Marine natural products

JW Blunt, BR Copp, RA Keyzers, MHG Munro… - Natural Product …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2013. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2014, 31, 160–258 This review covers the
literature published in 2013 for marine natural products (MNPs), with 982 citations (644 for …

Biomaterials and bioactive natural products from marine invertebrates: From basic research to innovative applications

G Romano, M Almeida, A Varela Coelho, A Cutignano… - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aquatic invertebrates are a major source of biomaterials and bioactive natural products that
can find applications as pharmaceutics, nutraceutics, cosmetics, antibiotics, antifouling …

Marine pharmacology in 2012–2013: Marine compounds with antibacterial, antidiabetic, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antiprotozoal, antituberculosis, and antiviral …

AMS Mayer, AD Rodríguez, O Taglialatela-Scafati… - Marine drugs, 2017 - mdpi.com
The peer-reviewed marine pharmacology literature from 2012 to 2013 was systematically
reviewed, consistent with the 1998–2011 reviews of this series. Marine pharmacology …

Toxin structures as evolutionary tools: Using conserved 3D folds to study the evolution of rapidly evolving peptides

EAB Undheim, M Mobli, GF King - BioEssays, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional (3D) structures have been used to explore the evolution of proteins for
decades, yet they have rarely been utilized to study the molecular evolution of peptides …

A phage-displayed disulfide constrained peptide discovery platform yields novel human plasma protein binders

X Gao, H Kaluarachchi, Y Zhang, S Hwang… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Disulfide constrained peptides (DCPs) show great potential as templates for drug discovery.
They are characterized by conserved cysteine residues that form intramolecular disulfide …

Quantum-mechanical structure optimization of protein crystals and analysis of interactions in periodic systems

T Nakamura, T Yokaichiya… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A fast quantum-mechanical approach, density-functional tight-binding combined with the
fragment molecular orbital method and periodic boundary conditions, is used to optimize …

Gombamide A, a Cyclic Thiopeptide from the Sponge Clathria gombawuiensis

JK Woo, J Jeon, CK Kim, CJ Sim, DC Oh… - Journal of natural …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A new peptide, gombamide A (1), was isolated from the marine sponge Clathria
gombawuiensis, collected from Korean waters. On the basis of the results of combined …

Discovery and Folding Dynamics of a Fused Bicyclic Cysteine Knot Undecapeptide from the Marine Sponge Halichondria bowerbanki

W Zhong, JO Olugbami, P Rathakrishnan… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We describe the discovery and structure of an undecapeptide natural product from a marine
sponge, termed halichondamide A, that is morphed into a fused bicyclic ring topology via …

Recifin A, initial example of the tyr-lock peptide structural family, is a selective allosteric inhibitor of tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase I

LRH Krumpe, BAP Wilson, C Marchand… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1) is a molecular target for the sensitization of
cancer cells to the FDA-approved topoisomerase inhibitors topotecan and irinotecan. High …

Cyclic Cystine-Bridged Peptides from the Marine Sponge Clathria basilana Induce Apoptosis in Tumor Cells and Depolarize the Bacterial Cytoplasmic Membrane

A Mokhlesi, F Stuhldreier, KW Wex… - Journal of natural …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Investigation of the sponge Clathria basilana collected in Indonesia afforded five new
peptides, including microcionamides C (1) and D (2), gombamides B (4), C (5), and D (6) …