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Bashiri G. F 420-dependent transformations in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2024; 80:102468. [PMID: 38776765 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.102468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2024] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
Cofactor F420 has been historically known as the "methanogenic redox cofactor". It is now recognised that F420 has essential roles in the primary and secondary metabolism of archaea and bacteria. Recent discoveries highlight the role of F420 as a redox cofactor in the biosynthesis of various natural products, including ribosomally synthesised and post-translationally modified peptides, and a new class of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-based secondary metabolites. With the vast availability of (meta)genomic data, the identification of uncharacterised F420-dependent enzymes offers the potential for discovering novel secondary metabolites, presenting valuable prospects for clinical and biotechnological applications.
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- Ghader Bashiri
- Laboratory of Microbial Biochemistry and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Wall BJ, Sharma KK, O’Brien EA, Donovan A, VanVeller B. General Installation of (4 H)-Imidazolone cis-Amide Bioisosteres Along the Peptide Backbone. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:11648-11656. [PMID: 38629317 PMCID: PMC11062833 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Imidazolones represent an important class of heterocycles present in a wide range of pharmaceuticals, metabolites, and bioactive natural products and serve as the active chromophore in green fluorescent protein. Recently, imidazolones have received attention for their ability to act as a nonaromatic amide bond bioisotere which improves pharmacological properties. Herein, we present a tandem amidine installation and cyclization with an adjacent ester to yield (4H)-imidazolone products. Using amino acid building blocks, we can access the first examples of α-chiral imidazolones that have been previously inaccessible. Additionally, our method is amenable to on-resin installation which can be seamlessly integrated into existing solid-phase peptide synthesis protocols. Finally, we show that peptide imidazolones are potent cis-amide bond surrogates that preorganize linear peptides for head-to-tail macrocyclization. This work represents the first general approach to the backbone and side-chain insertion of imidazolone bioisosteres at various positions in linear and cyclic peptides.
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- Brendan J. Wall
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Bharath kumar M, Hariprasad V, Joshi SD, Jayaprakash GK, L. P, Pani AS, Babu DD, Naik P. Bis(azolyl)pyridine‐2,6‐dicarboxamide Derivatives: Synthesis, Bioassay Analysis and Molecular Docking Studies. ChemistrySelect 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202204927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Turan HT, Meuwly M. Local Hydration Control and Functional Implications Through S-Nitrosylation of Proteins: Kirsten Rat Sarcoma Virus (K-RAS) and Hemoglobin (Hb). J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:1526-1539. [PMID: 36757772 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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S-nitrosylation, the covalent addition of NO to the thiol side chain of cysteine, is an important post-transitional modification (PTM) that can affect the function of proteins. As such, PTMs extend and diversify protein function and thus characterizing consequences of PTM at a molecular level is of great interest. Although PTMs can be detected through various direct/indirect methods, they lack the capability to investigate the modifications with molecular detail. In the present work local and global structural dynamics, their correlation, the hydration structure, and the infrared spectroscopy for WT and S-nitrosylated Kirsten rat sarcoma virus (K-RAS) and hemoglobin (Hb) are characterized from molecular dynamics simulations. It is found that attaching NO to Cys118 in K-RAS rigidifies the protein in the Switch-I region which has functional implications, whereas for Hb, nitrosylation at Cys93 at the β1 chain increases the flexibility of secondary structural motives for Hb in its T0 and R4 conformational substates. Solvent water access decreased by 40% after nitrosylation in K-RAS, similar to Hb for which, however, local hydration of the R4SNO state is yet lower than for T0SNO. Finally, S-nitrosylation leads to detectable peaks for the NO stretch frequency, but the congested IR spectral region will make experimental detection of these bands difficult. Overall, S-nitrosylation in these two proteins is found to influence hydration, protein flexibility, and conformational dynamics which are all eventually involved in protein regulation and function at a molecular level.
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- Haydar Taylan Turan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Dynamics and mechanistic interpretations of nonribosomal peptide synthetase cyclization domains. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2023; 72:102228. [PMID: 36402006 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.102228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ox-/thiazoline groups in nonribosomal peptides are formed by a variant of peptide-forming condensation domains called heterocyclization (Cy) domains and appear in a range of pharmaceutically important natural products and virulence factors. Recent cryo-EM, crystallographic, and NMR studies of Cy domains make it opportune to revisit outstanding questions regarding their molecular mechanisms. This review covers structural and dynamical findings about Cy domains that will inform future bioengineering efforts and our understanding of natural product synthesis.
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Elashal HE, Koos JD, Cheung-Lee WL, Choi B, Cao L, Richardson MA, White HL, Link AJ. Biosynthesis and characterization of fuscimiditide, an aspartimidylated graspetide. Nat Chem 2022; 14:1325-1334. [PMID: 35982233 PMCID: PMC10078976 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-022-01022-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Microviridins and other ω-ester-linked peptides, collectively known as graspetides, are characterized by side-chain-side-chain linkages installed by ATP-grasp enzymes. Here we report the discovery of a family of graspetides, the gene clusters of which also encode an O-methyltransferase with homology to the protein repair catalyst protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase. Using heterologous expression, we produced fuscimiditide, a ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP). NMR analysis of fuscimiditide revealed that the peptide contains two ester cross-links forming a stem-loop macrocycle. Furthermore, an unusually stable aspartimide moiety is found within the loop macrocycle. We fully reconstituted fuscimiditide biosynthesis in vitro including formation of the ester and aspartimide moieties. The aspartimide moiety embedded in fuscimiditide hydrolyses regioselectively to isoaspartate. Surprisingly, this isoaspartate-containing peptide is also a substrate for the L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase homologue, thus driving any hydrolysis products back to the aspartimide form. Whereas an aspartimide is often considered a nuisance product in protein formulations, our data suggest that some RiPPs have aspartimide residues intentionally installed via enzymatic activity.
