Old fusidane-type antibiotics for new challenges: Chemistry and biology

T Chuan, W Ke, X Zhang, LI Gang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and exhausted drug leads render some infections
untreatable now and in the future. To deal with these “new challenges”, scientists tend to re …

Bioactive Novel Indole Alkaloids and Steroids from Deep Sea-Derived Fungus Aspergillus fumigatus SCSIO 41012

S Limbadri, X Luo, X Lin, S Liao, J Wang, X Zhou… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Two new alkaloids, fumigatosides E (1) and F (2), and a new natural product, 3, 7-diketo-
cephalosporin P1 (6) along with five known compounds (3–5, 7, 8) were isolated from deep …

Biosynthetic Study of Cephalosporin P1 Reveals a Multifunctional P450 Enzyme and a Site-Selective Acetyltransferase

ZQ Cao, JM Lv, Q Liu, SY Qin, GD Chen… - ACS Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Fusidane-type antibiotics are a group of triterpenoid antibiotics. They include helvolic acid,
fusidic acid, and cephalosporin P1, among which fusidic acid has been used clinically. We …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel fusidic acid derivatives as two-in-one agent with potent antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activity

B Tu, N Cao, B Zhang, W Zheng, J Li, X Tang, K Su, J Li… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fusidic acid (FA), a narrow-spectrum antibiotics, is highly sensitive to various Gram-positive
cocci associated with skin infections. It has outstanding antibacterial effects against certain …

Research, development and pharmacological activity of fusidic acid and its derivatives

X Huang, QK Shen, HY Guo, ZS Quan, X Li - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2023 - Elsevier
Fusidic acid is a tetracyclic triterpenoid isolated from fungi. Fusidic acid has a wide range of
pharmacological activities, including anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, antiparasitic and …

High‐yield strain of fusidic acid obtained by atmospheric and room temperature plasma mutagenesis and the transcriptional changes involved in improving its …

WW Huang, XY Ge, Y Huang, XT Chai… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims To obtain the high‐yield strain of fusidic acid, which is produced from fungus Fusidium
coccineum and is the only fusidane‐type antibiotic that has been used clinically, and confirm …

Structure and dynamics of microbial communities associated with the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica in response to drought stress

RZ Sun, YY Wang, XQ Liu, ZL Yang, X Deng - Planta, 2024 - Springer
Main conclusion The resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica selectively recruits and
assembles drought-specific microbial communities across the plant–soil compartments …

Characterization of three tailoring enzymes in dutomycin biosynthesis and generation of a potent antibacterial analogue

L Sun, S Wang, S Zhang, L Shao, Q Zhang… - ACS Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The anthracycline natural product dutomycin and its precursor POK-MD1 were isolated from
Streptomyces minoensis NRRL B-5482. The dutomycin biosynthetic gene cluster was …

Identification of Cyclic Depsipeptides and Their Dedicated Synthetase from Hapsidospora irregularis

S Zhang, Y Qiu, TB Kakule, Z Lu, F Xu… - Journal of natural …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Seven cyclic depsipeptides were isolated from Hapsidospora irregularis and structurally
characterized as the calcium channel blocker leualacin and six new analogues based on …