2018
Rapid phenolic O-glycosylation of small molecules and complex unprotected peptides in aqueous solvent
Wadzinski TJ, Steinauer A, Hie L, Pelletier G, Schepartz A, Miller SJ. Rapid phenolic O-glycosylation of small molecules and complex unprotected peptides in aqueous solvent. Nature Chemistry 2018, 10: 644-652. PMID: 29713033, PMCID: PMC5964040, DOI: 10.1038/s41557-018-0041-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnprotected peptidesSmall moleculesAmino acid functionalitiesHigh functional group toleranceFunctional group toleranceFree synthesisAcid functionalityProteinogenic amino acidsAqueous solventSelective formationSynthetic glycopeptidesAnomeric productsPhenolic functionalityGroup toleranceNatural productsGood yieldsSide chainsGlycosyl donorsBiochemical probesAryl glycosidesRoom temperatureMoleculesO-glycosylationPeptidesSimple approach
2016
Dual Genetic Encoding of Acetyl‐lysine and Non‐deacetylatable Thioacetyl‐lysine Mediated by Flexizyme
Xiong H, Reynolds NM, Fan C, Englert M, Hoyer D, Miller SJ, Söll D. Dual Genetic Encoding of Acetyl‐lysine and Non‐deacetylatable Thioacetyl‐lysine Mediated by Flexizyme. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55: 4083-4086. PMID: 26914285, PMCID: PMC4789153, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201511750.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-translational modificationsHistone H3Post-translational protein modificationImportant post-translational protein modificationHuman histone H3Non-histone proteinsFull-length proteinTranscriptional regulationLysine acetylationDNA replicationProtein acetylationDNA repairProtein modificationGenetic encodingLysine residuesAcetyl lysineAcetylationHistonesLysine positionsH3ProteinFlexizymesCrosstalkPowerful toolResidues