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- Hader E Elashal
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
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Sahtel S, Maamer CB, Besbes R, Vrancken E, Campagne JM. Straightforward synthesis of various chiral pyrimidines bearing a stereogenic center adjacent to the C-2 position, including C-terminal peptide isosteres. Amino Acids 2022; 54:1519-1526. [PMID: 36229670 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-022-03192-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The present study describes an efficient access to enantioenriched pyrimidines' derivatives from readily available Boc-AA-NH2 and β-enaminones. This strategy allows the synthesis of a large variety of chiral pyrimidines (18 examples) with good yields from the chiral pool. In the case of peptide isosteres, this procedure proved to be highly stereoretentive and paves the way to the construction of C-terminal modified peptidomimetics as illustrated in the synthesis of two original pyrimidines containing pseudo-dipeptides.
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- Sami Sahtel
- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34000, Montpellier, France.,Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, University of Tunis-El Manar, Campus Universities, 2092, Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34000, Montpellier, France.,Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, University of Tunis-El Manar, Campus Universities, 2092, Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia
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- Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, University of Tunis-El Manar, Campus Universities, 2092, Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34000, Montpellier, France.
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34000, Montpellier, France
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Oberheide A, Gaigne F, Arndt H. Divergent Synthesis of C5‐Heteroatom Substituted Oxazoles. Adv Synth Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202200053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ansgar Oberheide
- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie Humboldtstr. 10 D-07743 Jena Germany
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- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie Humboldtstr. 10 D-07743 Jena Germany
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- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie Humboldtstr. 10 D-07743 Jena Germany
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El Hafi M, Lahmidi S, Boulhaoua M, El Ghayati L, Albalwi H, Anouar EH, Alharthi AI, Mague JT, Essassi EM, Lai C. A new synthetic route for the preparation of 2,2′,5′‐trimethyl‐7‐oxo‐4,7‐dihydro‐[6,7′‐bipyrazolo[1,5‐
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]pyrimidine]‐3,3′‐dicarbonitrile, structural elucidation, Hirshfeld surface analysis, energy framework, density functional theory and molecular docking investigations. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202100509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Mohamed El Hafi
- Laboratory of Heterocyclic Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences Mohammed V University in Rabat Rabat Morocco
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- Laboratory of Heterocyclic Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences Mohammed V University in Rabat Rabat Morocco
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- Laboratory of Heterocyclic Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences Mohammed V University in Rabat Rabat Morocco
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry ELTE Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Hungary
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- Laboratory of Heterocyclic Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences Mohammed V University in Rabat Rabat Morocco
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- Department of Chemistry College of Science and Humanities in Al‐Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Al‐Kharj Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry College of Science and Humanities in Al‐Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Al‐Kharj Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry College of Science and Humanities in Al‐Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Al‐Kharj Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana USA
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- Laboratory of Heterocyclic Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences Mohammed V University in Rabat Rabat Morocco
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- Department of Medical Applied Chemistry Chung Shan Medical University Taichung Taiwan
- Department of Medical Education Chung Shan Medical University Hospital Taichung Taiwan
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Pei ZF, Yang MJ, Zhang K, Jian XH, Tang GL. Heterologous characterization of mechercharmycin A biosynthesis reveals alternative insights into post-translational modifications for RiPPs. Cell Chem Biol 2021; 29:650-659.e5. [PMID: 34474009 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2021.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 06/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Mechercharmycin A (MCM-A) is a marine natural product belonging to a family of polyazole cyclopeptides with remarkable bioactivities and unique structures. Identification, heterologous expression, and genetic characterizations of the MCM biosynthetic gene cluster in Bacillus subtilis revealed that it is a ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP) possessing complex with distinctive modifications. Based on this heterologous expression system, two MCM analogs with comparable antitumor activity are generated by engineering the biosynthetic pathway. Combinatorial co-production of a precursor peptide with different modifying enzymes in Escherichia coli identifies a different timing of modifications, showing that a tRNAGlu-dependent highly regioselective dehydration is the first modification step, followed by polyazole formation through heterocyclization and dehydrogenation in an N- to C-terminal direction. Therefore, a rational biosynthetic pathway of MCMs is proposed, which unveils a subfamily of azol(in)e-containing RiPPs and sets the stage for further investigations of the enzymatic mechanism and synthetic biology.
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- Zeng-Fei Pei
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong 643000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China; School of Chemistry and Material Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou 310024, China.
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Oberheide A, Arndt H. Effective C5‐Arylation of Peptide‐Integrated Oxazoles: Almazole D. Adv Synth Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202001262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Ansgar Oberheide
- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie Humboldstr. 10 D-07743 Jena
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- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie Humboldstr. 10 D-07743 Jena
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Vinogradov AA, Suga H. Introduction to Thiopeptides: Biological Activity, Biosynthesis, and Strategies for Functional Reprogramming. Cell Chem Biol 2020; 27:1032-1051. [PMID: 32698017 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Thiopeptides (also known as thiazolyl peptides) are structurally complex natural products with rich biological activities. Known for over 70 years for potent killing of Gram-positive bacteria, thiopeptides are experiencing a resurgence of interest in the last decade, primarily brought about by the genomic revolution of the 21st century. Every area of thiopeptide research-from elucidating their biological function and biosynthesis to expanding their structural diversity through genome mining-has made great strides in recent years. These advances lay the foundation for and inspire novel strategies for thiopeptide engineering. Accordingly, a number of diverse approaches are being actively pursued in the hope of developing the next generation of natural-product-inspired therapeutics. Here, we review the contemporary understanding of thiopeptide biological activities, biosynthetic pathways, and approaches to structural and functional reprogramming, with a special focus on the latter.
