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ArticleBioconjugate chemistry2024

Facile Access to Branched Multispecific Proteins.

Aniekan Okon, Jinyi Yang, JoLynn B Giancola, Oscar J Molina, Jessica Sayers, Keith M Cheah, Yanfeng Li, Eric R Strieter, Ronald T Raines

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Article in Bioconjugate chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Reductive Methylation: An Alternative to Lysine → Arginine Mutagenesis.Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society · 2026
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  2. Cytosolic Delivery of Functional Ubiquitin.Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Aniekan Okon
Jinyi Yang
JoLynn B Giancola
Oscar J Molina
Keith M Cheah
Yanfeng LiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8493-2136
Eric R StrieterDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Jacqueline A. Lees · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
Chemistry-Biology Interface Predoctoral Training GrantT32GM139789 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI ERIC Robert STRIETER · 2021 to 2026
$3.4M
Protein ChemistryR35GM148220 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Ronald T Raines · 2023 to 2026
$2.2M
Defining the Function of Proteasomal DeubiquitinasesR35GM149532 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI ERIC Robert STRIETER · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
Molecular probes for allele-specific interdiction of K-Ras G12D signalingF32CA247259 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI OKON, ANIEKAN MATTHEW · 2020 to 2022
$206k
NCI NIH HHS F32 CA247259NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM148220NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149532NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM139789
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Approaches that leverage orthogonal chemical reactions to generate protein-protein conjugates have expanded access to bespoke chimeras. Although the literature is replete with examples of the semisynthesis of bispecific proteins, few methods exist for the semisynthesis of protein conjugates of higher complexity (i.e., greater than two-protein fusions). The recent emergence of trispecific cell engagers for immune cell redirection therapies necessitates the development of chemical methods for the construction of trispecific proteins that would otherwise be inaccessible via natural protein synthesis. Here, we demonstrate that 3-bromo-5-methylene pyrrolone (3Br-5MP) can be used to effect the facile chemical synthesis of trispecific peptides and proteins with exquisite control over the addition of each monomer. The multimeric complexes maintain epitope functionality both in human cells and upon immobilization. We anticipate that facile access to trispecific proteins using this 3Br-5MP will have broad utility in basic science research and will quicken the pace of research to establish novel, multimeric immune cell redirection therapies.

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PMID38879814
PMCPMC11254548

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