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Mak ECL, Chen Z, Lee LCC, Leung PKK, Yip AMH, Shum J, Yiu SM, Yam VWW, Lo KKW. Exploiting the Potential of Iridium(III) bis-Nitrone Complexes as Phosphorogenic Bifunctional Reagents for Phototheranostics. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39248725 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/10/2024]
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Cross-linking strategies have found wide applications in chemical biology, enabling the labeling of biomolecules and monitoring of protein-protein interactions. Nitrone exhibits remarkable versatility and applicability in bioorthogonal labeling due to its high reactivity with strained alkynes via the strain-promoted alkyne-nitrone cycloaddition (SPANC) reaction. In this work, four cyclometalated iridium(III) polypyridine complexes functionalized with two nitrone units were designed as novel phosphorogenic bioorthogonal reagents for bioimaging and phototherapeutics. The complexes showed efficient emission quenching, which is attributed to an efficient nonradiative decay pathway via the low-lying T1/S0 minimum energy crossing point (MECP), as revealed by computational studies. However, the complexes displayed significant emission enhancement and lifetime extension upon reaction with (1R,8S,9s)-bicyclo[6.1.0]non-4-yne (BCN) derivatives. In particular, they showed a remarkably higher reaction rate toward a bis-cyclooctyne derivative (bis-BCN) compared with its monomeric counterpart (mono-BCN). Live-cell imaging and (photo)cytotoxicity studies revealed higher photocytotoxicity in bis-BCN-pretreated cells, which is ascribed to the enhanced singlet oxygen (1O2) photosensitization resulting from the elimination of the nitrone-associated quenching pathway. Importantly, the cross-linking properties and enhanced reactivity of the complexes make them highly promising candidates for the development of hydrogels and stapled/cyclized peptides, offering intriguing photophysical, photochemical, and biological properties. Notably, a nanosized hydrogel (2-gel) demonstrated potential as a drug delivery system, while a stapled peptide (2-bis-pDIKK) exhibited p53-Mdm2 inhibitory activity related to apoptosis and a cyclized peptide (2-bis-RGD) showed cancer selectivity.
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- Eunice Chiu-Lam Mak
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- Laboratory for Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology Limited, Units 1503-1511, 15/F, Building 17 W, Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- Laboratory for Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology Limited, Units 1503-1511, 15/F, Building 17 W, Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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Pomorski A, Krężel A. Biarsenical fluorescent probes for multifunctional site-specific modification of proteins applicable in life sciences: an overview and future outlook. Metallomics 2021; 12:1179-1207. [PMID: 32658234 DOI: 10.1039/d0mt00093k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Fluorescent modification of proteins of interest (POI) in living cells is desired to study their behaviour and functions in their natural environment. In a perfect setting it should be easy to perform, inexpensive, efficient and site-selective. Although multiple chemical and biological methods have been developed, only a few of them are applicable for cellular studies thanks to their appropriate physical, chemical and biological characteristics. One such successful system is a tetracysteine tag/motif and its selective biarsenical binders (e.g. FlAsH and ReAsH). Since its discovery in 1998 by Tsien and co-workers, this method has been enhanced and revolutionized in terms of its efficiency, formed complex stability and breadth of application. Here, we overview the whole field of knowledge, while placing most emphasis on recent reports. We showcase the improvements of classical biarsenical probes with various optical properties as well as multifunctional molecules that add new characteristics to proteins. We also present the evolution of affinity tags and motifs of biarsenical probes demonstrating much more possibilities in cellular applications. We summarize protocols and reported observations so both beginners and advanced users of biarsenical probes can troubleshoot their experiments. We address the concerns regarding the safety of biarsenical probe application. We showcase examples in virology, studies on receptors or amyloid aggregation, where application of biarsenical probes allowed observations that previously were not possible. We provide a summary of current applications ranging from bioanalytical sciences to allosteric control of selected proteins. Finally, we present an outlook to encourage more researchers to use these magnificent probes.
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- Adam Pomorski
- Department of Chemical Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland.
