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SUBMITTER: Blackman ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2653060 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blackman Melissa L ML Royzen Maksim M Fox Joseph M JM
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20080918 41
Described is a bioorthogonal reaction that proceeds with unusually fast reaction rates without need for catalysis: the cycloaddition of s-tetrazine and trans-cyclooctene derivatives. The reactions tolerate a broad range of functionality and proceed in high yield in organic solvents, water, cell media, or cell lysate. The rate of the ligation between trans-cyclooctene and 3,6-di-(2-pyridyl)-s-tetrazine is very rapid (k2 2000 M-1 s-1). This fast reactivity enables protein modification at low conce ...[more]