Chain release mechanisms in polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide biosynthesis

RF Little, C Hertweck - Natural Product Reports, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Review covering up to mid-2021 The structure of polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide
natural products is strongly influenced by how they are released from their biosynthetic …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging peptide antibiotics with therapeutic potential

G Upert, A Luther, D Obrecht, P Ermert - Medicine in drug discovery, 2021 - Elsevier
This review covers some of the recent progress in the field of peptide antibiotics with a focus
on compounds with novel or established mode of action and with demonstrated efficacy in …

Structural advances toward understanding the catalytic activity and conformational dynamics of modular nonribosomal peptide synthetases

KD Patel, MR MacDonald, SF Ahmed, J Singh… - Natural Product …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to fall 2022. Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) are a family of
modular, multidomain enzymes that catalyze the biosynthesis of important peptide natural …

Nonribosomal peptide synthesis definitely working out of the rules

M Duban, S Cociancich, V Leclère - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nonribosomal peptides are microbial secondary metabolites exhibiting a tremendous
structural diversity and a broad range of biological activities useful in the medical and agro …

The chemistry and biology of guanidine secondary metabolites

RGS Berlinck, DI Bernardi, T Fill… - Natural Product …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2017–2019 Guanidine natural products isolated from microorganisms, marine
invertebrates and terrestrial plants, amphibians and spiders, represented by non-ribosomal …

Teixobactin: a paving stone toward a new class of antibiotics?

VB Gunjal, R Thakare, S Chopra… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to human health worldwide, prompting research
efforts on a massive scale in search of novel antibiotics to fill an urgent need for a remedy …

Synthesis and structure− activity relationships of teixobactin

JA Karas, F Chen… - Annals of the New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of antibiotics has led to the effective treatment of bacterial infections that were
otherwise fatal and has had a transformative effect on modern medicine. Teixobactin is an …

Biosynthetic cyclization catalysts for the assembly of peptide and polyketide natural products

ML Adrover‐Castellano, JJ Schmidt… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many biologically active natural products are synthesized by nonribosomal peptide
synthetases (NRPSs), polyketide synthases (PKSs) and their hybrids. These …

Macrocyclization strategies for the total synthesis of cyclic depsipeptides

A Paquette, CN Boddy - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclic depsipeptides are an important class of peptide natural products that are defined by
the presence of ester and amide bonds within the macrocycle. The structural diversity of …

Discovery, synthesis, and optimization of teixobactin, a novel antibiotic without detectable bacterial resistance

YK Qi, X Tang, NN Wei, CJ Pang… - Journal of Peptide …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Discovering new antibiotics with novel chemical scaffolds and antibacterial mechanisms
presents a challenge for medicinal scientists worldwide as the ever‐increasing bacterial …