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Shi P, Zhang Y, Lv P, Fang W, Ling S, Guo X, Li D, Liu S, Sun D, Zhang L, Liu D, Zheng JS, Tian C. A genetically encoded small-size fluorescent pair reveals allosteric conformational changes of G proteins upon its interaction with GPCRs by fluorescence lifetime based FRET. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:6941-6944. [PMID: 32435777 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc02691c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The dynamics of GPCRs (G protein-coupled receptors) coupling for cognate G proteins play a critical role in signal transduction. Herein, we reported a site-specifically labelled small-sized fluorescent pair 7-HC/FlAsH ((7-hydroxycoumarin-4-yl)-ethylglycine/fluorescein arsenical hairpin) for fluorescence lifetime based FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) to reveal conformational differences of Gαi1 (inhibitory G proteins) and Gαs (stimulatory G proteins) upon β2AR (β2-adrenergic receptor) coupling. It offers a new generally applicable method to probe protein dynamic interactions or conformational changes.
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- Pan Shi
- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Science at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, P. R. China.
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Hu G, Jia H, Zhao L, Cho DH, Fang J. Small molecule fluorescent probes of protein vicinal dithiols. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.06.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Kormos A, Koehler C, Fodor EA, Rutkai ZR, Martin ME, Mező G, Lemke EA, Kele P. Bistetrazine-Cyanines as Double-Clicking Fluorogenic Two-Point Binder or Crosslinker Probes. Chemistry 2018; 24:8841-8847. [PMID: 29676491 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Fluorogenic probes can be used to minimize the background fluorescence of unreacted and nonspecifically adsorbed reagents. The preceding years have brought substantial developments in the design and synthesis of bioorthogonally applicable fluorogenic systems mainly based on the quenching effects of azide and tetrazine moieties. The modulation power exerted by these bioorthogonal motifs typically becomes less efficient on more conjugated systems; that is, on probes with redshifted emission wavelength. To reach efficient quenching, that is, fluorogenicity, even in the red range of the spectrum, we present the synthesis, fluorogenic, and conjugation characterization of bistetrazine-cyanine probes with emission maxima between 600 and 620 nm. The probes can bind to genetically altered proteins harboring an 11-amino acid peptide tag with two appending cyclooctyne motifs. Moreover, we also demonstrate the use of these bistetrazines as fluorogenic, covalent cross-linkers between monocyclooctynylated proteins.
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- Attila Kormos
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Pharmacy and Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Johannes-von-Mullerweg 6, 55128, Mainz, Germany.,Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany.,EMBL, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pázmány Péter sétány 1a, 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Pharmacy and Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Johannes-von-Mullerweg 6, 55128, Mainz, Germany.,Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany.,EMBL, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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Demeter O, Kormos A, Koehler C, Mező G, Németh K, Kozma E, Takács LB, Lemke EA, Kele P. Bisazide Cyanine Dyes as Fluorogenic Probes for Bis-Cyclooctynylated Peptide Tags and as Fluorogenic Cross-Linkers of Cyclooctynylated Proteins. Bioconjug Chem 2017; 28:1552-1559. [PMID: 28441009 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Herein we present the synthesis and fluorogenic characterization of a series of double-quenched bisazide cyanine probes with emission maxima between 565 and 580 nm that can participate in covalent, two-point binding bioorthogonal tagging schemes in combination with bis-cyclooctynylated peptides. Compared to other fluorogenic cyanines, these double-quenched systems showed remarkable fluorescence intensity increase upon formation of cyclic dye-peptide conjugates. Furthermore, we also demonstrated that these bisazides are useful fluorogenic cross-linking platforms that are able to form a covalent linkage between monocyclooctynylated proteins.
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- Orsolya Demeter
- "Lendület" Chemical Biology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar tudósok krt. 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- "Lendület" Chemical Biology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar tudósok krt. 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory , Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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- MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Pázmány Péter sétány 1a, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- "Lendület" Chemical Biology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar tudósok krt. 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- "Lendület" Chemical Biology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar tudósok krt. 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- "Lendület" Chemical Biology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar tudósok krt. 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory , Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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- "Lendület" Chemical Biology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar tudósok krt. 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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Schulte-Zweckel J, Rosi F, Sreenu D, Schröder H, Niemeyer CM, Triola G. High Affinity Immobilization of Proteins Using the CrAsH/TC Tag. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21060750. [PMID: 27338319 PMCID: PMC6273389 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21060750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Revised: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Protein microarrays represent important tools for biomedical analysis. We have recently described the use of the biarsenical-tetracysteine (TC) tag for the preparation of protein microarrays. The unique feature of this tag enables the site-specific immobilization of TC-containing proteins on biarsenical-modified surfaces, resulting in a fluorescence enhancement that allows the direct quantification of the immobilized proteins. Moreover, the reversibility of the binding upon incubation with large quantities of thiols permits the detachment of the proteins from the surface, thereby enabling recovery of the substrate to extend the life time of the slide. Herein, we describe our recent results that further extend the applicability of the CrAsH/TC tag to the fabrication of biochips. With this aim, the immobilization of proteins on surfaces has been investigated using two different spacers and two TC tags, the minimal TC sequence (CCPGCC) and an optimized motif (FLNCCPGCCMEP). While the minimal peptide motif enables a rapid recycling of the slide, the optimized TC sequence reveals an increased affinity due to its greater resistance to displacement by thiols. Moreover, the developed methodology was applied to the immobilization of proteins via on-chip ligation of recombinant protein thioesters.
