Synthetic and biosynthetic routes to nitrogen–nitrogen bonds

HY He, H Niikura, YL Du, KS Ryan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The nitrogen–nitrogen bond is a core feature of diverse functional groups like hydrazines,
nitrosamines, diazos, and pyrazoles. Such functional groups are found in> 300 known …

Plant growth promotion and biocontrol by endophytic and rhizospheric microorganisms from the tropics: a review and perspectives

PT Lacava, AC Bogas, FPN Cruz - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Currently, the tropics harbor a wide variety of crops to feed the global population. Rapid
population expansion and the consequent major demand for food and agriculture-based …

Unusual dioxygen-dependent reactions catalyzed by nonheme iron enzymes in natural product biosynthesis

R Ushimaru, I Abe - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nonheme iron-dependent enzymatic reactions play crucial roles in building and modifying
bioactive organic molecules in all major classes of natural product pathways. While the …

Burkholderia as a Source of Natural Products

S Kunakom, AS Eustáquio - Journal of natural products, 2019 - ACS Publications
Burkholderia bacteria are multifaceted organisms that are ecologically and metabolically
diverse. The Burkholderia genus has gained prominence because it includes human …

Reductases Produce Nitric Oxide in an Alternative Pathway to Form the Diazeniumdiolate Group of l-Alanosine

M Wang, KS Ryan - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
l-Alanosine is a diazeniumdiolate (N-nitrosohydroxylamine) antibiotic that inhibits MTAP-
deficient tumor cells by blocking de novo adenine biosynthesis. Previous work revealed the …

Biosynthesis of triacsin featuring an N-hydroxytriazene pharmacophore

A Del Rio Flores, FF Twigg, Y Du, W Cai… - Nature chemical …, 2021 - nature.com
Triacsins are an intriguing class of specialized metabolites possessing a conserved N-
hydroxytriazene moiety not found in any other known natural products. Triacsins are notable …

A natural dihydropyridazinone scaffold generated from a unique substrate for a hydrazine-forming enzyme

K Matsuda, K Arima, S Akiyama… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen–nitrogen bond-containing functional groups are rare, but they are found in a
considerably wide class of natural products. Recent clarifications of the biosynthetic routes …

Metabolic reprogramming of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by phage-based quorum sensing modulation

H Hendrix, M Zimmermann-Kogadeeva… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
The Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS) is a multifunctional quorum sensing molecule of
key importance to P. aeruginosa. Here, we report that the lytic Pseudomonas bacterial virus …

Biotechnology approaches for natural product discovery, engineering, and production based on Burkholderia bacteria

BI Adaikpoh, HN Fernandez, AS Eustáquio - Current opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Approaches used include RecET recombination, CRISPR–Cas9, and transposon
mutagenesis.•RecET-like recombinases and CRISPR–Cas systems were identified in …

Quorum sensing as antivirulence target in cystic fibrosis pathogens

VC Scoffone, G Trespidi, LR Chiarelli… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder which leads to the secretion
of a viscous mucus layer on the respiratory epithelium that facilitates colonization by various …