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- Alexander A Vinogradov
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Storch G, van den Heuvel N, Miller SJ. Site-Selective Nitrene Transfer to Conjugated Olefins Directed by Oxazoline Peptide Ligands. Adv Synth Catal 2020; 362:289-294. [PMID: 32256275 PMCID: PMC7108786 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201900631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Site-selective nitrene transfer to di- and polyene substrates has been achieved using designed peptide-embedded bioxazoline ligands capable of binding copper. In model 1,3-diene substrates, the olefinic position proximal to a directing group was selectively functionalized. Additional studies indicate that this selectivity stems from non-covalent substrate-catalyst interactions. The peptide-mediated nitrene transfer was also applied to polyene natural product retinol and selective proximal functionalization allowed access to a cis-pyrroline modified retinoid.
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- Golo Storch
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA
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Acedo JZ, Chiorean S, Vederas JC, van Belkum MJ. The expanding structural variety among bacteriocins from Gram-positive bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2019; 42:805-828. [PMID: 30085042 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuy033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Bacteria use various strategies to compete in an ecological niche, including the production of bacteriocins. Bacteriocins are ribosomally synthesized antibacterial peptides, and it has been postulated that the majority of Gram-positive bacteria produce one or more of these natural products. Bacteriocins can be used in food preservation and are also considered as potential alternatives to antibiotics. The majority of bacteriocins from Gram-positive bacteria had been traditionally divided into two major classes, namely lantibiotics, which are post-translationally modified bacteriocins, and unmodified bacteriocins. The last decade has seen an expanding number of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) in Gram-positive bacteria that have antibacterial activity. These include linear azol(in)e-containing peptides, thiopeptides, bottromycins, glycocins, lasso peptides and lipolanthines. In addition, the three-dimensional (3D) structures of a number of modified and unmodified bacteriocins have been elucidated in recent years. This review gives an overview on the structural variety of bacteriocins from Gram-positive bacteria. It will focus on the chemical and 3D structures of these peptides, and their interactions with receptors and membranes, structure-function relationships and possible modes of action.
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- Jeella Z Acedo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada
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Rivas L, Rojas V. Cyanobacterial peptides as a tour de force in the chemical space of antiparasitic agents. Arch Biochem Biophys 2019; 664:24-39. [PMID: 30707942 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2019.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Parasites are scarcely addressed target for antimicrobial peptides despite their big impact in health and global economy. The notion of antimicrobial peptides is frequently associated to the innate immune defense of vertebrates and invertebrate vectors, as the ultimate recipients of the parasite infection. These antiparasite peptides are produced by ribosomal synthesis, with few post-translational modifications, and their diversity come mostly from their amino acid sequence. For many of them permeabilization of the cell membrane of the targeted pathogen is crucial for their microbicidal mechanism. In contrast, cyanobacterial peptides are produced either by ribosomal or non-ribosomal biosynthesis. Quite often, they undergo heavy modifications, such as the inclusion of non-proteinogenic amino acids, lipid acylation, cyclation, Nα-methylation, or heterocyclic rings. Furthermore, the few targets identified for cyanobacterial peptides in parasites are intracellular. Some cyanobacterial antiparasite peptides are active at picomolar concentrations, whereas those from higher eukaryotes usually work in the micromolar range. In all, cyanobacterial peptides are an appealing target to develop new antiparasite therapies and a challenge in the invention of new synthetic methods for peptides. This review aims to provide an updated appraisal of antiparasite cyanobacterial peptides and to establish a side-by -side comparison with those antiparasite peptides from higher eukaryotes.
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- Luis Rivas
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (C.S.I.C), c/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Avenida Universidad 330, Campus Curauma, Curauma, Valparaíso, Chile.
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Fleming SR, Bartges TE, Vinogradov AA, Kirkpatrick CL, Goto Y, Suga H, Hicks LM, Bowers AA. Flexizyme-Enabled Benchtop Biosynthesis of Thiopeptides. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:758-762. [PMID: 30602112 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Thiopeptides are natural antibiotics that are fashioned from short peptides by multiple layers of post-translational modification. Their biosynthesis, in particular the pyridine synthases that form the macrocyclic antibiotic core, has attracted intensive research but is complicated by the challenges of reconstituting multiple-pathway enzymes. By combining select RiPP enzymes with cell free expression and flexizyme-based codon reprogramming, we have developed a benchtop biosynthesis of thiopeptide scaffolds. This strategy side-steps several challenges related to the investigation of thiopeptide enzymes and allows access to analytical quantities of new thiopeptide analogs. We further demonstrate that this strategy can be used to validate the activity of new pyridine synthases without the need to reconstitute the cognate prior pathway enzymes.
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- Steven R Fleming
- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science , The University of Tokyo , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo 113-0033 , Japan.,JST , PRESTO , 7-3-1 Hongo , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo 113-0033 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science , The University of Tokyo , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo 113-0033 , Japan.,JST , PRESTO , 7-3-1 Hongo , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo 113-0033 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science , The University of Tokyo , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo 113-0033 , Japan.,JST , CREST , 7-3-1 Hongo , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo 113-0033 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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Su H, Bao M, Pei C, Hu W, Qiu L, Xu X. Gold-catalyzed dual annulation of azide-tethered alkynes with nitriles: expeditious synthesis of oxazolo[4,5-c]quinolines. Org Chem Front 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9qo00568d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A gold-catalyzed dual annulation of azide-tethered internal alkynes, which provides convenient access to quinoline derivatives, has been reported.
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- Han Su
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
- China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecule and Drug Discovery
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510006
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
- China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecule and Drug Discovery
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510006
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
- China
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This review describes a selection of macrocyclic natural products and structurally modified analogs containing peptidic and non-peptidic elements as structural features that potentially modulate cellular permeability. Examples range from exclusively peptidic structures like cyclosporin A or phepropeptins to compounds with mostly non-peptidic character, such as telomestatin or largazole. Furthermore, semisynthetic approaches and synthesis platforms to generate general and focused libraries of compounds at the interface of cyclic peptides and non-peptidic macrocycles are discussed.
