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Guan Zhang, Kai Yang, Shihui Wang, Qiang Feng, Qiuling Song
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Chemistry, Organic
Dexiu Yan, Yudai Matsuda
Summary: Heterologous expression in the fungus Aspergillus funiculosus CBS 116.56 led to the discovery of four new meroterpenoids, funiculolides A-D, with funiculolide D featuring an unusual spirocyclopentanone moiety synthesized by the iron and alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase FncG.
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Philipp Lapuhs, Eilien Heinrich, Ronald Garcia, Adriely Goes, Nicolas Frank, Lukas Bollenbach, Veronika Stibane, Thomas Kuhn, Marcus Koch, Alexandra K. Kiemer, Rolf Mueller, Kathrin Fuhrmann, Gregor Fuhrmann
Summary: Outer membrane vesicles shed from Gram-negative bacteria play important roles in resistance gene transfer, bacterial virulence, and host cell modulation. This study reports the discovery of autofluorescent vesicles derived from non-pathogenic soil-living myxobacteria, which also exhibit light-regulated antibiotic activity. These findings provide insights into the environmental impact on bacteria-derived vesicles and have implications for future therapeutic design.
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Yen T. H. Lam, Jana Hoppe, Quang N. Dang, Andrea Porzel, Alena Soboleva, Wolfgang Brandt, Robert Rennert, Hidayat Hussain, Mehdi D. Davari, Ludger Wessjohann, Norbert Arnold
Summary: Three new azepino-indole alkaloids, named purpurascenines A-C (1-3), along with a new-to-nature 7-hydroxytryptophan (4) and two known compounds, adenosine (5) and riboflavin (6), were isolated from the fruiting bodies of Cortinarius purpurascens. The structures of 1-3 were determined using spectroscopic analysis and ECD calculations. The biosynthesis of purpurascenine A (1) was investigated, and a biosynthetic route involving a direct Pictet-Spengler reaction between alpha-keto acids and 7-hydroxytryptophan (4) was proposed. Compound 1 showed no antiproliferative or cytotoxic effects against human cancer cells and exhibited some antagonistic effects on the 5-HT-dependent 5-HT2A activation and putative constitutive activity of the 5-HT2A receptor.
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JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS
(2022)
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Mingtao Zhao, Ziqing Qin, Abdullah Abdullah, Yi Xiao
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Hui-Qing Yu, Gang Li, Hong-Xiang Lou
Summary: Polycyclic xanthones, as a group of highly oxygenated aromatic polyketides, have complex structures and significant bioactivities, making them a subject of great interest.
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Tongtong Zhang, Yaoping Hu, Liyuan Huai, Zhijin Gao, Jian Zhang
Summary: DPhSO is reported as an active and environmentally friendly solvent for synthesizing HMF from fructose, with nearly 100% conversion efficiency. The reaction mechanism of DPhSO-catalyzed HMF formation was analyzed through various experiments and theoretical calculations.
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Chemistry, Organic
Min Cheol Kim, Jaclyn M. Winter, Ratnakar N. Asolkar, Chollaratt Boonlarppradab, Reiko Cullum, William Fenical
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(2021)
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Hang Li, Paul M. Mirzayans, Mark S. Butler, Alastair E. Lacey, Daniel Vuong, Rachel Chen, John A. Kalaitzis, Stephen A. Moggach, Ernest Lacey, Andrew M. Piggott, Yit-Heng Chooi
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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
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Lu Zhou, Anne de Jong, Yunhai Yi, Oscar P. Kuipers
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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
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Ya-jing Wang, Nan Ma, Chun-yue Liu, Yi-xuan Feng, Feng-xiang Zhang, Chang Li, Yue-hu Pei
Summary: Two new xanthones and two new anthraquinones were isolated from the solid cultures of Penicillium sp. DWS10-P-6, along with twelve known compounds. Compounds 4 and 5 exhibited significant cytotoxic activity against HL-60 cells.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Tao Zhou, Yuichiro Hirayama, Yuta Tsunematsu, Nanami Suzuki, Seiji Tanaka, Nahoko Uchiyama, Yukihiro Goda, Yuko Yoshikawa, Yuji Iwashita, Michio Sato, Noriyuki Miyoshi, Michihiro Mutoh, Hideki Ishikawa, Haruhiko Sugimura, Keiji Wakabayashi, Kenji Watanabe
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
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Yin Chen, Jinqiu Ren, Ruimin Yang, Jie Li, Sheng-Xiong Huang, Yijun Yan
Summary: Two novel diarylcyclopentenones and one new p-terphenyl were isolated from a rhizosphere soil-derived Streptomyces sp. The structures of the new compounds were determined using spectroscopic analyses and X-ray diffractions, and their biosynthetic pathway was proposed.
BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)