synthesize with previously established cross-coupling methods. Moreover, extension to the late-stage fluorosulfonylation of natural products is also demonstrated.
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- Xingliang Nie
- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.,Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Science (BNLMS), Beijing, 100190, China
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Liu C, Wu T, Shu X, Li S, Wang DR, Wang N, Zhou R, Yang H, Jiang H, Hendriks IA, Gong P, Zhang L, Nielsen ML, Li K, Wang L, Yang B. Identification of Protein Direct Interactome with Genetic Code Expansion and Search Engine OpenUaa. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2021; 5:e2000308. [DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202000308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Chao Liu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data‐based Precision Medicine School of Medicine and Engineering Beihang University and Key Laboratory of Big Data‐Based Precision Medicine (Beihang University) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Beijing 100191 China
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- MOE Laboratory of Biosystem Homeostasis and Protection and Life Sciences Institute Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310058 China
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- MOE Laboratory of Biosystem Homeostasis and Protection and Life Sciences Institute Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310058 China
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- Tsinghua Institute of Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research Tsinghua University and National Institute of Biological Science (NIBS) Beijing 102206 China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and The Cardiovascular Research Institute University of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94158 USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and The Cardiovascular Research Institute University of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94158 USA
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- Institute of Animal Sciences Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing 100193 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data‐based Precision Medicine School of Medicine and Engineering Beihang University and Key Laboratory of Big Data‐Based Precision Medicine (Beihang University) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Beijing 100191 China
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- Kidney Disease Center The First Affiliated Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310003 China
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- Proteomics Program Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen 2200 Denmark
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data‐based Precision Medicine School of Medicine and Engineering Beihang University and Key Laboratory of Big Data‐Based Precision Medicine (Beihang University) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Beijing 100191 China
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- MOE Laboratory of Biosystem Homeostasis and Protection and Life Sciences Institute Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310058 China
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- Proteomics Program Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen 2200 Denmark
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- Institute of Animal Sciences Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing 100193 China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and The Cardiovascular Research Institute University of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94158 USA
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- MOE Laboratory of Biosystem Homeostasis and Protection and Life Sciences Institute Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310058 China
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Covalent peptides and proteins for therapeutics. Bioorg Med Chem 2021; 29:115896. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Chen HR, Hu ZY, Qin HL, Tang H. A novel three-component reaction for constructing indolizine-containing aliphatic sulfonyl fluorides. Org Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qo01430c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A copper-catalyzed three-component reaction for transforming quinolines, isoquinolines and pyridines to a class of indolizine-containing alkyl sulfonyl fluorides was developed.
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- Hong-Ru Chen
- School of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Life Science; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing
- Wuhan University of Technology
- Wuhan 430070
- China
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- School of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Life Science; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing
- Wuhan University of Technology
- Wuhan 430070
- China
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- School of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Life Science; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing
- Wuhan University of Technology
- Wuhan 430070
- China
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- School of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Life Science; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing
- Wuhan University of Technology
- Wuhan 430070
- China
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Nie X, Xu T, Song J, Devaraj A, Zhang B, Chen Y, Liao S. Radical Fluorosulfonylation: Accessing Alkenyl Sulfonyl Fluorides from Alkenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202012229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Xingliang Nie
- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Science (BNLMS) Beijing 100190 China
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Luy JN, Tonner R. Complementary Base Lowers the Barrier in SuFEx Click Chemistry for Primary Amine Nucleophiles. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:31432-31439. [PMID: 33324855 PMCID: PMC7726939 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The sulfur(VI) fluoride exchange (SuFEx) reaction is an emerging scheme for connecting molecular building blocks. Due to its broad functional group tolerance and rather stable resulting linkage, it is seeing rapid adoption in various fields of chemistry. Still, to date the reaction mechanism is poorly understood, which hampers further development. Here, we show that the mechanism of the SuFEx reaction for the prototypical example of methanesulfonyl fluoride reacting with methylamine can be understood as an SN2-type reaction. By analyzing the reaction path with the help of density functional theory in vacuo and under consideration of solvent and co-reactant influence, we identify the often used complementary base as a crucial ingredient to lower the reaction barrier significantly by increasing the nucleophilicity of the primary amine. With the help of energy decomposition analysis at the transition state structures, we quantify the underlying stereoelectronic effects and propose new avenues for experimental exploration of the potential of SuFEx chemistry.
