Universiteit Gent

Kurt Hoogewijs

Annemieke Madder

Lieselot Carrette

Annelies Deceuninck

Eirini Antonatou

The present invention relates to a method for site-selective coupling of a first agent to a second agent, comprising the steps of: contacting a first agent comprising at least one furan moiety with an activation signal and with a second agent comprising at least one hydrazine moiety or at least one hydroxylamine moiety, thereby activating said furan moiety to an activated furan moiety; and reacting said activated furan moiety with the hydrazine moiety or the hydroxylamine moiety, thereby site-selectively coupling said first agent to said second agent.

Methods for the site-selective coupling of a first agent to a second agent

The present invention relates to a method for cross-linking peptides using an activated furan-moiety. In particular, the present invention provides a method for cross-linking peptides comprising the steps of: a) providing a composition comprising furan-peptides, said furan-peptides comprising at least one amino acid comprising a furan-moiety; b) contacting said composition comprising furan-peptides with second peptides, thereby obtaining a mixture comprising furan-peptides and second peptides; c) adding an activation signal to said mixture of step b), thereby activating said furan-peptides to activated furan-peptides, and d) reacting said activated furan-peptides with said second peptides, thereby cross-linking said activated furan-peptides with said second peptides.

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Overmere, Belgium

Kurt Hoogewijs