Chemical Proteomics Research

Dear Colleagues,

As we know, the merging of chemical biology and traditional proteomics generates chemical proteomics. The past two decades have witnessed dramatic progress in chemical probe design and profiling techniques, expanding the biological questions that can be addressed by chemical proteomics. Although the original applications of chemical proteomics are “target discovery” in biological systems and “inhibitor discovery” for enzyme function study, recent advances represent a quantum leap forward, including but not limited to

1) protein–metabolite interaction profiling, especially bioactive, endogenous metabolites;

2) proteinaceous, nucleophilic amino acid reactivity and ligandability profiling;

3) peptide-substrate-derived probes and inhibitors, notably cyclic peptide-based;

4) protein post-translational modification profiling by tailor-made probes;

5) discovery of heterobifunctional degrader compounds (or proteolysis targeting chimeras, PROTACs);

6) conditional labeling (or activity-based sensing) with designer responsive labeling reagents;

7) molecular imaging of disease phenotypes with activity-based probes;

8) redox-based cellular regulation and signal transduction profiling;

9) organelle-specific protein profiling by organelle-localizable reactive probes;

10) protein–protein interaction by chemical cross-linker and cross-linking mass spectrometry.

The Topical Collection “Chemical Proteomics Research” aims to highlight the breadth of topics of interest for the scientific community in Chemical Proteomics and provide recent examples of significant advances in the field.

We invite you to submit research articles and comprehensive reviews related to the above topics to this Topical Collection, part of the journal Molecules. Contributions addressing research in chemical biology in general will also be suitable for the scope of publication in this collection.

Dr. Gang Li
Collection Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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