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Duffy F, Maheshwari N, Buchete NV, Shields D. Computational Opportunities and Challenges in Finding Cyclic Peptide Modulators of Protein-Protein Interactions. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 2001:73-95. [PMID: 31134568 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9504-2_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Peptide cyclization can improve stability, conformational constraint, and compactness. However, apart from beta-turn structures, which are well incorporated into cyclic peptides (CPs), many primary peptide structures and functions are markedly altered by cyclization. Accordingly, to mimic linear peptide interfaces with cyclic peptides, it can be beneficial to screen combinatorial cyclic peptide libraries. Computational methods have been developed to screen CPs, but face a number of challenges. Here, we review methods to develop in silico computational libraries, and the potential for screening naturally occurring libraries of CPs. The simplest and most rapid computational pharmacophore methods that estimate peptide three-dimensional structures to be screened versus targets are relatively easy to implement, and while the constraint on structure imposed by cyclization makes them more effective than the same approaches with linear peptides, there are a large number of limiting assumptions. In contrast, full molecular dynamics simulations of cyclic peptide structures not only are costly to implement, but also require careful attention to interpretation, so that not only is the computation time rate limiting, but the interpretation time is also rate limiting due to the analysis of the typically complex underlying conformational space of CPs. A challenge for the field of computational cyclic peptide screening is to bridge this gap effectively. Natural compound libraries of short cyclic peptides, and short cyclized regions of proteins, encoded in the genomes of many organisms present a potential treasure trove of novel functionality which may be screened via combined computational and experimental screening approaches.
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- Fergal Duffy
- School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. .,UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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Pearson CS, Nemati R, Liu B, Zhang J, Scalabrin M, Li Z, Li H, Fabris D, Belfort M, Belfort G. Structure of an engineered intein reveals thiazoline ring and provides mechanistic insight. Biotechnol Bioeng 2018; 116:709-721. [PMID: 30450538 DOI: 10.1002/bit.26875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
We have engineered an intein which spontaneously and reversibly forms a thiazoline ring at the native N-terminal Lys-Cys splice junction. We identified conditions to stablize the thiazoline ring and provided the first crystallographic evidence, at 1.54 Å resolution, for its existence at an intein active site. The finding bolsters evidence for a tetrahedral oxythiazolidine splicing intermediate. In addition, the pivotal mutation maps to a highly conserved B-block threonine, which is now seen to play a causative role not only in ground-state destabilization of the scissile N-terminal peptide bond, but also in steering the tetrahedral intermediate toward thioester formation, giving new insight into the splicing mechanism. We demonstrated the stability of the thiazoline ring at neutral pH as well as sensitivity to hydrolytic ring opening under acidic conditions. A pH cycling strategy to control N-terminal cleavage is proposed, which may be of interest for biotechnological applications requiring a splicing activity switch, such as for protein recovery in bioprocessing.
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- C Seth Pearson
- Howard P Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Albany, New York
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- Laboratory of Computational & Structural Biology, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York
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- Laboratory of Computational & Structural Biology, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Albany, New York
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- Laboratory of Computational & Structural Biology, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York
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- Laboratory of Computational & Structural Biology, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Albany, New York
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York.,Department of Biological Sciences, Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York
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- Howard P Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
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Di Costanzo L, Dutta S, Burley SK. Amino acid modifications for conformationally constraining naturally occurring and engineered peptide backbones: Insights from the Protein Data Bank. Biopolymers 2018; 109:e23230. [PMID: 30368772 DOI: 10.1002/bip.23230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Extensive efforts invested in understanding the rules of protein folding are now being applied, with good effect, in de novo design of proteins/peptides. For proteins containing standard α-amino acids alone, knowledge derived from experimentally determined three-dimensional (3D) structures of proteins and biologically active peptides are available from the Protein Data Bank (PDB), and the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). These help predict and design protein structures, with reasonable confidence. However, our knowledge of 3D structures of biomolecules containing backbone modified amino acids is still evolving. A major challenge in de novo protein/peptide design concerns the engineering of conformationally constrained molecules with specific structural elements and chemical groups appropriately positioned for biological activity. This review explores four classes of amino acid modifications that constrain protein/peptide backbone structure. Systematic analysis of peptidic molecule structures (eg, bioactive peptides, inhibitors, antibiotics, and designed molecules), containing these backbone-modified amino acids, found in the PDB and CSD are discussed. The review aims to provide structure-function insights that will guide future design of proteins/peptides.
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- Luigi Di Costanzo
- RCSB Protein Data Bank, Center for Integrative Proteomics Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A
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- RCSB Protein Data Bank, Center for Integrative Proteomics Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.,Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A
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- RCSB Protein Data Bank, Center for Integrative Proteomics Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.,Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.,RCSB Protein Data Bank, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.,Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A
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New 3-Hydroxyquinaldic Acid Derivatives from Cultures of the Marine Derived Actinomycete Streptomyces cyaneofuscatus M-157. Mar Drugs 2018; 16:md16100371. [PMID: 30297652 PMCID: PMC6212950 DOI: 10.3390/md16100371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Fractionation of the bioactive extract of a culture of the marine derived actinomycete Streptomyces cyaneofuscatus M-157 led to the isolation of the known 3-hydroxyquinaldic acid (4), its amide (5) and three new derivatives (1–3) containing different amino acid residues. The structures of the new molecules (1–3), including their absolute configuration, were determined by the analysis of their ESI-TOF MS and one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) NMR spectra and advanced Marfey’s analysis of their hydrolyzation products. Compound 3 spontaneously dimerized in solution to give the disulfide derivative 6. Unfortunately, none of the new compounds isolated confirmed the antimicrobial activity found in the bacterial extract, perhaps indicating that such antibacterial activity might be due to presence in the extract at the trace level of larger bioactive 3-hydroxyquinaldic acid derivatives from which compounds 1–3 are biosynthetic precursors. Cytotoxicity tests confirmed the moderate and weak IC50 values of 15.6 and 51.5 µM for compounds 5 and 1, respectively.
