The phosphopantetheinyl transferases: catalysis of a post-translational modification crucial for life

J Beld, EC Sonnenschein, CR Vickery, JP Noel… - Natural product …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2013 Although holo-acyl carrier protein synthase, AcpS, a
phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase), was characterized in the 1960s, it was not until …

Lessons in organic fluorescent probe discovery

SB Wagh, VA Maslivetc, JJ La Clair… - ChemBioChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent probes have gained profound use in biotechnology, drug discovery, medical
diagnostics, molecular and cell biology. The development of methods for the translation of …

Trapping the dynamic acyl carrier protein in fatty acid biosynthesis

C Nguyen, RW Haushalter, DJ Lee, PRL Markwick… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Acyl carrier protein (ACP) transports the growing fatty acid chain between enzymatic
domains of fatty acid synthase (FAS) during biosynthesis. Because FAS enzymes operate on …

Type II fatty acid and polyketide synthases: deciphering protein–protein and protein–substrate interactions

A Chen, RN Re, MD Burkart - Natural product reports, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to April 5, 2018 Metabolites from type II fatty acid synthase (FAS) and
polyketide synthase (PKS) pathways differ broadly in their identities and functional roles …

Enantioselective allenation of terminal alkynes catalyzed by copper halides of mixed oxidation states and its application to the total synthesis of scorodonin

G Wu, Y Yao, G Li, X Zhang, H Qian… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Naturally occurring conjugated allenynes are of general interest owing to their potent and
various biological activities. The 1, 5‐H transfer of alka‐1, 4‐diyn‐3‐yl amines would be one …

Biomimetic thioesters as probes for enzymatic assembly lines: synthesis, applications, and challenges

J Franke, C Hertweck - Cell Chemical Biology, 2016 - cell.com
Thioesters play essential roles in many biosynthetic pathways to fatty acids, esters,
polyketides, and non-ribosomal peptides. Coenzyme A (CoA) and related …

The chain-flipping mechanism of ACP (acyl carrier protein)-dependent enzymes appears universal

JE Cronan - Biochemical Journal, 2014 - portlandpress.com
ACPs (acyl carrier proteins) play essential roles in the synthesis of fatty acids, polyketides
and non-ribosomal polypeptides. ACP function requires the modification of the protein by …

Trapping interactions between catalytic domains and carrier proteins of modular biosynthetic enzymes with chemical probes

AM Gulick, CC Aldrich - Natural product reports, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to early 2018 The Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases (NRPSs) and Polyketide
Synthases (PKSs) are families of modular enzymes that produce a tremendous diversity of …

Using modern tools to probe the structure–function relationship of fatty acid synthases

K Finzel, DJ Lee, MD Burkart - ChemBioChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fatty acid biosynthesis is essential to life and represents one of the most conserved
pathways in nature, preserving the same handful of chemical reactions across all species …

A Desulfurative Strategy for the Generation of Alkyl Radicals Enabled by Visible‐Light Photoredox Catalysis

F Xue, F Wang, J Liu, J Di, Q Liao, H Lu… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we present a new desulfurative method for generating primary, secondary, and
tertiary alkyl radicals through visible‐light photoredox catalysis. A process that involves the …