Photocatalytic Indole Ring ‘Editing’ to Quinazoline for Tryptophan Site-Specific Peptide Modification

Photocatalytic Indole Ring 'Editing' to Quinazoline for Tryptophan Site-Specific Peptide Modification

Image source: J. Am. Chem. Soc.Introduction:Site-specific late-stage modification of natural peptide chains is an ideal strategy for developing bioactive peptide analogs in an efficient and economical manner. The emerging concept of scaffold editing provides new ideas for developing next-generation methods for late-stage peptide modifications. This study developed a simple tryptophan-specific late-stage modification method for peptide … Read more

Opening New Pathways for Peptide Modification: Direct Editing of Cysteine Side Chains to Electrophilic Alkyl Halides

Opening New Pathways for Peptide Modification: Direct Editing of Cysteine Side Chains to Electrophilic Alkyl Halides

Hello everyone, this week I am sharing an article published in JACS titled “Direct Editing of Cysteine to Electrophilic Alkyl Halides in Peptides”. The corresponding authors are Professor Jacob M. Goldberg from Colgate University and Professor Fang Wang from the University of Rhode Island, whose research group focuses on peptide chemical modifications and bioorthogonal reactions. … Read more