Facilitated forward chemical genetics using a tagged triazine library and zebrafish embryo screening.

An improved forward chemical genetics approach was successfully demonstrated using a tagged library concept. A small-molecule triazine library with linkers was used to screen for brain/eye developmental phenotypes in a zebrafish embryo system. This approach enabled the rapid isolation of the target proteins by facile affinity matrix preparation and elucidated the first small-molecule inhibitors for several ribosomal accessory proteins or their complex as the target.