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- Janine Schulte-Zweckel
- Department of Chemical Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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- Chimera Biotec GmbH, Emil-Figge-Str., 76 A, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces (IBG1), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
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- Department of Biomedicinal Chemistry, Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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Walker AS, Rablen PX, Schepartz A. Rotamer-Restricted Fluorogenicity of the Bis-Arsenical ReAsH. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:7143-50. [PMID: 27163487 PMCID: PMC5381806 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Fluorogenic dyes such as FlAsH and ReAsH are used widely to localize, monitor, and characterize proteins and their assemblies in live cells. These bis-arsenical dyes can become fluorescent when bound to a protein containing four proximal Cys thiols-a tetracysteine (Cys4) motif. Yet the mechanism by which bis-arsenicals become fluorescent upon binding a Cys4 motif is unknown, and this nescience limits more widespread application of this tool. Here we probe the origins of ReAsH fluorogenicity using both computation and experiment. Our results support a model in which ReAsH fluorescence depends on the relative orientation of the aryl chromophore and the appended arsenic chelate: the fluorescence is rotamer-restricted. Our results do not support a model in which fluorogenicity arises from the relief of ring strain. The calculations identify those As-aryl rotamers that support fluorescence and those that do not and correlate well with prior experiments. The rotamer-restricted model we propose is supported further by biophysical studies: the excited-state fluorescence lifetime of a complex between ReAsH and a protein bearing a high-affinity Cys4 motif is longer than that of ReAsH-EDT2, and the fluorescence intensity of ReAsH-EDT2 increases in solvents of increasing viscosity. By providing a higher resolution view of the structural basis for fluorogenicity, these results provide a clear strategy for the design of more selective bis-arsenicals and better-optimized protein targets, with a concomitant improvement in the ability to characterize previously invisible protein conformational changes and assemblies in live cells.
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- Allison S. Walker
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect St., New Haven CT 06520
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA 19081
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect St., New Haven CT 06520
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, 225 Prospect St., New Haven CT 06520
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Artificial signal transduction therapy: a futuristic approach to disease treatment. Future Med Chem 2015; 7:2091-3. [DOI: 10.4155/fmc.15.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Nissinkorn Y, Lahav‐Mankovski N, Rabinkov A, Albeck S, Motiei L, Margulies D. Sensing Protein Surfaces with Targeted Fluorescent Receptors. Chemistry 2015; 21:15981-7. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Yael Nissinkorn
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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- Department of Biological Services, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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- Israel Structural Proteomics Center, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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Fuchida H, Tabata S, Shindo N, Takashima I, Leng Q, Hatsuyama Y, Hamachi I, Ojida A. Design of Coordination Interaction of Zn(II) Complex with Oligo-Aspartate Peptide to Afford a High-Affinity Tag–Probe Pair. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2015. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20150037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University
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Unger-Angel L, Rout B, Ilani T, Eisenstein M, Motiei L, Margulies D. Protein recognition by bivalent, 'turn-on' fluorescent molecular probes. Chem Sci 2015; 6:5419-5425. [PMID: 28717444 PMCID: PMC5502391 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01038a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The selective and sensitive identification of different proteins becomes possible by modifying the known intercalating dye, thiazole orange, with two protein binders. These ‘turn-on’ fluorescence probes enable the identification of acetylcholinesterase, glutathione-s-transferases and avidin with high affinity, specificity, and high signal-to-noise ratio.
