Over the past 20 years,great efforts have been invested in developing site-specific approaches to protein modification to dissect protein functions directly and ***,we report a proximitytriggered group transfer strate...
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Over the past 20 years,great efforts have been invested in developing site-specific approaches to protein modification to dissect protein functions directly and ***,we report a proximitytriggered group transfer strategy from a sulfonium warhead to a Cysteine(Cys)residue of the target *** a guiding ligand,cargoes could be transferred selectively from a sulfonium center onto the Cys residue in the vicinity of their binding *** successful thalidomide transfer of sulfonium 1-X could be applied intracellularly for epidermal growth factor receptor degradation,highlighting the potential of group transfer strategy as a suite of chemical biology studies,including cell imaging,protein profiling,and protein degradation by simply employing different transferrable groups.
Drug discovery is a crucial part of human healthcare and has dramatically benefited human lifespan and life quality in recent centuries, however, it is usually time-and effort-consuming. Structural biology has been de...
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Drug discovery is a crucial part of human healthcare and has dramatically benefited human lifespan and life quality in recent centuries, however, it is usually time-and effort-consuming. Structural biology has been demonstrated as a powerful tool to accelerate drug development. Among different techniques, cryo-electron microscopy(cryo-EM) is emerging as the mainstream of structure determination of biomacromolecules in the past decade and has received increasing attention from the pharmaceutical industry. Although cryo-EM still has limitations in resolution, speed and throughput, a growing number of innovative drugs are being developed with the help of cryo-EM. Here, we aim to provide an overview of how cryo-EM techniques are applied to facilitate drug discovery. The development and typical workflow of cryo-EM technique will be briefly introduced, followed by its specific applications in structure-based drug design, fragment-based drug discovery, proteolysis targeting chimeras, antibody drug development and drug repurposing. Besides cryo-EM, drug discovery innovation usually involves other state-of-the-art techniques such as artificial intelligence(AI), which is increasingly active in diverse areas. The combination of cryo-EM and AI provides an opportunity to minimize limitations of cryo-EM such as automation, throughput and interpretation of mediumresolution maps, and tends to be the new direction of future development of cryo-EM. The rapid development of cryo-EM will make it as an indispensable part of modern drug discovery.
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