Protein tyrosine phosphatase inactivation by electrophilic tyrosine modification

January 1, 2026Chemical ScienceOpen Access

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The aim is to create covalent inhibitors that specifically inactivate protein tyrosine phosphatases through targeted modification.
Development of covalent inhibitors
Electrophilic modification of functional tyrosines
Testing the efficiency of inhibitors inactivating PTPs
Successfully inactivated protein tyrosine phosphatases with covalent inhibitors
Demonstrated specificity for functional tyrosines
Showed potential for regulating PTP activity in therapeutic contexts

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Develops covalent inhibitors that inactivate protein tyrosine phosphatases in vitro, highlighting a novel method of enzyme regulation.

Here, we develop covalent inhibitors that inactivate protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) via electrophilic modification of functional tyrosines.

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