Aromatic Sulfonyl Fluorides Covalently Kinetically Stabilize Transthyretin to Prevent Amyloidogenesis while Affording a Fluorescent Conjugate.
Grimster, N.P., Connelly, S., Baranczak, A., Dong, J., Krasnova, L.B., Sharpless, K.B., Powers, E.T., Wilson, I.A., Kelly, J.W.(2013) J Am Chem Soc 135: 5656-5668
- PubMed: 23350654 
- DOI: 10.1021/ja311729d
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4FI6, 4FI7, 4FI8 - PubMed Abstract: 
Molecules that bind selectively to a given protein and then undergo a rapid chemoselective reaction to form a covalent conjugate have utility in drug development. Herein a library of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles substituted at the 2 position with an aryl sulfonyl fluoride and at the 5 position with a substituted aryl known to have high affinity for the inner thyroxine binding subsite of transthyretin (TTR) was conceived of by structure-based design principles and was chemically synthesized ...