Targeting cancer vulnerabilities with high-dose vitamin C

B Ngo, JM Van Riper, LC Cantley, J Yun - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Over the past century, the notion that vitamin C can be used to treat cancer has generated
much controversy. However, new knowledge regarding the pharmacokinetic properties of …

Phosphonate biochemistry

GP Horsman, DL Zechel - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Organophosphonic acids are unique as natural products in terms of stability and mimicry.
The C–P bond that defines these compounds resists hydrolytic cleavage, while the …

A computational framework to explore large-scale biosynthetic diversity

JC Navarro-Muñoz, N Selem-Mojica… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Genome mining has become a key technology to exploit natural product diversity. Although
initially performed on a single-genome basis, the process is now being scaled up to mine …

Inhibition of α-KG-dependent histone and DNA demethylases by fumarate and succinate that are accumulated in mutations of FH and SDH tumor suppressors

M **ao, H Yang, W Xu, S Ma, H Lin, H Zhu… - Genes & …, 2012 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Two Krebs cycle genes, fumarate hydratase (FH) and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), are
mutated in a subset of human cancers, leading to accumulation of their substrates, fumarate …

The Obesity-Associated FTO Gene Encodes a 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Nucleic Acid Demethylase

T Gerken, CA Girard, YCL Tung, CJ Webby, V Saudek… - Science, 2007 - science.org
Variants in the FTO (fat mass and obesity associated) gene are associated with increased
body mass index in humans. Here, we show by bioinformatics analysis that FTO shares …

Selective chemical labeling reveals the genome-wide distribution of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine

CX Song, KE Szulwach, Y Fu, Q Dai, C Yi, X Li… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Abstract In contrast to 5-methylcytosine (5-mC), which has been studied extensively,,, little is
known about 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC), a recently identified epigenetic modification …

Lysine succinylation is a frequently occurring modification in prokaryotes and eukaryotes and extensively overlaps with acetylation

BT Weinert, C Schölz, SA Wagner, V Iesmantavicius… - Cell reports, 2013 - cell.com
Recent studies have shown that lysines can be posttranslationally modified by various types
of acylations. However, except for acetylation, very little is known about their scope and …

What a difference a hydroxyl makes: mutant IDH,(R)-2-hydroxyglutarate, and cancer

JA Losman, WG Kaelin - Genes & development, 2013 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Mutations in metabolic enzymes, including isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) and IDH2, in
cancer strongly implicate altered metabolism in tumorigenesis. IDH1 and IDH2 catalyze the …

Non-heme Fe (IV)–oxo intermediates

C Krebs, D Galonic Fujimori, CT Walsh… - Accounts of chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
High-valent non-heme iron–oxo intermediates have been proposed for decades as the key
intermediates in numerous biological oxidation reactions. In the past three years, the first …

Quantum chemical studies of mechanisms for metalloenzymes

MRA Blomberg, T Borowski, F Himo, RZ Liao… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Two decades ago, theoretical model calculations played a truly minor role in understanding
mechanisms of redox-active metalloenzymes. The methods available to treat transition …