Marine-derived fungi: a chemically and biologically diverse group of microorganisms.

abstract：:This Viewpoint article provides a personal viewpoint of research in the area of fungal polyketide biosynthesis. It spans the period from the first applications and subsequent development of modern stable-isotope labelling methods, the isolation, sequencing and expression of PKS genes, biochemical and structural charac...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Simpson TJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the biological properties of natural abietane-type diterpenoids with an aromatic C ring are reviewed. An overview of the synthetic studies of this group of abietanes, including dehydroabietic acid, callitrisic acid and ferruginol, is presented. The review contains about 160 references. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： González MA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Highlight describes factors that contribute to an ideal synthesis, including economies (step, time, atom, solvent, energy) and orientations (target, diversity, safety, function), and the role of synthesis-informed design directed at function in advancing synthesis and its impact on science. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Wender PA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article provides an overview on the current state of research in the area of microtubule-stabilizing agents from natural sources, with a primary focus on the biochemistry, biology, and pharmacology associated with these compounds. A variety of natural products have been discovered over the last decade to i...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Altmann KH,Gertsch J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: 2014-2019We review recent progress on natural products that target cytoskeletal components, including microtubules, actin, intermediate filaments, and septins and highlight their demonstrated and potential utility in the treatment of human disease. The anticancer efficacy of microtubule targeted agents ident...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Risinger AL,Du L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Highlight describes synthetic methods that have enabled new strategic approaches to the synthesis of natural product targets as well as libraries of compounds for unbiased screening experiments. The structural differences of the compounds produced by both efforts are illustrated. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Shaw JT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venomous marine cone snails harbour a variety of small disulfide-rich peptides called conotoxins, which target a broad range of ion channels, membrane receptors, and transporters. More than 700 species of Conus are thought to exist, each expressing a wide array of different peptides. Within this large repertoire of to...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Halai R,Craik DJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytotoxic compounds produced by plant pathogens are often crucial determinants of plant disease. Knowledge of them provides insights into disease syndromes and may be exploited by conventional breeding and biotechnology to obtain resistant crops. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Strange RN

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dinoflagellates produce unique polyketides characterized by their size and complexity. The biosynthesis of a limited number of such metabolites has been reported, with studies largely hampered by the low yield of compounds and the severe scrambling of label in the isotopically-labeled precursors. Nonetheless, of the s...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Van Wagoner RM,Satake M,Wright JL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: 1958 to June 2018 Phenyl-γ-valerolactones (PVLs) and their related phenylvaleric acids (PVAs) are the main metabolites of flavan-3-ols, the major class of flavonoids in the human diet. Despite their presumed importance, these gut microbiota-derived compounds have, to date, in terms of biological activity, be...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Mena P,Bresciani L,Brindani N,Ludwig IA,Pereira-Caro G,Angelino D,Llorach R,Calani L,Brighenti F,Clifford MN,Gill CIR,Crozier A,Curti C,Del Rio D

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This review covers the isolation, structure determination, synthesis, chemical transformations and biological activity of indolizidine and quinolizidine alkaloids. Included in the review are the hydroxylated indolizidines lentiginosine, swainsonine, castanospermine and their analogues; alkaloids from animal sources, i...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Michael JP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to 2018 2-Oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenases (2ODOs) comprise a large enzyme superfamily in plant genomes, second in size only to the cytochromes P450 monooxygenase (CYP) superfamily. 2ODOs participate in both primary and specialized plant pathways, and their occurrence across all life kingdoms points to a...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Hagel JM,Facchini PJ

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: 2000 up to 2020 Few classes of natural products have inspired as many chemists and biologists as have the iboga alkaloids. This family of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids includes the anti-addictive compound ibogaine as well as catharanthine, a precursor to the chemotherapeutic vinblastine. Despite being known...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Iyer RN,Favela D,Zhang G,Olson DE

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This review will detail progress made in the previous decade on the chemistry and bioactivity of birch bark extractive products. Current and future applications of birch bark natural products in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and dietary supplements for the prevention and treatment of cancer, HIV,and other human pathogen...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Krasutsky PA

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: 1997 to 2010. The angucycline group is the largest group of type II PKS-engineered natural products, rich in biological activities and chemical scaffolds. This stimulated synthetic creativity and biosynthetic inquisitiveness. The synthetic studies used five different strategies, involving Diels-Alder reactio...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Kharel MK,Pahari P,Shepherd MD,Tibrewal N,Nybo SE,Shaaban KA,Rohr J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal genus Trichoderma has various applications in industry and in medicine, and several species have economic importance as sources of enzymes, antibiotics, plant growth promoters, decomposers of xenobiotics, and as commercial biofungicides. Peptaibiotics and peptaibols are a class of linear peptides synthesize...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Daniel JF,Filho ER

