Natural products as antifungal agents against clinically relevant pathogens.

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：:Covering: up to early 2018 The Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases (NRPSs) and Polyketide Synthases (PKSs) are families of modular enzymes that produce a tremendous diversity of natural products, with antibacterial, antifungal, immunosuppressive, and anticancer activities. Both enzymes utilize a fascinating modular archi...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Gulick AM,Aldrich CC

更新日期：2018-11-14 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：:Although natural products have been marginalized by major pharmaceutical companies over the last 20-30 years, the changing landscape of drug discovery now favors a greatly enhanced role for Nature's privileged structures. Screening for drug leads in phenotypic screens provides the best opportunity to realize the value...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Carter GT

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Highlight describes some of the recent synthetic work on imidazole-containing alkaloids isolated from marine sponges. Target molecules have been chosen which demonstrate synthetic strategies leading towards metabolites containing intact imidazole moieties as well as systems bearing modified imidazole rings. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Weinreb SM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aristolactams, having a phenanthrene chromophore are a small group of compounds mainly found in the Aristolochiaceae together with the aristolochic acids and 4,5-dioxoaporphines. In this report, these three important classes of natural products are reviewed and classified on the basis of their oxygenation pattern. In ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Kumar V,Poonam,Prasad AK,Parmar VS

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mangrove flora is a diverse group of salt-tolerant plants growing in tropical and subtropical intertidal estuarine zones. This review summarizes the source, chemistry and bioactivities of natural products from true mangrove species worldwide. It includes 349 metabolites and 150 references. The molecular phylogeny ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Wu J,Xiao Q,Xu J,Li MY,Pan JY,Yang MH

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics are a therapeutic class that, once deployed, select for resistant bacterial pathogens and so shorten their useful life cycles. As a consequence new versions of antibiotics are constantly needed. Among the antibiotic natural products, morphed peptide scaffolds, converting conformationally mobile, short-live...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Walsh CT

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to 2018 The Haemodoraceae family is a monocotyledonous family in the order Commelinales consisting of 14 genera. Many species from the family are endemic to Australia and their use by the Aboriginal People of Australia as both pigments or remedies has been ethnobotanically documented. Phenylphenalenones a...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Norman EO,Lever J,Brkljača R,Urban S

更新日期：2019-05-22 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：:This review covers the isolation, structural determination, synthesis and chemical and microbiological transformations of natural sesquiterpenoids. The literature from January to December 2003 is reviewed, and 389 references are cited. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Fraga BM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article reviews the progress in the chemistry of the steroids that was published between January and December, 2001. The reactions and partial syntheses of estrogens, androgens, pregnanes, cholic acid derivatives, cholestanes and vitamin D analogues are covered. There are 184 references. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Hanson JR

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to January 2017Cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) are some of the most exquisite and versatile biocatalysts found in nature. In addition to their well-known roles in steroid biosynthesis and drug metabolism in humans, P450s are key players in natural product biosynthetic pathways. Natural products, the most ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Rudolf JD,Chang CY,Ma M,Shen B

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterologous expression of biosynthetic pathways is an indispensable tool in the discovery, production, engineering, and characterization of bacterial polyketides and the complex enzymology involved in their biosynthesis. Ensuring transcription of polyketide biosynthetic gene clusters in heterologous hosts is a pressi...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Stevens DC,Hari TP,Boddy CN

更新日期：2013-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel organic reactions drive the advance of chemical synthesis in the same way that enabling technologies drive new scientific discoveries. One area of organic methodology that has undergone significant growth during the last decade is that of homogeneous gold-catalyzed transformations. This trend has been further en...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Zhang Y,Luo T,Yang Z

更新日期：2014-04-01 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: 2000 to 2008. Previous review: D. L. Wright and C. R. Whitehead, Org. Prep. Proced. Int., 2000, 32, 309-330. An overview of synthetic efforts toward cyathane diterpenoid natural products from the year 2000 to present is provided. The emphasis of this review is the various ring-constructing and stereoforming ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Enquist JA Jr,Stoltz BM

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:Bracken (Pteridium spp.) is a ubiquitous fern which has been described as one of the five most common plants on the earth. The toxic effects of bracken on livestock have been recorded since the end of the 19th century, and extensive and intensive investigations for the bracken toxin(s) led to the isolation of ptaquilo...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Yamada K,Ojika M,Kigoshi H

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to early 2018 Polyketides and nonribosomal peptides are two major families of natural product with a broad range of biological activities. Polyketide synthases (PKSs) assemble small acetic acid-type acyl building blocks into polyketides through C-C bonds, and nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) assem...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Miyanaga A,Kudo F,Eguchi T

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to February 2019Actinomycetes are Gram positive bacteria of the phylum Actinobacteria. These organisms are one of the most important sources of structurally diverse, clinically used antibiotics and other valuable bioactive products, as well as biotechnologically relevant enzymes. Most strains were discove...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Musiol-Kroll EM,Tocchetti A,Sosio M,Stegmann E

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：: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：: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：:Covering: up to the end of 2015.Peptides are naturally occurring compounds that play an important role in all living systems and are responsible for a range of essential functions. Peptide receptors have been implicated in disease states such as oncology, metabolic disorders and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, natu...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Charron CL,Hickey JL,Nsiama TK,Cruickshank DR,Turnbull WL,Luyt LG

更新日期：2016-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to 2018 β-Lactones are strained rings that are useful organic synthons and pharmaceutical warheads. Over 30 core scaffolds of β-lactone natural products have been described to date, many with potent bioactivity against bacteria, fungi, or human cancer cell lines. β-Lactone natural products are chemically ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Robinson SL,Christenson JK,Wackett LP

更新日期：2019-03-20 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：:Covering: up to 2018 Ovothiols are sulfur-containing natural products biosynthesized by marine invertebrates, microalgae, and bacteria. These compounds are characterized by unique chemical properties suggestive of numerous cellular functions. For example, ovothiols may be cytoprotectants against oxidative stress, serv...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Castellano I,Seebeck FP

更新日期：2018-12-12 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：: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