The emerging role of mass spectrometry-based proteomics in drug discovery

F Meissner, J Geddes-McAlister, M Mann… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Proteins are the main targets of most drugs; however, system-wide methods to monitor
protein activity and function are still underused in drug discovery. Novel biochemical …

Natural products from myxobacteria: novel metabolites and bioactivities

J Herrmann, A Abou Fayad, R Müller - Natural product reports, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2011–July 2016 Myxobacteria are a rich source for structurally diverse secondary
metabolites with intriguing biological activities. Here we report on new natural products that …

Plitidepsin has potent preclinical efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 by targeting the host protein eEF1A

KM White, R Rosales, S Yildiz, T Kehrer, L Miorin… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral proteins interact with
the eukaryotic translation machinery, and inhibitors of translation have potent antiviral …

Repurposing of drugs: An attractive pharmacological strategy for cancer therapeutics

A Kirtonia, K Gala, SG Fernandes, G Pandya… - Seminars in cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human malignancies are one of the major health-related issues though out the world and
anticipated to rise in the future. The development of novel drugs/agents requires a huge …

Customized materials-assisted microorganisms in tumor therapeutics

QW Chen, JY Qiao, XH Liu, C Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Microorganisms have been extensively applied as active biotherapeutic agents or drug
delivery vehicles for antitumor treatment because of their unparalleled bio-functionalities …

Decoding mammalian ribosome-mRNA states by translational GTPase complexes

S Shao, J Murray, A Brown, J Taunton… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
In eukaryotes, accurate protein synthesis relies on a family of translational GTPases that pair
with specific decoding factors to decipher the mRNA code on ribosomes. We present …

Current applications of Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction in the total synthesis of natural products: an update

A Taheri Kal Koshvandi, MM Heravi… - Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Suzuki‐Miyaura Coupling Reaction (SMCR) has been extensively used in the total synthesis
of natural products. We underscored these achievements in a report published in …

An E3 ligase network engages GCN1 to promote the degradation of translation factors on stalled ribosomes

K Oltion, JD Carelli, T Yang, SK See, HY Wang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Ribosomes frequently stall during mRNA translation, resulting in the context-dependent
activation of quality control pathways to maintain proteostasis. However, surveillance …

Bioactive peptide natural products as lead structures for medicinal use

T Dang, RD Süssmuth - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The need for new drugs for the treatment of various diseases is enormous. From
the previous century until the present, numerous peptide and peptide-derived natural …

Site-selective C–H halogenation using flavin-dependent halogenases identified via family-wide activity profiling

BF Fisher, HM Snodgrass, KA Jones… - ACS central …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Enzymes are powerful catalysts for site-selective C–H bond functionalization. Identifying
suitable enzymes for this task and for biocatalysis in general remains challenging, however …