Are highly morphed peptide frameworks lurking silently in microbial genomes valuable as next generation antibiotic scaffolds?

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：:Contact chemosensation, or tasting, is a complex process governed by nonvolatile phytochemicals that tell host-seeking insects whether they should accept or reject a plant. During this process, insect gustatory receptors (GRs) contribute to deciphering a host plant's metabolic code. GRs recognise many different classe...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Pentzold S,Burse A,Boland W

更新日期：2017-05-10 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：: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：:Covering: up to 2017This review covers the biosynthetic and evolutionary aspects of lincosamide antibiotics, antitumour pyrrolobenzodiazepines (PBDs) and the quorum-sensing molecule hormaomycin. These structurally and functionally diverse groups of complex natural products all incorporate rarely occurring 4-alkyl-l-pr...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Janata J,Kamenik Z,Gazak R,Kadlcik S,Najmanova L

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,5-Disubstituted tetrahydrofurans constitute the core skeleton of several natural products and are pivotal synthetic analogues of medicinal importance that exhibit remarkable bioactivities. Oxasqualenoid natural products are implicated as potent biologically active molecules, particularly with regard to demonstrating...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Sheikh NS

更新日期：2014-09-01 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: 2008 to 2016The total synthesis of natural products and their derivatives continues to inspire organic chemists to identify and test new synthetic strategies and develop and explore novel methodology. In recent years, visible light photoredox catalysis has risen to prominence as a powerful technology that en...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Nicholls TP,Leonori D,Bissember AC

更新日期：2016-10-26 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：: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：:Blue flower colors are primarily due to anthocyanin, a flavonoid pigment. Anthocyanin itself is purple in neutral aqueous solutions, ans its color is very unstable and quickly fades. Therefore, the mechanism of blue color development in living flower petals is one of the most intriguing problems in natural product che...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Yoshida K,Mori M,Kondo T

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature has yielded numerous classes of chemically distinct microtubule stabilizers. Several of these, including paclitaxel (Taxol) and docetaxel (Taxotere), are important drugs used in the treatment of cancer. New microtubule stabilizers and novel formulations of these agents continue to provide advances in cancer the...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Rohena CC,Mooberry SL

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：: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：:The cyclic depsipeptide largazole from a cyanobacterium of the genus Symploca is a marine natural product with a novel chemical scaffold and potently inhibits class I histone deacetylases (HDACs). Largazole possesses highly differential growth-inhibitory activity, preferentially targeting transformed over non-transfor...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Hong J,Luesch H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the basic export of unwanted metal ions in simple organisms to the complex orchestration of metal handling and usage in higher eukaryotes, cellular systems are based on a variety of molecular mechanisms that constrain the right metal to bind to the right protein partner at the right time when needed. A failure to...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Banci L,Bertini I,McGreevy KS,Rosato A

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：: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：: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 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：:In the recent past, macromolecular crystallography has gone through substantial methodological and technological development. The purpose of this review is to provide a general overview of structural biology and its impact on enzyme structure/function analysis and illustrate how it is modifying the focus of research r...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Panjikar S,Stoeckigt J,O'Connor S,Warzecha H

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：: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：:Sesterterpenoids account for many bioactive natural products, often with unusual and complex structural features, which makes them attractive targets for synthetic chemists. This review surveys efforts undertaken toward the synthesis of sesterterpenoids, focusing on completed total syntheses and covering ca. 50 natura...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Hog DT,Webster R,Trauner D

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:A detailed overview is presented of recent total synthesis approaches to four different diterpenoids--the ginkgolides, tonantzitlolone, ingenol and eleutherobin. Due to their structural complexity, all pose major challenges for total synthesis, guaranteeing diverse strategic tours de force and a rich synthetic chemist...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Busch T,Kirschning A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00