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- Jan-Niclas Luy
- Institut für Physikalische
und Theoretische Chemie, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische
und Theoretische Chemie, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Zhao Q, Guo G, Zhu W, Zhu L, Da Y, Han Y, Xu H, Wu S, Cheng Y, Zhou Y, Cai X, Jiang X. Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction with Genetically Encoded Fluorosulfates for Fluorogenic Protein Labeling. Chemistry 2020; 26:15938-15943. [PMID: 32776653 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction with aryl halide functionalities has recently emerged as a valuable tool for protein modification. Herein, a new fluorogenic modification methodology for proteins, with genetically encoded fluorosulfate-l-tyrosine, which exhibits high efficiency and biocompatibility in bacterial cells as well as in aqueous medium, is described. Furthermore, the cross-coupling of 4-cyanophenylboronic acid on green fluorescent protein was shown to possess a unique fluorogenic property, which could open up the possibility of a responsive "off/on" switch with great potential to enable spectroscopic imaging of proteins with minimal background noise. Taken together, a convenient and efficient catalytic system has been developed that may provide broad utilities in protein visualization and live-cell imaging.
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- Qian Zhao
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510006, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P.R. China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P.R. China
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Hira J, Uddin MJ, Haugland MM, Lentz CS. From Differential Stains to Next Generation Physiology: Chemical Probes to Visualize Bacterial Cell Structure and Physiology. Molecules 2020; 25:E4949. [PMID: 33114655 PMCID: PMC7663024 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25214949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Chemical probes have been instrumental in microbiology since its birth as a discipline in the 19th century when chemical dyes were used to visualize structural features of bacterial cells for the first time. In this review article we will illustrate the evolving design of chemical probes in modern chemical biology and their diverse applications in bacterial imaging and phenotypic analysis. We will introduce and discuss a variety of different probe types including fluorogenic substrates and activity-based probes that visualize metabolic and specific enzyme activities, metabolic labeling strategies to visualize structural features of bacterial cells, antibiotic-based probes as well as fluorescent conjugates to probe biomolecular uptake pathways.
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- Jonathan Hira
- Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology and Centre for New Antibacterial Strategies (CANS), UiT—The Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway; (J.H.); (M.J.U.)
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- Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology and Centre for New Antibacterial Strategies (CANS), UiT—The Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway; (J.H.); (M.J.U.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for New Antibacterial Strategies (CANS), UiT—The Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway;
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- Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology and Centre for New Antibacterial Strategies (CANS), UiT—The Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway; (J.H.); (M.J.U.)
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Liu J, Cheng R, Van Eps N, Wang N, Morizumi T, Ou WL, Klauser PC, Rozovsky S, Ernst OP, Wang L. Genetically Encoded Quinone Methides Enabling Rapid, Site-Specific, and Photocontrolled Protein Modification with Amine Reagents. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:17057-17068. [PMID: 32915556 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Site-specific modification of proteins with functional molecules provides powerful tools for researching and engineering proteins. Here we report a new chemical conjugation method which photocages highly reactive but chemically selective moieties, enabling the use of protein-inert amines for selective protein modification. New amino acids FnbY and FmnbY, bearing photocaged quinone methides (QMs), were genetically incorporated into proteins. Upon light activation, they generated highly reactive QM, which rapidly reacted with amine derivatives. This method features a rare combination of desired properties including fast kinetics, small and stable linkage, compatibility with low temperature, photocontrollability, and widely available reagents. Moreover, labeling via FnbY occurs on the β-carbon, affording the shortest linkage to protein backbone which is essential for advanced studies involving orientation and distance. We installed various functionalities onto proteins and attached a spin label as close as possible to the protein backbone, achieving high resolution in double electron-electron paramagnetic resonance distance measurements.
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- Jun Liu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Blvd. South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Blvd. South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Blvd. South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Blvd. South, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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