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New bioluminescent coelenterazine derivatives with various C-6 substitutions
Tianyu Jiang1, Xingye Yang1, Yubin Zhou2
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China. mli@sdu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A series of new coelenterazine analogs with varying substituents at the C-6 position of the imidazopyrazinone core have been designed and synthesized for the extension of bioluminescence substrates. Some of them display excellent bioluminescence properties compared to DeepBlueC™ or native coelenterazine with both in vitro and in vivo biological evaluations, thus placing these derivatives among the most ideal substrates for Renilla bioluminescence applications.
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