Recent Articles

Toward Understanding the Chemistry and Biology of 1-Deoxy-d-xylulose 5-Phosphate (DXP) Synthase: A Unique Antimicrobial Target at the Heart of Bacterial Metabolism

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Synthetic Lava Brings Eruption into the Lab

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Molecular Basis for Olefin Rearrangement in the Gephyronic Acid Polyketide Synthase

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Biochemical and Structural Characterization of TtnD, a Prenylated FMN-Dependent Decarboxylase from the Tautomycetin Biosynthetic Pathway

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Unexpected Bacterial Origin of the Antibiotic Icosalide: Two-Tailed Depsipeptide Assembly in Multifarious Burkholderia Symbionts

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Chemistry and Properties of Indolocarbazoles

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Open Access With A Vengeance

Derek Lowe – Here’s something to keep an eye on: eleven of the largest national research funding agencies in Europe have announced a plan to require open-access publication of papers arising from their grants. The plan is that by 2020, all such work must be published in compliant open-access journals or on compliant open-access platforms. (read more…)

Sulfonic Acid-Containing Flavonoids from the Roots of Phyllanthus acidus

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Calothrixamides A and B from the Cultured Cyanobacterium Calothrix sp. UIC 10520

The first author of this paper is Camila M. Crnkovic, a Brazilian student who obtained a PhD degree at the School of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago, under the supervision of Jimmy Orjala.

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GEX1A, a Polyketide from Streptomyces chromofuscus, Corrects the Cellular Defects Associated with Niemann-Pick Type C1 in Human Fibroblasts

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Peloruside E (22-Norpeloruside A), a Pelorusane Macrolide from the New Zealand Marine Sponge Mycale hentscheli, Retains Microtubule-Stabilizing Properties

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Colocynthenins A–D, Ring-A seco-Cucurbitane Triterpenoids from the Fruits of Citrullus colocynthis

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Hexaricins, Pradimicin-like Polyketides from a Marine Sediment-Derived Streptosporangium sp. and Their Antioxidant Effects

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Investigation of the Biosynthesis of the Lasso Peptide Chaxapeptin Using an E. coli-Based Production System

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Diaporindenes A–D: Four Unusual 2,3-Dihydro-1H-indene Analogues with Anti-inflammatory Activities from the Mangrove Endophytic Fungus Diaporthe sp. SYSU-HQ3

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Divergent Diels–Alder Reactions in the Biosynthesis and Synthesis of Endiandric-Type Tetracycles: A Computational Study

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Target Identification of Yaku’amide B and Its Two Distinct Activities against Mitochondrial FoF1-ATP Synthase

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C–H Hydroxylation in Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Biosynthesis

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Divergent Entry to Gelsedine-Type Alkaloids: Total Syntheses of (−)-Gelsedilam, (−)-Gelsenicine, (−)-Gelsedine, and (−)-Gelsemoxonine

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Sodorifen Biosynthesis in the Rhizobacterium Serratia plymuthica Involves Methylation and Cyclization of MEP-Derived Farnesyl Pyrophosphate by a SAM-Dependent C-Methyltransferase

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Metabolic and Biosynthetic Diversity in Marine Myxobacteria

Substrate-assisted enzymatic formation of lysinoalanine in duramycin

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Biosynthesis and chemical diversity of β-lactone natural products

Graphical abstract: Biosynthesis and chemical diversity of β-lactone natural products

The architectures of iterative type I PKS and FAS

Graphical abstract: The architectures of iterative type I PKS and FAS

Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent reactions in the biosynthesis of natural products

Graphical abstract: Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent reactions in the biosynthesis of natural products

Unusual subunits are directly involved in binding substrates for natural rubber biosynthesis in multiple plant species

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