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ArticleACS chemical biology2020

Fluorescent Probes with Unnatural Amino Acids to Monitor Proteasome Activity in Real-Time.

Breanna L Zerfas, Rachel A Coleman, Andres F Salazar-Chaparro, Nathaniel J Macatangay, Darci J Trader

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Article in ACS chemical biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Oleanolic Acid Amide Derivatives as 20s Proteasome Stimulators.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2025
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  9. Discovery and Development of Cyclic Peptide Proteasome Stimulators.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2024
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  11. Non-Canonical Amino Acids in Analyses of Protease Structure and Function.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  13. Oxidative Degradation of Sequence-Defined Peptoid Oligomers.Molecular systems design & engineering · 2023
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  16. A Yeast Chronological Lifespan Assay to Assess Activity of Proteasome Stimulators.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Breanna L ZerfasDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, 575 West Stadium Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5242-0547
Rachel A ColemanDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, 575 West Stadium Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Andres F Salazar-ChaparroDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, 575 West Stadium Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Nathaniel J MacatangayDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, 575 West Stadium Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Darci J TraderDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, 575 West Stadium Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0607-1243
Purdue University West Lafayette · US

Funding

Transgenic Mouse Core Facility Shared Resource (TMCF-SR)P30CA023168 · NCI · PURDUE UNIVERSITY WEST LAFAYETTE · PI Andrea L Kasinski · 1985 to 2026
$43.4M
Monitoring and Manipulating the Activity of the Immunoproteasome with Small MoleculesR01AI150847 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI TRADER, DARCI J · 2020 to 2023
$1.9M
Development of Activity-Based Chemical Reporters to Differentiate Proteasome Isoforms in CellsR21GM131206 · NIGMS · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI TRADER, DARCI J · 2019 to 2020
$426k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023168NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150847NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM131206
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The proteasome is an essential protein complex that, when dysregulated, can result in various diseases in eukaryotic cells. As such, understanding the enzymatic activity of the proteasome and what can alter it is crucial to elucidating its roles in these diseases. This can be done effectively by using activity-based fluorescent substrate probes, of which there are many commercially available that target the individual protease-like subunits in the 20S CP of the proteasome. Unfortunately, these probes have not displayed appropriate characteristics for their use in live cell-based assays. In the work presented here, we have developed a set of probes which have shown improved fluorescence properties and selectivity toward the proteasome compared to other cellular proteases. By including unnatural amino acids, we have found probes which can be utilized in various applications, including monitoring the effects of small molecule stimulators of the proteasome in live cells and comparing the relative proteasome activity across different cancer cell types. In future studies, we expect the fluorescent probes presented here will serve as tools to support the discovery and characterization of small molecule modulators of proteasome activity.

Indexed as

Amino AcidsCell Line, TumorFluoresceinsFluorescent DyesHEK293 CellsHumansPeptidesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexSubstrate SpecificityAmino AcidsFluoresceinsFluorescent DyesPeptidesProteasome Endopeptidase Complex

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