We show that the conversion of a known intercalating dye (i.e., thiazole orange) into a bivalent protein binder could lead to the realization of a novel class of ‘turn-on’ fluorescent molecular probes that detect proteins with high affinity, selectivity, and a high signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio. The feasibility of the approach is demonstrated with monomolecular probes that light-up in the presence of three different proteins: acetylcholinesterase (AChE), glutathione-s-transferase (GST), or avidin (Av) at low concentrations and with minimal background signal. The way by which such probes can be used to detect individual protein isoforms and be applied in inhibitor screening, cell imaging, and biomarker detection is described.
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- Linor Unger-Angel
- Department of Organic Chemistry , Weizmann Institute of Science , 76100 Rehovot , Israel .
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- Department of Organic Chemistry , Weizmann Institute of Science , 76100 Rehovot , Israel .
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- Department of Structural Biology , Weizmann Institute of Science , 76100 Rehovot , Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support , Weizmann Institute of Science , 76100 Rehovot , Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry , Weizmann Institute of Science , 76100 Rehovot , Israel .
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- Department of Organic Chemistry , Weizmann Institute of Science , 76100 Rehovot , Israel .
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Yan Q, Bruchez MP. Advances in chemical labeling of proteins in living cells. Cell Tissue Res 2015; 360:179-94. [PMID: 25743694 PMCID: PMC4380784 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-015-2145-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The pursuit of quantitative biological information via imaging requires robust labeling approaches that can be used in multiple applications and with a variety of detectable colors and properties. In addition to conventional fluorescent proteins, chemists and biologists have come together to provide a range of approaches that combine dye chemistry with the convenience of genetic targeting. This hybrid-tagging approach amalgamates the rational design of properties available through synthetic dye chemistry with the robust biological targeting available with genetic encoding. In this review, we discuss the current range of approaches that have been exploited for dye targeting or for targeting and activation and some of the recent applications that are uniquely permitted by these hybrid-tagging approaches.
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- Qi Yan
- Sharp Edge Laboratories, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA
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- Sharp Edge Laboratories, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA
- Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Schifferer M, Feng S, Stein F, Tischer C, Schultz C. Reversible chemical dimerizer-induced recovery of PIP2 levels moves clathrin to the plasma membrane. Bioorg Med Chem 2015; 23:2862-7. [PMID: 25840797 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.03.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Chemical dimerizers are powerful non-invasive tools for bringing molecules together inside intact cells. We recently introduced a rapidly reversible chemical dimerizer system which enables transient translocation of enzymes to and from the plasma membrane (PM). Here we have applied this system to transiently activate phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) breakdown at the PM via translocation of phosphoinositide 5-phosphatase (5Ptase). We found that the PIP2 sensor phospholipase C-δ PH domain (PLCδ-PH) is released from the PM upon addition of the reversible chemical dimerizer rCD1. By outcompeting rCD1, rapid release of the 5Ptase from the PM is followed by PIP2 recovery. This permits the observation of the PIP2-dependent clathrin assembly at the PM.
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- Martina Schifferer
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Kubota R, Hamachi I. Protein recognition using synthetic small-molecular binders toward optical protein sensing in vitro and in live cells. Chem Soc Rev 2015; 44:4454-71. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cs00381k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This review describes the recognition and sensing techniques of proteins and their building blocks by use of small synthetic binders.
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- Ryou Kubota
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Katsura
- Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Katsura
- Japan
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McDonald RI, Guilinger JP, Mukherji S, Curtis EA, Lee WI, Liu DR. Electrophilic activity-based RNA probes reveal a self-alkylating RNA for RNA labeling. Nat Chem Biol 2014; 10:1049-54. [PMID: 25306441 PMCID: PMC4232462 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Probes that form covalent bonds with RNA molecules on the basis of their chemical reactivity would advance our ability to study the transcriptome. We developed a set of electrophilic activity-based RNA probes designed to react with unusually nucleophilic RNAs. We used these probes to identify reactive genome-encoded RNAs, resulting in the discovery of a 42-nt catalytic RNA from an archaebacterium that reacts with a 2,3-disubstituted epoxide at N7 of a specific guanosine. Detailed characterization of the catalytic RNA revealed the structural requirements for reactivity. We developed this catalytic RNA into a general tool to selectively conjugate a small molecule to an RNA of interest. This strategy enabled up to 500-fold enrichment of target RNA from total mammalian RNA or from cell lysate. We demonstrated the utility of this approach by selectively capturing proteins in yeast cell lysate that bind the ASH1 mRNA.
