Modification bifunctional chelating

Fig-1 Schematic presentation of the radiopharmaceutical design. The targeting biomolecule serves as the vehicle to carry a radionuclide to the receptor site on tumor cells. The radionuclide is the radiation source. The bifunctional chelator (BFC) is used for radiometal chelation and attachment of the targeting molecule. The linker is often used for modification of pharmacokinetics. Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), 1,4,7,10-tetraaza-cyclododecane-N>N, N">Ar,"-tetraacetic acid (DOTA)... 

Certain bifunctional metal chelating agents have been used to investigate protein interactions by virtue of their ability to generate reactive oxygen species that affects protein structure in the immediate vicinity of their modification site. The following sections discuss two applications of such chelate labels, one of which cleaves peptide bonds while the other one causes covalent crosslinks to occur between interacting protein structures. 

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