Triazine-pyridine chemistry for protein labelling on tyrosine

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Jun 21;58(50):7066-7069. doi: 10.1039/d2cc01528e.

Abstract

Herein, we discover the new reactivity of the 1,3,5-triazine moiety reacting with a phenol group and report the development of biocompatible and catalyst-free triazine-pyridine chemistry (TPC) for tyrosine labelling under physiological conditions and profiling in the whole proteome. TPC exhibited high tyrosine chemoselectivity in biological systems after cysteine blocking, displayed potential in tyrosine-guided protein labelling, and had bio-compatibility in live cells.

MeSH terms

  • Cysteine
  • Proteome
  • Pyridines
  • Triazines*
  • Tyrosine* / metabolism

Substances

  • Proteome
  • Pyridines
  • Triazines
  • Tyrosine
  • Cysteine