Recent articles – Dec 9th, 2018

From the Journal of the American Chemical Society

Total Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Target Identification of Rare Abies Sesquiterpenoids

Enantioselective Synthesis of des-Epoxy-Amphidinolide N

Enantioselective Conversion of Oligoprenol Derivatives to Macrocycles in the Germacrene, Cembrene, and 18-Membered Cyclic Sesterterpene Series

Discovery and Characterization of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid Synthase of Bacterial Origin

Adaptation of a Bacterial Multidrug Resistance System Revealed by the Structure and Function of AlbA

Total Synthesis of (−)-Mitrephorone A

Synthesis of Myrocin G, the Putative Active Form of the Myrocin Antitumor Antibiotics

Gramillin A and B: Cyclic Lipopeptides Identified as the Nonribosomal Biosynthetic Products of Fusarium graminearum

Progress Toward a Semi-Synthetic Organism with an Unrestricted Expanded Genetic Alphabet

This is an amazing paper.

From Nature

A chemical defence against phage infection

Do luxe labs shape science?

Does science have a bullying problem?

Ban bullying in science

How science supports São Paulo

Stop exploitation of foreign postdocs in the United States

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus alters cell wall glycosylation to evade immunity

From Organic Letters

A Phenylpyruvic Acid Reductase Is Required for Biosynthesis of Tropane Alkaloids

Aspersecosteroids A and B, Two 11(9 → 10)-abeo-5,10-Secosteroids with a Dioxatetraheterocyclic Ring System from Aspergillus flocculosus 16D-1

Curtachalasins A and B, Two Cytochalasans with a Tetracyclic Skeleton from the Endophytic Fungus Xylaria curta E10

Antroalbocin A, an Antibacterial Sesquiterpenoid from Higher Fungus Antrodiella albocinnamomea

Genome Mining for Mycemycin: Discovery and Elucidation of Related Methylation and Chlorination Biosynthetic Chemistries

Seongsanamides A–D: Antiallergic Bicyclic Peptides from Bacillus safensis KCTC 12796BP

Vlasoulamine A, a Neuroprotective [3.2.2]Cyclazine Sesquiterpene Lactone Dimer from the Roots of Vladimiria souliei

Elucidation and Heterologous Reconstitution of Chrodrimanin B Biosynthesis

From Phytochemistry

Mulberry Diels-Alder-type adducts from Morus alba as multi-targeted agents for Alzheimer’s disease

Fusaricates H-K and fusolanones A-B from a mangrove endophytic fungus Fusarium solani HDN15-410