Marine natural products

JW Blunt, BR Copp, RA Keyzers, MHG Munro… - Natural product …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2015. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2016, 33, 382–431 This review covers the
literature published in 2015 for marine natural products (MNPs), with 1220 citations (792 for …

New insights for biosensing: Lessons from microbial defense systems

Y Wan, C Zong, X Li, A Wang, Y Li, T Yang… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microorganisms have gained defense systems during the lengthy process of evolution over
millions of years. Such defense systems can protect them from being attacked by invading …

[PDF][PDF] Natural product reports

JW Blunt, BR Copp, RA Keyzers, MH Munroa… - Nat Prod Rep, 2016 - academia.edu
This review covers the literature published in 2015 for marine natural products (MNPs), with
1220 citations (792 for the period January to December 2015) referring to compounds …

Bacterial pore-forming toxins

FR Ulhuq, G Mariano - Microbiology, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) are widely distributed in both Gram-negative and Gram-positive
bacteria. PFTs can act as virulence factors that bacteria utilise in dissemination and host …

Sea anemone toxins: A structural overview

B Madio, GF King, EAB Undheim - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sea anemones produce venoms of exceptional molecular diversity, with at least 17 different
molecular scaffolds reported to date. These venom components have traditionally been …

[HTML][HTML] Pore formation by actinoporins, cytolysins from sea anemones

N Rojko, M Dalla Serra, P Maček, G Anderluh - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2016 - Elsevier
Actinoporins (APs) from sea anemones are~ 20 kDa pore forming toxins with a β-sandwich
structure flanked by two α-helices. The molecular mechanism of APs pore formation is …

[HTML][HTML] Assembling the puzzle: Oligomerization of α-pore forming proteins in membranes

K Cosentino, U Ros, AJ Garcia-Saez - Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pore forming proteins (PFPs) share the ability of creating pores that allow the passage of
ions, proteins or other constituents through a wide variety of target membranes, ranging from …

More than a pore: the interplay of pore-forming proteins and lipid membranes

U Ros, AJ García-Sáez - The Journal of membrane biology, 2015 - Springer
Pore-forming proteins (PFPs) punch holes in their target cell membrane to alter their
permeability. Permeabilization of lipid membranes by PFPs has received special attention to …

Single event visualization of unconventional secretion of FGF2

E Dimou, K Cosentino, E Platonova, U Ros… - Journal of Cell …, 2019 - rupress.org
FGF2 is exported from cells by an unconventional secretory mechanism. Here, we directly
visualized individual FGF2 membrane translocation events at the plasma membrane using …

[HTML][HTML] Damage of eukaryotic cells by the pore-forming toxin sticholysin II: Consequences of the potassium efflux

S Cabezas, S Ho, U Ros, ME Lanio, C Alvarez… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2017 - Elsevier
Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) form holes in membranes causing one of the most catastrophic
damages to a target cell. Target organisms have evolved a regulated response against PFTs …