Life science is mainly the natural science that studies life and biology, including the research fields of microorganisms, plants, animals and humans. The company's life science products include: linkers, amino acids and their derivatives, peptides, nucleosides, sugars, steroids, and can provide more than 2,200 spot products, which are mainly used for the development and research of immunotherapy-related drugs, biopharmaceutical product development and biopharmaceutical research.
The ideal linker remains stable in the circulatory system and releases the toxin in the tumor. In the design of XDC drugs, a balance between XDC stability and payload release efficiency is achieved by adjusting important linker parameters such as coupling chemistry, linker length, and steric resistance to achieve the desired therapeutic effect of XDC drugs.
Nucleosides are the basic molecules for nucleic acid synthesis. They can participate in nucleic acid synthesis, energy transfer and signal transduction in cells only after combining with phosphate to form nucleotides. Nucleotides are not only the basic units of RNA and DNA, but also play a vital role in energy transfer (such as ATP), cell signal transduction (such as cAMP, GTP) and enzyme catalysis reactions. Nucleosides and nucleotides play an important role in the basic metabolism, information transmission and regulation of life activities of cells, and are indispensable molecules in biology.
Amino acids are compounds that contain both amino and carboxyl groups in their molecules. Amino acid molecules contain two functional groups, amino and carboxyl groups, and side chains unique to each amino acid. They can be divided into α-,β-,γ-Amino acids are essential substances for the human body and the material basis of life. Amino acid derivatives are substances formed by a series of reactions of amino acids, such as the synthesis of amino acid derivatives by the joint deamination of amino acids, that is, the predecessor of amino acid Derivatives are amino acids. Many substances in the human body, such as adrenaline and thyroid hormones, are amino acid derivatives.
LNP, the full name of Lipid Nanoparticle, is a lipid vesicle with a uniform lipid core, and its diameter is usually around 100 nm. This unique structure and size give it unique physical and chemical properties, which can effectively encapsulate and protect nucleic acid drugs, such as mRNA, siRNA, antisense oligonucleotides, etc., and transport them to target tissues or cells through the blood circulation system. Classic LNP is mainly composed of ionizable cationic lipids, PEGylated lipids, cholesterol and neutral auxiliary lipids.
ADC drugs are targeted drugs formed by coupling monoclonal antibodies with small molecule toxin drugs through linkers. ADC consists of three parts: antibodies, small molecule toxins and linkers. Each component needs to have corresponding characteristics. The antibody needs to have high specificity and low immunogenicity; the linker needs to be stable in the circulatory system and can effectively release cytotoxins in the tumor environment, and the small molecule toxin needs to be stable under physiological conditions and have strong lethality to tumor cells; the ideal ADC drug needs to remain stable in the blood circulation, accurately reach the treatment target, and ultimately release cytotoxicity near the target.
Click Chemistry is a type of reaction proposed by K. Barry Sharpless, a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and a researcher at the Institute of Chemical Biology at the Skaggs Institute. This type of reaction is generally high-yielding, has a wide range of applications, produces a single byproduct that does not need to be separated by a chromatographic column, has stereoselectivity, is easy to operate, and the reaction solvent is easy to remove. This concept is also applicable to other fields, such as medicine and materials, and can synthesize a large number of compound libraries for research in other fields. There are many types of reactions that produce only one product by thermodynamics that meet the conditions of click chemistry, such as the nucleophilic ring-opening reaction of ethylene oxide and azocyclopropane, the reaction of non-aldehyde carbonyl compounds (preparation of hydrazones or heterocyclic compounds), and the reaction of CC double bonds and triple bonds (such as oxidation to prepare epoxides, and Michael addition and cycloaddition reactions, etc.).
PROTAC is a heterologous bifunctional molecule, which consists of two ligand domains, which are coupled by linkers of different lengths. One ligand (Binder, target protein-specific ligand) can bind to the target protein (POI, Protein of interest), while the other ligand (Warhead, E3 ligaserecruiter) binds to the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. PROTAC can bring the target protein and the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex closer. As long as the protein conformation is appropriate and the lysine of the target protein can be exposed to the area touched by E3, POI can be ubiquitinated. The ubiquitinated target protein is then degraded by the 26S proteasome system, and the PROTAC molecule can be recycled and continue to function in the next protein degradation cycle.
Sugar, also known as carbohydrates, is a general term for polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones and their condensation products and certain derivatives. It is generally composed of three elements: carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. It is mainly divided into monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, etc. Sugar chemistry not only occupies an important position in basic research, but also has a wide range of applications in drug development, food science, materials science and biotechnology.
Steroids are a type of natural product with a very special structure. They have a four-ring (A, B, C, D) mother nucleus. This mother nucleus looks like the Chinese character "田", and has a corner methyl group at C10 and C13, and a side chain at C17. The side chain on the mother nucleus looks like the Chinese character "巛" (pronounced chuan). The Chinese character "氮" (sterol) vividly represents this type of compound. This skeleton is also called a steroid nucleus. Steroid compounds are one of the most widely occurring components in natural products. Almost all organisms can synthesize steroid compounds by themselves. Steroid compounds have not only made special contributions to human health as drugs, but also the particularity of their stereostructures has also played an extremely important role in the history of organic chemistry, especially in organic chemistry theory, such as perfecting the theory of stereochemistry.
polypeptide is a compound composed of two or more amino acids connected by peptide bonds. A polypeptide is composed of multiple amino acids connected by peptide bonds, usually composed of 10 to 100 amino acid molecules, with a relative molecular mass of about 500 to 10,000 Daltons, and a molecular weight between small molecule drugs and large molecule protein drugs. It is a special "protein". Due to its small molecular weight, polypeptides can be directly absorbed by the human body. Polypeptides are widely present in organisms, and tens of thousands of species have been discovered. They play a key role in regulating and controlling the functions of various systems, organs, tissues and cells in organisms, and are essential to life processes.
Cross-linkers are molecules with two or more reactive ends that can be chemically linked to specific functional groups (primary amines, sulfhydryls, etc.) on proteins or other molecules. This technique, often referred to as bioconjugation when used with proteins and other biomolecules, is an important component of many proteomics methods, including the creation of detectable probes for western blotting and ELISA, as well as strategies to study protein structure and interactions.
Molecular glues are a class of low molecular weight compounds that can enhance the interaction between two proteins. In the process of promoting the interaction between proteins and E3 ligases, triggering the ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of target proteins, these compounds are called molecular glue degraders (MGDs). Currently, there are two main categories of mature molecular glues: one is immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs), which can bind to E3 CRBN, recruit transcription factors containing zinc finger (ZF) domain factors for ubiquitination and degradation by proteasomes, while IMiDs themselves have no measurable binding affinity for degrading transcription factors. The three major molecular glue drugs currently on the market, thalidomide, lenalidomide and pomalidomide, all belong to this category and are used to treat multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, etc. The other category is aromatic sulfonamides, such as indisulam and tasisulam, which can bind to E3 DCAF15 and recruit splicing factor RNA binding motif protein 39 (RBM39) for ubiquitination and degradation.