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Ansari A, Ali A, Asif M, Rauf MA, Owais M. Facile one-pot multicomponent synthesis and molecular docking studies of steroidal oxazole/thiazole derivatives with effective antimicrobial, antibiofilm and hemolytic properties. Steroids 2018; 134:22-36. [PMID: 29653115 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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A series of steroidal oxazole and thiazole derivatives have been synthesized employing thiosemicarbazide/semicarbazide hydrochloride and ethyl 2-chloroacetoacetate with a simple and facile one-pot multicomponent reaction pathway. The antimicrobial activity of newly synthesized compounds were evaluated against four bacterial strains namely Gram-negative (Escherichia coliand Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes) in addition to pathogenic fungi (Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans). Bioactivity assay manifested that most of the compounds exhibited good antimicrobial activity. To provide additional insight into antimicrobial activity, the compounds were also tested for their antibiofilm activity against S. aureus biofilm. Moreover, molecular docking study shows binding of compounds with amino acid residues of DNA gyrase and glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase (promising antimicrobial target) through hydrogen bonding interactions. Hemolytic activity have been also investigated to ascertain the effect of compounds over RBC lysis and results indicate good prospects for biocompatibility. The expedient synthesis of steroidal heterocycles, effective antibacterial and antifungal behavior against various clinically relevant human pathogens, promising biocompatibility offer opportunities for further modification and potential applications as therapeutic agents.
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- Anam Ansari
- Steroid Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India
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- Steroid Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India; Organometallic Synthesis and Catalysis Group, Chemical Engineering Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411 008, Maharashtra, India
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- Steroid Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
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Müller MM. Post-Translational Modifications of Protein Backbones: Unique Functions, Mechanisms, and Challenges. Biochemistry 2017; 57:177-185. [PMID: 29064683 PMCID: PMC5770884 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Post-translational
modifications (PTMs) dramatically enhance the
capabilities of proteins. They introduce new functionalities and dynamically
control protein activity by modulating intra- and intermolecular interactions.
Traditionally, PTMs have been considered as reversible attachments
to nucleophilic functional groups on amino acid side chains, whereas
the polypeptide backbone is often thought to be inert. This paradigm
is shifting as chemically and functionally diverse alterations of
the protein backbone are discovered. Importantly, backbone PTMs can
control protein structure and function just as side chain modifications
do and operate through unique mechanisms to achieve these features.
In this Perspective, I outline the various types of protein backbone
modifications discovered so far and highlight their contributions
to biology as well as the challenges in studying this versatile yet
poorly characterized class of PTMs.
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- Manuel M Müller
- Department of Chemistry, King's College London , 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, United Kingdom
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Gundala TR, Godugu K, Nallagondu CGR. Citric Acid-catalyzed Synthesis of 2,4-Disubstituted Thiazoles from Ketones via C-Br, C-S, and C-N Bond Formations in One Pot: A Green Approach. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201700200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Trivikram Reddy Gundala
- Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences; Yogi Vemana University; Kadapa 516 003 Andhra Pradesh India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences; Yogi Vemana University; Kadapa 516 003 Andhra Pradesh India
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A strategy for the identification of patterns in the biosynthesis of nonribosomal peptides by Betaproteobacteria species. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10400. [PMID: 28871139 PMCID: PMC5583390 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11314-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Nonribosomal peptides have an important pharmacological role due to their extensive biological properties. The singularities in the biosynthesis of these natural products allowed the development of genome-mining strategies which associate them to their original biosynthetic gene clusters. Generally, these compounds present complex architectures that make their identification difficult. Based on these evidences, genomes from species of the class Betaproteobacteria were studied with the purpose of finding biosynthetic similarities among them. These organisms were applied as templates due to their large number of biosynthetic gene clusters and the natural products isolated from them. The strategy for Rapid Identification of Nonribosomal Peptides Portions (RINPEP) proposed in this work was built by reorganizing the data obtained from antiSMASH and NCBI with a product-centered way. The verification steps of RINPEP comprehended the fragments of existent compounds and predictions obtained in silico with the purpose of finding common subunits expressed by different genomic sequences. The results of this strategy revealed patterns in a global overview of the biosynthesis of nonribosomal peptides by Betaproteobacteria.
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Yang W, Zhang R, Yi F, Cai M. A Heterogeneous Gold(I)-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 1] Annulation of Terminal Alkynes, Nitriles, and Oxygen Atoms Leading to 2,5-Disubstituted Oxazoles. J Org Chem 2017; 82:5204-5211. [PMID: 28459566 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The first heterogeneous gold(I)-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 1] annulation of terminal alkynes, nitriles, and oxygen atoms has been achieved by using an MCM-41-immobilized phosphine-gold(I) complex as catalyst and 8-methylquinoline N-oxide as oxidant under mild conditions, yielding a variety of 2,5-disubstituted oxazoles in good to excellent yields with broad substrate scope. The new heterogeneous gold(I) catalyst can easily be recovered by simple filtration of the reaction solution and recycled for at least eight times without significant loss of activity.
