text: Transition metal-based bioconjugation had been challenging due to the nature of biological conditions – aqueous solution, room temperature, mild pH, and low substrate concentrations – which are generally challenging for organometallic reactions. However, recently, besides [[CuAAC|copper-catalyzed [3 + 2] azide alkyne cycloaddition]] reaction, more and more diverse transition metal-mediated chemical transformations have been applied for bioconjugation reactions, introducing olefin metathesis, alkylation, C–H arylation, C–C, C–S, and C–N cross-coupling reactions.