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ArticleNature chemistry2023

An electroaffinity labelling platform for chemoproteomic-based target identification.

Yu Kawamata, Keun Ah Ryu, Gary N Hermann, Alexander Sandahl, Julien C Vantourout, Aleksandra K Olow, La-Tonya A Adams, Eva Rivera-Chao, Lee R Roberts, Samer Gnaim and 4 more

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yu Kawamata *Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5515-9612
Keun Ah Ryu *Exploratory Science Center, Merck & Co., Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Gary N Hermann *Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0944-4105
Alexander SandahlDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4248-4069
Julien C VantouroutDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0602-069X
Aleksandra K OlowGenetics and Pharmacogenomics, Merck & Co., Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0113-8306
La-Tonya A AdamsDiscovery Immunology, Merck & Co., Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9297-9652
Eva Rivera-ChaoDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Lee R RobertsExploratory Science Center, Merck & Co., Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Samer GnaimDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Molhm NassirDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Rob C OslundExploratory Science Center, Merck & Co., Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA. rob@induprotx.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2920-9532
Olugbeminiyi O FadeyiExploratory Science Center, Merck & Co., Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA. niyi@induprotx.com.ORCID 0000-0002-5525-1304
Phil S BaranDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. pbaran@scripps.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9193-9053
Scripps Research Institute · USMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Target identification involves deconvoluting the protein target of a pharmacologically active, small-molecule ligand, a process that is critical for early drug discovery yet technically challenging. Photoaffinity labelling strategies have become the benchmark for small-molecule target deconvolution, but covalent protein capture requires the use of high-energy ultraviolet light, which can complicate downstream target identification. Thus, there is a strong demand for alternative technologies that allow for controlled activation of chemical probes to covalently label their protein target. Here we introduce an electroaffinity labelling platform that leverages the use of a small, redox-active diazetidinone functional group to enable chemoproteomic-based target identification of pharmacophores within live cell environments. The underlying discovery to enable this platform is that the diazetidinone can be electrochemically oxidized to reveal a reactive intermediate useful for covalent modification of proteins. This work demonstrates the electrochemical platform to be a functional tool for drug-target identification.

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Drug DiscoveryProteinsLigandsPharmacophorePhotoaffinity LabelsLigandsPhotoaffinity LabelsProteins

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