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Dennis Wolan

Senior Principal Scientist, Genentech
Verified email at gene.com
Cited by 4955

METLIN: a technology platform for identifying knowns and unknowns

…, W Uritboonthai, AE Aisporna, DW Wolan… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
METLIN originated as a database to characterize known metabolites and has since expanded
into a technology platform for the identification of known and unknown metabolites and …

Proteome-wide covalent ligand discovery in native biological systems

…, BR Lanning, JR Teijaro, AJ Olson, DW Wolan… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Small molecules are powerful tools for investigating protein function and can serve as leads
for new therapeutics. Most human proteins, however, lack small-molecule ligands, and …

Antitumor activity of a systemic STING-activating non-nucleotide cGAMP mimetic

…, F Martínez-Peña, EN Hampton, TS Young, DW Wolan… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) links innate immunity to biological processes ranging
from antitumor immunity to microbiome homeostasis. Mechanistic understanding of the …

Expanding the use of spectral libraries in proteomics

…, N Jehmlich, JPC Vissers, DW Wolan… - Journal of proteome …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The 2017 Dagstuhl Seminar on Computational Proteomics provided an opportunity for a broad
discussion on the current state and future directions of the generation and use of peptide …

Sialic acid diversity in the human gut: molecular impacts and tools for future discovery

OM Sokolovskaya, MW Tan, DW Wolan - Current Opinion in Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sialic acids are a family of structurally related sugars that are prevalent in mucosal surfaces,
including the human intestine. In the gut, sialic acids have diverse biological roles at the …

Acetone‐linked peptides: a convergent approach for peptide macrocyclization and labeling

N Assem, DJ Ferreira, DW Wolan… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Macrocyclization is a broadly applied approach for overcoming the intrinsically disordered
nature of linear peptides. Herein, it is shown that dichloroacetone (DCA) enhances helical …

Small-molecule activators of a proenzyme

DW Wolan, JA Zorn, DC Gray, JA Wells - Science, 2009 - science.org
Virtually all of the 560 human proteases are stored as inactive proenyzmes and are strictly
regulated. We report the identification and characterization of the first small molecules that …

Turning a protein kinase on or off from a single allosteric site via disulfide trapping

…, MA Burlingame, DW Wolan… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
There is significant interest in identifying and characterizing allosteric sites in enzymes such
as protein kinases both for understanding allosteric mechanisms as well as for drug …

SuFEx-enabled, agnostic discovery of covalent inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase

…, G Li, S Forli, JE Moses, DW Wolan… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Sulfur fluoride exchange (SuFEx) has emerged as the new generation of click chemistry.
We report here a SuFEx-enabled, agnostic approach for the discovery and optimization of …

Diversity oriented clicking (DOC): divergent synthesis of SuFExable pharmacophores from 2‐substituted‐alkynyl‐1‐sulfonyl fluoride (SASF) hubs

…, Y Cheng, S Kitamura, DW Wolan… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Diversity Oriented Clicking (DOC) is a unified click‐approach for the modular synthesis of
lead‐like structures through application of the wide family of click transformations. DOC …