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- Weisen Yang
- Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang 330022, P. R. China.,College of Ecology and Resources Engineering, Wuyi University , Wuyishan City 354300, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang 330022, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang 330022, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang 330022, P. R. China
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Tran HL, Lexa KW, Julien O, Young TS, Walsh CT, Jacobson MP, Wells JA. Structure-Activity Relationship and Molecular Mechanics Reveal the Importance of Ring Entropy in the Biosynthesis and Activity of a Natural Product. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:2541-2544. [PMID: 28170244 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b10792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Macrocycles are appealing drug candidates due to their high affinity, specificity, and favorable pharmacological properties. In this study, we explored the effects of chemical modifications to a natural product macrocycle upon its activity, 3D geometry, and conformational entropy. We chose thiocillin as a model system, a thiopeptide in the ribosomally encoded family of natural products that exhibits potent antimicrobial effects against Gram-positive bacteria. Since thiocillin is derived from a genetically encoded peptide scaffold, site-directed mutagenesis allows for rapid generation of analogues. To understand thiocillin's structure-activity relationship, we generated a site-saturation mutagenesis library covering each position along thiocillin's macrocyclic ring. We report the identification of eight unique compounds more potent than wild-type thiocillin, the best having an 8-fold improvement in potency. Computational modeling of thiocillin's macrocyclic structure revealed a striking requirement for a low-entropy macrocycle for activity. The populated ensembles of the active mutants showed a rigid structure with few adoptable conformations while inactive mutants showed a more flexible macrocycle which is unfavorable for binding. This finding highlights the importance of macrocyclization in combination with rigidifying post-translational modifications to achieve high-potency binding.
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- Department of Biology, California Institute for Biomedical Research , La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine for Human Health (ChEM-H), Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Thiopeptides are a subclass of ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides (RiPPs) with complex molecular architectures and an array of biological activities, including potent antimicrobial activity. Here we report the generation of thiopeptides containing noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) by introducing orthogonal amber suppressor aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pairs into a thiocillin producer strain of Bacillus cereus .We demonstrate that thiopeptide variants containing ncAAs with bioorthogonal chemical reactivity can be further postbiosynthetically modified with biophysical probes, including fluorophores and photo-cross-linkers. This work allows the site-specific incorporation of ncAAs into thiopeptides to increase their structural diversity and probe their biological activity; similar approaches can likely be applied to other classes of RiPPs.
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Hudson GA, Zhang Z, Tietz JI, Mitchell DA, van der Donk WA. In Vitro Biosynthesis of the Core Scaffold of the Thiopeptide Thiomuracin. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:16012-5. [PMID: 26675417 PMCID: PMC4819586 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Thiopeptides are potent antibiotics
that inhibit protein synthesis.
They are made by a remarkable post-translational modification process
that transforms a linear peptide into a polycyclic structure. We present
here the in vitro biosynthesis of the core scaffold of thiomuracin
catalyzed by six proteins. We show that cyclodehydration precedes
dehydration, and that dehydration is catalyzed by two proteins in
a tRNAGlu-dependent manner. The enzyme that generates the
pyridine core from two dehydroalanines ejects the leader peptide
as a C-terminal carboxamide. Mutagenesis studies of the enzyme TbtD
identified important residues for a formal [4+2] cycloaddition process.
The core structure of thiomuracin exhibits similar antimicrobial
activity to other known congeners, illustrating that in vitro biosynthesis
is a viable route to potent antibiotics that can be explored for the
rapid and renewable generation of analogues.
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- Graham A Hudson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1206 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1206 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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References. Antibiotics (Basel) 2015. [DOI: 10.1128/9781555819316.refs] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Wang YY, Kanomata K, Korenaga T, Terada M. Enantioselective Aza Michael-Type Addition to Alkenyl Benzimidazoles Catalyzed by a Chiral Phosphoric Acid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201508231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Ya-Yi Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Tohoku University, Aramaki; Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Tohoku University, Aramaki; Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering; Iwate University; Morioka 020-8551 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Tohoku University, Aramaki; Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8578 Japan
- Research and Analytical Center for Giant Molecules, Graduate School of Science; Tohoku University; Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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Wang YY, Kanomata K, Korenaga T, Terada M. Enantioselective Aza Michael-Type Addition to Alkenyl Benzimidazoles Catalyzed by a Chiral Phosphoric Acid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:927-31. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Revised: 11/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Ya-Yi Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Tohoku University, Aramaki; Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Tohoku University, Aramaki; Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering; Iwate University; Morioka 020-8551 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Tohoku University, Aramaki; Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8578 Japan
- Research and Analytical Center for Giant Molecules, Graduate School of Science; Tohoku University; Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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Xie X, Zhang F, Geng DM, Wang LL, Hao WJ, Jiang B, Tu SJ. Regioselectively Synthesis of Thiazolo[4,5-a]acridines and Oxazolo[5,4-a]thiazolo[5,4-j]acridines via Multicomponent Domino Reactions. J Heterocycl Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.2437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Xin Xie
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu Normal University; Xuzhou Jiangsu 221116 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu Normal University; Xuzhou Jiangsu 221116 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu Normal University; Xuzhou Jiangsu 221116 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu Normal University; Xuzhou Jiangsu 221116 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu Normal University; Xuzhou Jiangsu 221116 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu Normal University; Xuzhou Jiangsu 221116 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu Normal University; Xuzhou Jiangsu 221116 People's Republic of China
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Expanded natural product diversity revealed by analysis of lanthipeptide-like gene clusters in actinobacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:4339-50. [PMID: 25888176 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00635-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Lanthionine-containing peptides (lanthipeptides) are a rapidly growing family of polycyclic peptide natural products belonging to the large class of ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides (RiPPs). Lanthipeptides are widely distributed in taxonomically distant species, and their currently known biosynthetic systems and biological activities are diverse. Building on the recent natural product gene cluster family (GCF) project, we report here large-scale analysis of lanthipeptide-like biosynthetic gene clusters from Actinobacteria. Our analysis suggests that lanthipeptide biosynthetic pathways, and by extrapolation the natural products themselves, are much more diverse than currently appreciated and contain many different posttranslational modifications. Furthermore, lanthionine synthetases are much more diverse in sequence and domain topology than currently characterized systems, and they are used by the biosynthetic machineries for natural products other than lanthipeptides. The gene cluster families described here significantly expand the chemical diversity and biosynthetic repertoire of lanthionine-related natural products. Biosynthesis of these novel natural products likely involves unusual and unprecedented biochemistries, as illustrated by several examples discussed in this study. In addition, class IV lanthipeptide gene clusters are shown not to be silent, setting the stage to investigate their biological activities.
