SELECTED PAPERS

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Proximity-Induced Nucleic Acid Degrader (PINAD) Approach to Targeted RNA Degradation Using Small Molecules
Mikutis S*; Rebelo M; Yankova E; Gu M; Tang C; Coelho AR; Yang M; Hazemi ME; Miranda MP; Eleftheriou M; Robertson M; Vassiliou GS; Adams DJ; Simas JP; Corzana F; Schneekloth Jr. JS; Tzelepis K*; Bernardes GJL*
ACS Cent. Sci. 2023, 9, 5, 892–904

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Controlled masking and targeted release of redox-cycling ortho-quinones via a C–C bond-cleaving 1,6-elimination
Dunsmore L; Navo CD; Becher J; Gil de Montes E; Guerreiro A; Hoyt E; Brown L; Zelenay V; Mikutis S; Cooper J; Barbieri I; Lawrinowitz S; Siouve E; Martin E; Ruivo PR; Rodrigues T; da Cruz FP; Werz O; Vassiliou G; Ravn P; Jiménez-Osés G*; Bernardes GJL*
Nat. Chem. 2022, 14, 754–765

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π-Clamp-Mediated Homo- and Heterodimerization of Single-Domain Antibodies via Site-Specific Homobifunctional Conjugation
Taylor RJ; Rangel MA; Geeson MB; Sormanni P; Vendruscolo M; Bernardes GJL*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 14404–14419 

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Platform for orthogonal N-cysteine-specific protein modification enabled by cyclopropenone reagents
Istrate A; Geeson MB; Navo CD; Sousa BB; Marques MC; Taylor RJ; Journeaux T; Oehler SR; Mortensen MR; Deery MJ; Bond AD; Corzana F; Jiménez-Osés G*; Bernardes GJL*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 10396–10406

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Accelerating reaction rates of biomolecules by using shear stress in artificial capillary systems
Hakala TA; Yates EV; Challa PK; Toprakcioglu Z; Nadendla K; Matak-Vinkovic D; Dobson CM; Martínez R; Corzana F*; Knowles TPJ*; Bernardes GJL*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 16401–16410

See highlights in Chemistry World, Tiny mechanical forces deform proteins in living systems for faster reactions, by Tim Wogan, in In the Pipeline, Pushing through the capillaries, by Derek Lowe, and in Nature Chemical Biology, "Catalysis under stress" by Andrew Bissette.

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Allosteric antagonist modulation of TRPV2 by Piperlongumine impairs glioblastoma progression

Conde J; Pumroy RA; Baker C; Rodrigues T; Guerreiro A; Sousa BB; Marques MC; Almeida BP; Lee S; Leites EP; Picard D; Samanta A; Vaz SH; Sieglitz F; Langini M; Remke M; Roque R; Weiss T; Weller M; Liu Y; Han S; Corzana F; Morais VA; Faria CC; Carvalho T; Filippakopoulos P; Snijder B; Barbosa-Morais NL; Moiseenkova-Bell VY; Bernardes GJL
ACS Cent. Sci. 2021, 7, 868–881

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meCLICK-Seq, a substrate-hijacking and RNA degradation strategy for the study of RNA methylation
Mikutis S; Gu M; Sendinc E; Hazemi M; Kiely-Collins H; Aspris D; Vassiliou G; Shi Y; Tzelepis K; Bernardes GJL*
ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 2196−2208

Highlighted in First ReactionsGlobal Detection of RNA Methylation by Click Degradation
Highlighted in C&ENNew system cuts RNA using only small molecules
Featured in the J. Am. Chem. Soc. virtual issue "RNA chemistry"

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Platinum-triggered bond-cleavage of pentynoyl amide and N-propargyl handles for drug-activation
Oliveira BL; Stenton BJ; Unnikrishnan VB; de Almeida CR; Conde J; Negrão M; Schneider FSS; Cordeiro C; Ferreira MG; Caramori GF; Domingos JB; Fior R; Bernardes GJL*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 10869–1088

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Brain-sparing sympathofacilitators mitigate obesity without adverse cardiovascular effects
Mahú I; Barateiro A; Rial-Pensado E; Martinéz-Sánchez N; Vaz SH; Cal PMSD; Jenkins B; Rodrigues T; Cordeiro C; Costa MF; Mendes R; Seixas E; Pereira MMA; Kubasova N; Gres V; Morris I; Temporão C; Olivares M; Sanz Y; Koulman A; Corzana F; Sebastião AM; López M; Bernardes GJL*; Domingos AI*
Cell Metab. 2020, 31, 1120–1135

See preview in Cell Metab. 2020, 31, 1043–1045 “A Sympathetic Treatment for Obesity” by Jung Dae Kim and Sabrina Diano

Highlighted in Nat. Rev. Endocrinol. 2020, 16, 343 “Unravelling novel weight loss mechanisms” by Alan Morris

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Enhancement of the anti-aggregation activity of a molecular chaperone using a rationally designed post-translational modification
Lindstedt PR; Aprile FA; Matos MJ; Perni M; Bertoldo JB; Bernardim B; Peter Q; Jiménez-Osés G; Knowles TPJ; Dobson CM; Corzana F; Vendruscolo M; Bernardes GJL*
ACS Cent. Sci. 2019, 5, 1417–1424

 

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Chemo and regioselective lysine modification on native proteins
Matos MJ; Oliveira BL; Martínez-Sáez N; Guerreiro A; Cal PMSD; Bertoldo J; Maneiro M; Perkins E; Howard J; Deery MJ; Chalker JM; Corzana F; Jiménez-Osés G; Bernardes GJL*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 4004–4017

Highlighted in Chem. Eng. News, 2018, 96, 13 “Computer-designed reagent targets lysine for protein modification”; and in Phys.org “How to spark a chemical chain reaction”, 9 March 2018.

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