[2+ 2]-Cycloaddition-derived cyclobutane natural products: structural diversity, sources, bioactivities, and biomimetic syntheses

P Yang, Q Jia, S Song, X Huang - Natural Product Reports, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to the end of 2021 [2+ 2]-Type cyclobutane natural products are
biosynthetically derived from intermolecular [2+ 2] cycloaddition or intramolecular [2+ 2] …

Bacterial terpenome

JD Rudolf, TA Alsup, B Xu, Z Li - Natural product reports, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to mid-2020 Terpenoids, also called isoprenoids, are the largest and most
structurally diverse family of natural products. Found in all domains of life, there are over 80 …

Machine learning-assisted directed protein evolution with combinatorial libraries

Z Wu, SBJ Kan, RD Lewis… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
To reduce experimental effort associated with directed protein evolution and to explore the
sequence space encoded by mutating multiple positions simultaneously, we incorporate …

Plant carbonic anhydrase-like enzymes in neuroactive alkaloid biosynthesis

RS Nett, Y Dho, C Tsai, D Passow… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Plants synthesize numerous alkaloids that mimic animal neurotransmitters. The diversity of
alkaloid structures is achieved through the generation and tailoring of unique carbon …

Demystifying racemic natural products in the homochiral world

GTM Bitchagno, VA Nchiozem-Ngnitedem… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural products possess structural complexity, diversity and chirality with attractive
functions and biological activities that have significantly impacted drug discovery initiatives …

Chemistry and biology of resveratrol-derived natural products

MH Keylor, BS Matsuura, CRJ Stephenson - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Since the dawn of the 20th century, the average life expectancy at birth has nearly doubled
due to advances in science and medicine. As medical records grew more reliable, it became …

Monoterpenes support systemic acquired resistance within and between plants

M Riedlmeier, A Ghirardo, M Wenig, C Knappe… - The Plant …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
This study investigates the role of volatile organic compounds in systemic acquired
resistance (SAR), a salicylic acid (SA)-associated, broad-spectrum immune response in …

Biocatalytic imine reduction and reductive amination of ketones

JH Schrittwieser, S Velikogne… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral amines represent a prominent functional group in pharmaceuticals and
agrochemicals and are hence attractive targets for asymmetric synthesis. Since the …

Scaffold diversity synthesis and its application in probe and drug discovery

M Garcia‐Castro, S Zimmermann… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Scaffold diversity is a crucial feature of compound collections that has a huge impact on their
success in biological screenings. The synthesis of highly complex and diverse scaffolds …

Recent advances in the use of vibrational chiroptical spectroscopic methods for stereochemical characterization of natural products

JM Batista Jr, EW Blanch, V da Silva Bolzani - Natural Product Reports, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 to 2014 This review covers conformational and configurational assignments
in natural product molecules using chiroptical spectroscopy reported over the last 15 years …