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the search for new drugs and natural remedies, medicinal plants or herbs used in folk and traditional medicines are promising candidates. For the naturally rare and slowly growing plant species, plant tissue culture in bioreactors provides a cost-effective, sustainable and well-controlled means for mass production ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Zhou LG,Wu JY

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on recent developments in the use of natural products as therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease. The compounds span a diverse array of structural classes and are organized according to their mechanism of action, with the focus primarily on the major hypotheses. Overall, the review discusses more than...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Williams P,Sorribas A,Howes MJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key property of metallo-proteins and -enzymes is the affinity of metal ion M for protein ligand P as defined by the dissociation constant KD = [M][P]/[MP]. Its accurate determination is essential for a quantitative understanding of metal selection and speciation. However, the surfaces of proteins are defined by the ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Xiao Z,Wedd AG

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovering molecular components and their functionality is key to the development of hypotheses concerning the organization and regulation of metabolic networks. The iterative experimental testing of such hypotheses is the trajectory that can ultimately enable accurate computational modelling and prediction of metabo...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Hur M,Campbell AA,Almeida-de-Macedo M,Li L,Ransom N,Jose A,Crispin M,Nikolau BJ,Wurtele ES

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present review is to summarise the knowledge about newly isolated acetogenins (ACGs) in the last six years. It will also report the total syntheses that have allowed either the confirmation or the revision of some structures, together with the biological activities and mechanism of action of such intere...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Bermejo A,Figadere B,Zafra-Polo MC,Barrachina I,Estornell E,Cortes D

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to the end of 2018 Piperazic acid is a cyclic hydrazine and a non-proteinogenic amino acid found in diverse non-ribosomal peptide (NRP) and hybrid NRP-polyketide (PK) structures. Piperazic acid was first identified as a residue in the monamycins in 1959. Since then, the piperazic acid residue has been fou...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Morgan KD,Andersen RJ,Ryan KS

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: July 2012 to December 2019Over the last seven years, expanding research efforts focused on sesterterpenoids has led to the isolation, identification, and characterization of numerous structurally novel and biologically active sesterterpenoids. These newly reported sesterterpenoids provide diverse structures ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Li K,Gustafson KR

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms and in particular actinomycetes and microfungi are known to produce a vast number of bioactive secondary metabolites. For industrially important fungal genera such as Penicillium and Aspergillus the production of these compounds has been demonstrated to be very consistent at the species level. This mean...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Larsen TO,Smedsgaard J,Nielsen KF,Hansen ME,Frisvad JC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of peptidoglycan is essential for all bacteria and has no counterpart in eukaryotic cells. It is one of the prime targets for antibiotic chemotherapy, especially phospho-MurNAc-pentapeptide translocase (translocase I) is a fascinating target in which there is no commercial antibiotic. In this review w...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Kimura K,Bugg TD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes the state of knowledge on D-glucosamine-6P synthesis catalyzed by glucosamine-6P synthase. The mechanisms of L-glutamine hydrolysis, ammonia transfer and fructose-6P conversion into D-glucosamine-6P are analyzed with the E. coli enzyme in light of recent X-ray structures. With 92 references this...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Teplyakov A,Leriche C,Obmolova G,Badet B,Badet-Denisot MA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article focuses on how nature sometimes solves the same problem in the biosynthesis of small molecules but using very different approaches. Four examples, involving isopentenyl diphosphate, menaquinone, lysine, and aromatic polyketides, are highlighted that represent different strategies in convergent meta...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Dairi T,Kuzuyama T,Nishiyama M,Fujii I

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products have evolved, at least in part, to bind to biological macromolecules, particularly proteins. As a result, natural products are able to interact with many specific targets within the cell. Indeed for many years this has been central in the drug development process. Today, however, natural products are ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Dixon N,Wong LS,Geerlings TH,Micklefield J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to 2013. Although holo-acyl carrier protein synthase, AcpS, a phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase), was characterized in the 1960s, it was not until the publication of the landmark paper by Lambalot et al. in 1996 that PPTases garnered wide-spread attention being classified as a distinct enzyme superf...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Beld J,Sonnenschein EC,Vickery CR,Noel JP,Burkart MD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review covers the structure and function of heparin and heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans. Their chemical structures are discussed, including recently developed methods for sequencing picomole to nanomole quantities of heparin- and heparan sulfate-derived oligosaccharides. The biosynthesis of heparin and heparan...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Rabenstein DL

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00