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ReviewNature reviews. Chemistry2024

Selenium chemistry for spatio-selective peptide and protein functionalization.

Zhenguang Zhao, Shay Laps, Jacob S Gichtin, Norman Metanis

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Review in Nature reviews. Chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Zhenguang Zhao *Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Shay Laps *Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-5794-1843
Jacob S GichtinInstitute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0009-0007-2061-6506
Norman MetanisInstitute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. metanis@mail.huji.ac.il.ORCID 0000-0002-6373-9318

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to construct a peptide or protein in a spatio-specific manner is of great interest for therapeutic and biochemical research. However, the various functional groups present in peptide sequences and the need to perform chemistry under mild and aqueous conditions make selective protein functionalization one of the greatest synthetic challenges. The fascinating paradox of selenium (Se) - being found in both toxic compounds and also harnessed by nature for essential biochemical processes - has inspired the recent exploration of selenium chemistry for site-selective functionalization of peptides and proteins. In this Review, we discuss such approaches, including metal-free and metal-catalysed transformations, as well as traceless chemical modifications. We report their advantages, limitations and applications, as well as future research avenues.

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SeleniumPeptidesProteinsPeptidesProteinsSelenium

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