Contemporary mass spectrometry for the direct detection of enzyme intermediates.

abstract：:The cytochrome bc(1) complex is a key mitochondrial enzyme that catalyses transfer of electrons maintaining the membrane potential of mitochondria. Currently, atovaquone is the only drug in clinical use targeting the Plasmodium falciparum bc(1) complex. The rapid emergence of resistance to atovaquone resulted in a cos...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Barton V,Fisher N,Biagini GA,Ward SA,O'Neill PM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin, the nucleoprotein complex organizing the genome, is central in regulating gene expression and genome organization. Chromatin conformational dynamics, controlled by histone post-translational modifications (PTM) and effector proteins, play a key role in this regulatory function. Recent developments in chemic...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Boichenko I,Fierz B

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent uses of phage-displayed combinatorial peptide and cDNA libraries have proven invaluable in mapping protein-protein interactions, protein-drug interactions, and the generation of 'molecular therapeutics'. This article reviews some of the findings of the past year and points out some of the pros and cons of phage...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Rodi DJ,Makowski L,Kay BK

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conceptual and computational advances triggered an explosion of designed protein structures in the recent years. Various protein fold geometries have been robustly designed with atomic accuracy, including protein folds unseen in nature. The same principles and tools have been extended to design multi-chain assemblies....

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Ljubetič A,Gradišar H,Jerala R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within this review article we describe recent developments in asymmetric catalysis with peptides. Numerous peptides have been established in the past two decades that catalyze a wide variety of transformations with high stereoselectivities and yields, as well as broad substrate scope. We highlight here catalytically a...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Lewandowski B,Wennemers H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of dimeric coiled-coils has ultimately led to novel applications, such as self-replicating peptide systems, whereas the structural features of the less common trimeric coiled-coil continue to be elucidated. Novel topologies have been discovered in designed proteins, as exemplified by the right-handed tetram...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Micklatcher C,Chmielewski J

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered metabolite levels can drive epigenetic changes critical to development and disease. However, in many cases the specific protein-metabolite interactions that underlie this process remain enigmatic. In this review, we make the case that this fundamental missing information may be discovered by applying the tools...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Kulkarni RA,Montgomery DC,Meier JL

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent efforts in expanding the range of biofuel and biorenewable molecules using microbial production hosts have focused on the introduction of non-native pathways in model organisms and the bio-prospecting of non-model organisms with desirable features. Current challenges lie in the assembly and coordinated expressi...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Ng CY,Khodayari A,Chowdhury A,Maranas CD

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligosaccharyl transferase is part of the macromolecular machinery that processes nascent proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. The enzyme is highly conserved, catalyzes the initial step in the biosynthesis of N-linked glycoproteins and acts as a 'gatekeeper' for the secretory pathway. As more proteins associated wit...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Dempski RE Jr,Imperiali B

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide arrays have attracted wide interest as tools for discovering biochemical interactions. Because many protein binding and enzyme activities are directed towards peptides, the preparation of arrays having hundreds to thousands of immobilized peptides offers an unprecedented opportunity for identifying interaction...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Min DH,Mrksich M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic pathways of soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) and cytochrome P450CAM, iron-containing enzymes, are described and compared. Recent extensive density functional ab initio electronic structure calculations have revealed many similarities in a number of the key catalytic steps, as well as some important d...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Guallar V,Gherman BF,Lippard SJ,Friesner RA

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allosteric binding sites, as opposed to traditional orthosteric binding sites, offer unparalleled opportunities for drug discovery by providing high levels of selectivity, mimicking physiological conditions, affording fewer side effects because of desensitization/downregulation, and engendering ligands with chemotypes...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Lewis JA,Lebois EP,Lindsley CW

