The N‐end rule pathway and regulation by proteolysis

A Varshavsky - Protein science, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The N‐end rule relates the regulation of the in vivo half‐life of a protein to the identity of its N‐
terminal residue. Degradation signals (degrons) that are targeted by the N‐end rule pathway …

Recent developments in amide synthesis using nonactivated starting materials

A Ojeda-Porras, D Gamba-Sánchez - The Journal of organic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Amides are unquestionably one of the most important functional groups in organic chemistry
because of their presence in numerous interesting molecules such as peptides …

The N-end rule pathway

T Tasaki, SM Sriram, KS Park… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The N-end rule pathway is a proteolytic system in which N-terminal residues of short-lived
proteins are recognized by recognition components (N-recognins) as essential components …

Structural perspective of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and assembly

AL Lovering, SS Safadi… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The peptidoglycan biosynthetic pathway is a critical process in the bacterial cell and is
exploited as a target for the design of antibiotics. This pathway culminates in the production …

Adapting the machine: adaptor proteins for Hsp100/Clp and AAA+ proteases

J Kirstein, N Molière, DA Dougan… - Nature Reviews …, 2009 - nature.com
Members of the AAA+ protein superfamily contribute to many diverse aspects of protein
homeostasis in prokaryotic cells. As a fundamental component of numerous proteolytic …

The N-end rule pathway: emerging functions and molecular principles of substrate recognition

SM Sriram, BY Kim, YT Kwon - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
The N-end rule defines the protein-destabilizing activity of a given amino-terminal residue
and its post-translational modification. Since its discovery 25 years ago, the pathway …

Cyclodipeptide synthases are a family of tRNA-dependent peptide bond–forming enzymes

M Gondry, L Sauguet, P Belin, R Thai… - Nature chemical …, 2009 - nature.com
Cyclodipeptides and their derivatives belong to the diketopiperazine (DKP) family, which is
comprised of a broad array of natural products that exhibit useful biological properties. In the …

The nonribosomal synthesis of diketopiperazines in tRNA-dependent cyclodipeptide synthase pathways

P Belin, M Moutiez, S Lautru, J Seguin… - Natural product …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2012 We review here work on the biosynthesis of diketopiperazines (DKPs),
a large class of natural products with noteworthy biological activities, focusing on the …

Sodium methoxide: a simple but highly efficient catalyst for the direct amidation of esters

T Ohshima, Y Hayashi, K Agura, Y Fujii… - Chemical …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Sodium methoxide : a simple but highly efficient catalyst for the direct amidation of esters -
Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C2CC32153J Royal Society of …

A paralog of lysyl-tRNA synthetase aminoacylates a conserved lysine residue in translation elongation factor P

T Yanagisawa, T Sumida, R Ishii, C Takemoto… - Nature structural & …, 2010 - nature.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS) paralogs with unknown functions exist in various
species. We now report novel'protein lysylation'by an Escherichia coli lysyl-tRNA synthetase …