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Sigrist R, da Costa BZ, Marsaioli AJ, de Oliveira LG. Nature-inspired enzymatic cascades to build valuable compounds. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:394-411. [PMID: 25795056 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Biocatalysis currently is focusing on enzymatic and multi-enzymatic cascade processes instead of single steps imbedded into chemical pathways. Alongside this scientific revolution, this review provides an overview on multi-enzymatic cascades that are responsible for the biosynthesis of some terpenes, alkaloids and polyethers, which are important classes of natural products. Herein, we illustrate the development of studies inspired by multi- and chemo-enzymatic approaches to build the core moieties of polyethers, polypeptide alkaloids, piperidines and pyrrolidines promoted by the joint action of oxidoreductases, hydrolases, cyclases, transaminases and imine reductases.
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- Renata Sigrist
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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Argueta EA, Amoh AN, Kafle P, Schneider TL. Unusual non-enzymatic flavin catalysis enhances understanding of flavoenzymes. FEBS Lett 2015; 589:880-4. [PMID: 25747137 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Revised: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Flavin cofactors are central to many biochemical transformations and are typically tightly bound as part of a catalytically active flavoenzyme. This work indicates that naturally occurring flavins can act as stand-alone catalysts to promote the oxidation of biosynthetically inspired heterocycles in aqueous buffers. Flavin activity was compared with that of oxidases important in non-ribosomal peptide synthesis, providing a rare direct comparison between the catalytic efficacy of flavins alone and in the context of a full flavoenzyme. This study suggests that such oxidases are likely to possess an active site base, as oxidase activity was greater than that of flavins alone, particularly for less acidic substrates. These findings offer perspective on the development of robust and catalytically effective, designed miniature flavoenzymes.
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- Erick A Argueta
- Department of Chemistry, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320, USA.
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Li JL, Wang YC, Li WZ, Wang HS, Mo DL, Pan YM. A facile synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted oxazoles via a copper-catalyzed cascade reaction of alkenes with azides. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:17772-4. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc06487b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A novel approach to the synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted oxazoles is developed via a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition/ring cleavage/1,2-H migration/denitrogenation/copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative dehydrogenative cyclization cascade.
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- Jiu-ling Li
- Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources (Ministry of Education of China)
- School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin 541004
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources (Ministry of Education of China)
- School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin 541004
- People's Republic of China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
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- Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources (Ministry of Education of China)
- School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin 541004
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources (Ministry of Education of China)
- School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin 541004
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources (Ministry of Education of China)
- School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin 541004
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources (Ministry of Education of China)
- School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin 541004
- People's Republic of China
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Zhang L, Zhao X. Regioselective Formation of 2,4,5-Trisubstituted Oxazoles through Transition-Metal Free Heterocyclization of 1,3-Diynes with N,O-Bis(trimethylsiyl)acetamide. Org Lett 2014; 17:184-6. [DOI: 10.1021/ol5030986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Liang Zhang
- Department
of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource
Reuse, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, 200092 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Department
of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource
Reuse, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, 200092 Shanghai, P. R. China
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Characterization of a novel plasmid-borne thiopeptide gene cluster in Staphylococcus epidermidis strain 115. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:4344-50. [PMID: 25313391 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02243-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Thiopeptides are small (12- to 17-amino-acid), heavily modified peptides of bacterial origin. This antibiotic family, with more than 100 known members, is characterized by the presence of sulfur-containing heterocyclic rings and dehydrated residues within a macrocyclic peptide structure. Thiopeptides, including micrococcin P1, have garnered significant attention in recent years for their potent antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, and even protozoa. Micrococcin P1 is known to target the ribosome; however, like those of other thiopeptides, its biosynthesis and mechanisms of self-immunity are poorly characterized. We have discovered an isolate of Staphylococcus epidermidis harboring the genes for thiopeptide production and self-protection on a 24-kb plasmid. Here we report the characterization of this plasmid, identify the antimicrobial peptide that it encodes, and provide evidence of a target replacement-mediated mechanism of self-immunity.
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Walsh CT. Blurring the lines between ribosomal and nonribosomal peptide scaffolds. ACS Chem Biol 2014; 9:1653-61. [PMID: 24883916 DOI: 10.1021/cb5003587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Two of the canons of protein science have been (1) that there are 20-22 amino acids that are proteinogenic and (2), with the exception of achiral glycine, that the other residues are L-amino acids. By contrast, the presence of nonproteinogenic amino acid residues and D-enantiomers has been regarded as hallmarks of nonribosomal peptides. The recent discoveries that bottromycins and polytheonamides, containing β-methyl and D-amino acid residues, are of ribosomal origin blur the distinctions between peptide structures derivable by ribosomal and nonribosomal assembly lines and reveal new chemistry for posttranslational maturation of proteins.
