Infection microenvironment-related antibacterial nanotherapeutic strategies

Z Wang, X Liu, Y Duan, Y Huang - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest challenges in public
health. There is an urgent need to discover novel agents against the occurrence of multidrug …

Proline Analogues

V Kubyshkin, M Rubini - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Within the canonical repertoire of the amino acid involved in protein biogenesis, proline
plays a unique role as an amino acid presenting a modified backbone rather than a side …

Biosynthetic pathways to nonproteinogenic α-amino acids

JB Hedges, KS Ryan - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Natural nonproteinogenic amino acids vastly outnumber the well-known 22 proteinogenic
amino acids. Such amino acids are generated in specialized metabolic pathways. In these …

S-Adenosylmethionine: more than just a methyl donor

YH Lee, D Ren, B Jeon, H Liu - Natural product reports, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: from 2000 up to the very early part of 2023 S-Adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) is a
naturally occurring trialkyl sulfonium molecule that is typically associated with biological …

Recent advances in the synthesis and reactivity of azetidines: strain-driven character of the four-membered heterocycle

H Mughal, M Szostak - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Azetidines represent one of the most important four-membered heterocycles used in organic
synthesis and medicinal chemistry. The reactivity of azetidines is driven by a considerable …

Dehydroamino acid residues in bioactive natural products

S Wang, K Wu, YJ Tang, H Deng - Natural Product Reports, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 to up to 2023 α, β-Dehydroamino acids (dhAAs) are unsaturated
nonproteinogenic amino acids found in a wide array of naturally occurring peptidyl …

Visible‐Light‐Mediated Energy Transfer Enables the Synthesis of β‐Lactams via Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer

MJ Oddy, DA Kusza, RG Epton, JM Lynam… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis of 2‐azetidinones (β‐lactams) from simple acrylamide starting materials by
visible‐light‐mediated energy transfer catalysis is reported. The reaction features a C (sp3) …

RhlR-regulated acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing in a cystic fibrosis isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

RL Cruz, KL Asfahl, S Van den Bossche, T Coenye… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of airway infection
in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. P. aeruginosa employs several hierarchically arranged and …

ClpP inhibitors are produced by a widespread family of bacterial gene clusters

EJ Culp, D Sychantha, C Hobson, AC Pawlowski… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The caseinolytic protease (ClpP) is part of a highly conserved proteolytic complex whose
disruption can lead to antibacterial activity but for which few specific inhibitors have been …

Arsinothricin Biosynthesis Involving a Radical SAM Enzyme for Noncanonical SAM Cleavage and C–As Bond Formation

Y Yao, J He, F Chen, M Dong - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Arsinothricin is a potent antibiotic secreted by soil bacteria. The biosynthesis of arsinothricin
was proposed to involve a C–As bond formation between trivalent As and the 3-amino-3 …