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosensors use biological elements to detect or quantify an analyte of interest. In bioprocessing, biosensors are employed to monitor key metabolites. There are two main types: fully biological systems or biological recognition coupled with physical/chemical detection. New developments in chemical biosensors include m...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Dekker L,Polizzi KM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are likely more than 500000 potential phosphorylation sites in a cellular proteome. This dynamic phosphorylation is under tight control of a variety of kinases and phosphatases. In recent years significant progress has been made in the large-scale analysis of these in vitro and in vivo protein phosphorylation ev...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Lemeer S,Heck AJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleic acids such as DNA are increasingly being applied in nanotechnology, as a result of their capability to self-assemble reversibly. The formal replacement of canonical base pairs by metal-mediated ones enables a site-specific introduction of metal-based functionality into these biomolecules, leading to the format...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Mandal S,Müller J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different strategies for the creation of optical sensors with metal-dye complexes are discussed. The focus is on sensors, which are used in conjunction with pattern recognition protocols. It is shown that remarkably powerful sensors can be obtained by combining commercially available dyes with simple transition metal ...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Severin K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technological advances in the automation of parallel synthesis are following the model set by the semiconductor industry: miniaturization, increasing speed, lower costs. Recent work includes preparation of high-density reaction blocks, development of ink-jet dispensing to polypropylene sheets and synthesis inside cust...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Cargill JF,Lebl M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal ions are known to act as catalytic centres in metallo-enzymes. On the other hand, low-molecular-weight metal complexes are widely used as catalysts in chemical systems. However, small catalysts do not have a large protein ligand to provide substrate selectivity and minimize catalyst poisoning. Despite the challe...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Soldevila-Barreda JJ,Sadler PJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical manipulation of natural, unengineered proteins is a daunting challenge which tests the limits of reaction design. By combining transition-metal or other catalysts with molecular recognition ideas, it is possible to achieve site-selective protein reactivity without the need for engineered recognition sequences...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Ball ZT

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalent attachment of glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) to the protein C-terminus is one of the most common posttranslational modifications in eukaryotic cells. In addition to anchoring surface proteins to the cell membrane, GPIs also have many other important biological functions, determined by their unique struc...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Yu S,Guo Z,Johnson C,Gu G,Wu Q

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-standing goal of molecular imaging is to visualize cellular function within the context of living animals, necessitating the development of reporter genes compatible with deeply penetrant imaging modalities such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Until recently, no reporter genes for ultrasound...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Lu GJ,Farhadi A,Mukherjee A,Shapiro MG

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA binding and transcriptional activation by basic region leucine zipper (bZIP) proteins can be enhanced by accessory factors. In the past year, three accessory factor-bZIP-DNA complexes have been investigated extensively. Experiments have probed the effect of accessory factors on bZIP-DNA specificity, the residues t...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Baranger AM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-binding transcription factors are widespread throughout the bacterial world and to date are known to bind several types of cofactors, such as Fe2+, heme, or iron-sulfur clusters. The known chemistry of these cofactors is exploited by transcription factors, including Fur, FNR, and NsrR, to sense molecules such as ...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Fleischhacker AS,Kiley PJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of new chemical entities has remained rather constant (averaging 37 per year) in the past decade, despite the multiple-fold increase in the number of compounds that are being made and tested. Chemical space requires novel methods that can handle the increasing number of potentially accessible molecules. Nei...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Oprea TI

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, the vast majority of the proteomic data sets collected by mass spectrometry (MS) have been generated by nondirected methods, whereby the identified precursor ions are stochastically selected for sequencing from complex sample mixtures. Recently, new MS approaches have been developed in which the mass spectrom...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Schmidt A,Claassen M,Aebersold R

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two recent advances have enabled the development of clinically useful, injectable, sustained-release protein formulations. The first is a nonaqueous, cryogenic atomization process that encapsulates the protein into microspheres composed of a biodegradable polymer from which the protein is released slowly. The second c...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Putney SD

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular oxygen plays an indispensable role as a terminal electron acceptor in the electron transport chain in mitochondria. Acute or chronic oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) in organisms results in various diseases, and the elucidation of the pathogenic mechanism of hypoxia-related diseases and various cellular response...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Tobita S,Yoshihara T

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before large, specific peptides could be made, in an RNA world our ancestors may have used an RNA-like molecule for both catalysis and information storage. Taken together, RNA activities suggest RNA could have performed most of the essential informational functions of an ancient organism (i.e. those functions most sim...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Yarus M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combinatorial chemistry methods and high-throughput screening for leads in industrial drug discovery have generated a potential bottleneck in the optimisation processes that seek to align potency with good pharmacokinetics in order to produce good medicines. This has resulted in the need for higher throughput methods ...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Tarbit MH,Berman J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent structural information suggests that the HC(X)5R active-site motif defines three distinct evolutionary families of phosphatases that employ a common catalytic mechanism. In two instances, regulation of phosphatase activity employs autoinhibitory mechanisms involving either intermolecular or intramolecular inter...

journal_title：Current opinion in chemical biology

authors： Denu JM,Dixon JE

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00