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- Christopher T. Walsh
- Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Stanford
Institute of Chemical Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Haldón E, Besora M, Cano I, Cambeiro XC, Pericàs MA, Maseras F, Nicasio MC, Pérez PJ. Reaction of Alkynes and Azides: Not Triazoles Through Copper-Acetylides but Oxazoles Through Copper-Nitrene Intermediates. Chemistry 2014; 20:3463-74. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Chaturvedi KS, Hung CS, Giblin DE, Urushidani S, Austin AM, Dinauer MC, Henderson JP. Cupric yersiniabactin is a virulence-associated superoxide dismutase mimic. ACS Chem Biol 2014; 9:551-61. [PMID: 24283977 PMCID: PMC3934373 DOI: 10.1021/cb400658k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Many Gram-negative bacteria interact
with extracellular metal ions
by expressing one or more siderophore types. Among these, the virulence-associated
siderophore yersiniabactin (Ybt) is an avid copper chelator, forming
stable cupric (Cu(II)-Ybt) complexes that are detectable in infected
patients. Here we show that Ybt-expressing E. coli are protected from intracellular killing within copper-replete phagocytic
cells. This survival advantage is highly dependent upon the phagocyte
respiratory burst, during which superoxide is generated by the NADPH
oxidase complex. Chemical fractionation links this phenotype to a
previously unappreciated superoxide dismutase (SOD)-like activity
of Cu(II)-Ybt. Unlike previously described synthetic copper-salicylate
(Cu(II)-SA) SOD mimics, the salicylate-based natural product Cu(II)-Ybt
retains catalytic activity at physiologically plausible protein concentrations.
These results reveal a new virulence-associated adaptation based upon
spontaneous assembly of a non-protein catalyst.
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- Kaveri S. Chaturvedi
- Center
for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, ‡Division of Infectious
Diseases, §Department of Internal Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, ⊥Department of Pediatrics, and #Department of Pathology
and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Center
for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, ‡Division of Infectious
Diseases, §Department of Internal Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, ⊥Department of Pediatrics, and #Department of Pathology
and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Center
for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, ‡Division of Infectious
Diseases, §Department of Internal Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, ⊥Department of Pediatrics, and #Department of Pathology
and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Center
for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, ‡Division of Infectious
Diseases, §Department of Internal Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, ⊥Department of Pediatrics, and #Department of Pathology
and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Center
for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, ‡Division of Infectious
Diseases, §Department of Internal Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, ⊥Department of Pediatrics, and #Department of Pathology
and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Center
for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, ‡Division of Infectious
Diseases, §Department of Internal Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, ⊥Department of Pediatrics, and #Department of Pathology
and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Center
for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, ‡Division of Infectious
Diseases, §Department of Internal Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, ⊥Department of Pediatrics, and #Department of Pathology
and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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Liu D, Yu J, Cheng J. Copper-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of chalcone and benzylic amine leading to 2,5-diaryl oxazoles via carbon–carbon double bond cleavage. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2013.12.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bielawski M, Malmgren J, Pardo LM, Wikmark Y, Olofsson B. One-pot synthesis and applications of N-heteroaryl iodonium salts. ChemistryOpen 2014; 3:19-22. [PMID: 24688890 PMCID: PMC3943608 DOI: 10.1002/open.201300042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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An efficient one-pot synthesis of N-heteroaryl iodonium triflates from the corresponding N-heteroaryl iodide and arene has been developed. The reaction conditions resemble our previous one-pot syntheses, with suitable modifications to allow N-heteroaryl groups. The reaction time is only 30 min, and no anion exchange is required. The obtained iodonium salts were isolated in a protonated form, these salts can either be employed directly in applications or be deprotonated prior to use. The aryl groups were chosen to induce chemoselective transfer of the heteroaryl moiety to various nucleophiles. The reactivity and chemoselectivity of these iodonium salts were demonstrated by selectively introducing a pyridyl moiety onto both oxygen and carbon nucleophiles in good yields.
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- Marcin Bielawski
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm (Sweden)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm (Sweden)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm (Sweden)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm (Sweden)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm (Sweden)
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Murru S, Nefzi A. Combinatorial synthesis of oxazol-thiazole bis-heterocyclic compounds. ACS COMBINATORIAL SCIENCE 2014; 16:39-45. [PMID: 24295491 DOI: 10.1021/co400133a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A combinatorial library of novel oxazol-thiazole bis-heterocycles was synthesized in good to excellent overall yields with high purity using a solution and solid-phase parallel synthesis approach. Oxazole amino acids, prepared from serine methyl ester and amino acids via coupling and cyclodehydration, were treated with Fmoc-NCS and α-haloketones for the parallel synthesis of diverse bis-heterocycles. Fmoc-isothiocyanate is used as a traceless reagent for thiazole formation. Oxazole diversity can be achieved by using variety of amino acids, whereas thiazole diversity is produced with various haloketones.
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- Siva Murru
- Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, 11350
SW Village Parkway, Port St Lucie, Florida 34987, United States
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- Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, 11350
SW Village Parkway, Port St Lucie, Florida 34987, United States
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Guo H, Wang J, Li Y, Yu Y, Zheng Q, Wu J, Liu W. Insight into bicyclic thiopeptide biosynthesis benefited from development of a uniform approach for molecular engineering and production improvement. Chem Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc52015c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Debevec G, Chen W, Yu Y, Houghten RA, Giulianotti MA. Libraries from Libraries: A Series of Sulfonamide Linked Heterocycles Derived from the Same Scaffold. Tetrahedron Lett 2013; 54. [PMID: 24363466 DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A libraries from libraries approach is described for the synthesis of five different sulfonamide linked scaffolds. Four of the scaffolds are sulfonamides linked to heterocycles; piperazine, thiourea, cyclic guanidine, and dimethyl cyclic guanidine. The fifth scaffold is a polyamine linked sulfonamide. Three different diversity positions were effectively incorporated into each scaffold providing a number of different compounds with good yields and purity.
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- Ginamarie Debevec
- Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, 11350 SW Village Parkway, Port St. Lucie FL 34987
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- Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, 11350 SW Village Parkway, Port St. Lucie FL 34987 ; Institute of Materia Medica, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China
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- Institute of Materia Medica, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China
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- Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, 11350 SW Village Parkway, Port St. Lucie FL 34987
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- Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, 11350 SW Village Parkway, Port St. Lucie FL 34987
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