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- Richard I. McDonald
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA
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Schulte-Zweckel J, Rosi F, Sreenu D, Schröder H, Niemeyer CM, Triola G. Site-specific, reversible and fluorescent immobilization of proteins on CrAsH-modified surfaces for microarray analytics. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:12761-4. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04120h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Rutkowska A, Plass T, Hoffmann JE, Yushchenko DA, Feng S, Schultz C. T-CrAsH: A Heterologous Chemical Crosslinker. Chembiochem 2014; 15:1765-8. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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You C, Piehler J. Multivalent chelators for spatially and temporally controlled protein functionalization. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 406:3345-57. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-7803-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2014] [Revised: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Erhart D, Zimmermann M, Jacques O, Wittwer MB, Ernst B, Constable E, Zvelebil M, Beaufils F, Wymann MP. Chemical development of intracellular protein heterodimerizers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 20:549-57. [PMID: 23601644 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2013.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2013] [Revised: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Cell activation initiated by receptor ligands or oncogenes triggers complex and convoluted intracellular signaling. Techniques initiating signals at defined starting points and cellular locations are attractive to elucidate the output of selected pathways. Here, we present the development and validation of a protein heterodimerization system based on small molecules cross-linking fusion proteins derived from HaloTags and SNAP-tags. Chemical dimerizers of HaloTag and SNAP-tag (HaXS) show excellent selectivity and have been optimized for intracellular reactivity. HaXS force protein-protein interactions and can translocate proteins to various cellular compartments. Due to the covalent nature of the HaloTag-HaXS-SNAP-tag complex, intracellular dimerization can be easily monitored. First applications include protein targeting to cytoskeleton, to the plasma membrane, to lysosomes, the initiation of the PI3K/mTOR pathway, and multiplexed protein complex formation in combination with the rapamycin dimerization system.
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- Dominik Erhart
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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Uchinomiya S, Ojida A, Hamachi I. Peptide Tag/Probe Pairs Based on the Coordination Chemistry for Protein Labeling. Inorg Chem 2013; 53:1816-23. [DOI: 10.1021/ic401612z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Shohei Uchinomiya
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate
School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maedashi,
Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate
School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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Socher E, Grossmann TN. Chemical biology 2012: from drug targets to biological systems and back. Chembiochem 2013. [PMID: 23184865 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Multiple sites sharing a common target: This year's EMBO conference on chemical biology encouraged over 340 researchers to come to Heidelberg, Germany, and discuss the use of diverse chemical strategies and tools to investigate biological questions and better understand cellular processes.
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- Elke Socher
- Department of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Wymann MP, Schultz C. The chemical biology of phosphoinositide 3-kinases. Chembiochem 2012; 13:2022-35. [PMID: 22965647 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2012] [Revised: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Since its discovery in the late 1980s, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), and its isoforms have arguably reached the forefront of signal transduction research. Regulation of this lipid kinase, its functions, its effectors, in short its entire signaling network, has been extensively studied. PI3K inhibitors are frequently used in biochemistry and cell biology. In addition, many pharmaceutical companies have launched drug-discovery programs to identify modulators of PI3Ks. Despite these efforts and a fairly good knowledge of the PI3K signaling network, we still have only a rudimentary picture of the signaling dynamics of PI3K and its lipid products in space and time. It is therefore essential to create and use novel biological and chemical tools to manipulate the phosphoinositide signaling network with spatial and temporal resolution. In this review, we discuss the current and potential future tools that are available and necessary to unravel the various functions of PI3K and its isoforms.
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- Matthias P Wymann
- Institute of Biochemistry & Genetics, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 28, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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Rutkowska A, Schultz C. Protein Tango: The Toolbox to Capture Interacting Partners. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:8166-76. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201201717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Patra M, Gasser G. Organometallic Compounds: An Opportunity for Chemical Biology? Chembiochem 2012; 13:1232-52. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Plass T, Milles S, Koehler C, Szymański J, Mueller R, Wießler M, Schultz C, Lemke EA. Amino Acids for Diels-Alder Reactions in Living Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:4166-70. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Revised: 02/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Plass T, Milles S, Koehler C, Szymański J, Mueller R, Wießler M, Schultz C, Lemke EA. Amino Acids for Diels-Alder Reactions in Living Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201108231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Stafforst T. A FlAsH Reporter for Protein-Dimerization Triggers. Chembiochem 2012; 13:505-7. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201100787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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