In-brain construction of receptor-based protease sensors by coupling ligand-directed chemistry and click chemistry
Seiji Sakamoto, Kazuki Shiraiwa, Mengchu Wang, Mamoru Ishikawa, Hiroshi Nonaka, Itaru Hamachi
The paper develops a method to modify receptor proteins in the living mouse brain with fluorescent probes using ligand-directed and click chemistry, enabling high-resolution mapping of matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity near AMPARs.
Nature Synthesis · Jun 2, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry