Sunday, May 28, 2023

Covalent drug discovery using sulfur(VI) fluoride exchange warheads

Huang Huang, Lyn H. Jones

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1080/17460441.2023.2218642

      Covalent drug discovery has traditionally focused on targeting cysteine, but the amino acid is often absent in protein binding sites. This review makes the case to move beyond cysteine labeling using sulfur (VI) fluoride exchange (SuFEx) chemistry to expand the druggable proteome.
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Introduction of Reactive Thiol Handles into Tyrosine-Tagged Proteins through Enzymatic Oxidative Coupling

Paul Huang, Wendy Cao, Jennifer L. Fetzer, Nicholas S. Dolan, Matthew B. Francis J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c06195...