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New Generation of Bioorthogonally Applicable Fluorogenic Dyes with Visible Excitations and Large Stokes Shifts
Synthesis of a set of new, azide
bearing, biorthogonally applicable
fluorogenic dyes with large Stokes shifts is presented herein. To
assess the fluorogenic performance of these new dyes we have labeled
a genetically modulated, cyclooctyne-bearing protein in lysate medium.
Studies showed that the labels produce specific signal with minimal
background fluorescence. We also provide theoretical insights into
the design of such fluorogenic labels
2‑Aryl-5-carboxytetrazole as a New Photoaffinity Label for Drug Target Identification
Photoaffinity labels are powerful
tools for dissecting ligand–protein
interactions, and they have a broad utility in medicinal chemistry
and drug discovery. Traditional photoaffinity labels work through
nonspecific C–H/X–H bond insertion reactions with the
protein of interest by the highly reactive photogenerated intermediate.
Herein, we report a new photoaffinity label, 2-aryl-5-carboxytetrazole
(ACT), that interacts with the target protein via a unique mechanism
in which the photogenerated carboxynitrile imine reacts with a proximal
nucleophile near the target active site. In two distinct case studies,
we demonstrate that the attachment of ACT to a ligand does not significantly
alter the binding affinity and specificity of the parent drug. Compared
with diazirine and benzophenone, two commonly used photoaffinity labels,
in two case studies ACT showed higher photo-cross-linking yields toward
their protein targets <i>in vitro</i> based on mass spectrometry
analysis. In the <i>in situ</i> target identification studies,
ACT successfully captured the desired targets with an efficiency comparable
to the diazirine. We expect that further development of this class
of photoaffinity labels will lead to a broad range of applications
across target identification, and validation and elucidation of the
binding site in drug discovery