Journal Name:Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry
Journal ISSN:1068-1620
IF:1.254
Journal Website:http://link.springer.com/journal/11171
Year of Origin:1993
Publisher:Pleiades Publishing
Number of Articles Per Year:105
Publishing Cycle:Bimonthly
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A unified mechanistic view of oxidative reactions catalysed by P-450 and related Fe-containing enzymes
Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry ( IF 1.254 ) Pub Date: , DOI: 10.1039/NP9910800527
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A roadmap for metagenomic enzyme discovery
Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry ( IF 1.254 ) Pub Date: 2021-04-12 , DOI: 10.1039/D1NP00006C
Covering: up to 2021 Metagenomics has yielded massive amounts of sequencing data offering a glimpse into the biosynthetic potential of the uncultivated microbial majority. While genome-resolved information about microbial communities from nearly every environment on earth is now available, the ability to accurately predict biocatalytic functions directly from sequencing data remains challenging. Compared to primary metabolic pathways, enzymes involved in secondary metabolism often catalyze specialized reactions with diverse substrates, making these pathways rich resources for the discovery of new enzymology. To date, functional insights gained from studies on environmental DNA (eDNA) have largely relied on PCR- or activity-based screening of eDNA fragments cloned in fosmid or cosmid libraries. As an alternative, shotgun metagenomics holds underexplored potential for the discovery of new enzymes directly from eDNA by avoiding common biases introduced through PCR- or activity-guided functional metagenomics workflows. However, inferring new enzyme functions directly from eDNA is similar to searching for a ‘needle in a haystack’ without direct links between genotype and phenotype. The goal of this review is to provide a roadmap to navigate shotgun metagenomic sequencing data and identify new candidate biosynthetic enzymes. We cover both computational and experimental strategies to mine metagenomes and explore protein sequence space with a spotlight on natural product biosynthesis. Specifically, we compare in silico methods for enzyme discovery including phylogenetics, sequence similarity networks, genomic context, 3D structure-based approaches, and machine learning techniques. We also discuss various experimental strategies to test computational predictions including heterologous expression and screening. Finally, we provide an outlook for future directions in the field with an emphasis on meta-omics, single-cell genomics, cell-free expression systems, and sequence-independent methods.
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A structural model for multimodular NRPS assembly lines
Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry ( IF 1.254 ) Pub Date: 2015-10-02 , DOI: 10.1039/C5NP00082C
This viewpoint article focuses on the structures of the dissected catalytic domains of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) associated with substrate selection and activation (A domain), substrate shuttling among the active sites (PCP domain), peptide bond formation (C domain) and product release (TE domain). Structural details of these essential components of the NRPS machinery, integrated in a didomain (PCP-C) and an elongation module (C-A-PCP), were used to generate a model for a multimodular NRPS assembly line.
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Advances in identification and validation of protein targets of natural products without chemical modification
Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry ( IF 1.254 ) Pub Date: 2016-03-11 , DOI: 10.1039/C5NP00107B
Covering: up to February 2016 Identification of the target proteins of natural products is pivotal to understanding the mechanisms of action to develop natural products for use as molecular probes and potential therapeutic drugs. Affinity chromatography of immobilized natural products has been conventionally used to identify target proteins, and has yielded good results. However, this method has limitations, in that labeling or tagging for immobilization and affinity purification often result in reduced or altered activity of the natural product. New strategies have recently been developed and applied to identify the target proteins of natural products and synthetic small molecules without chemical modification of the natural product. These direct and indirect methods for target identification of label-free natural products include drug affinity responsive target stability (DARTS), stability of proteins from rates of oxidation (SPROX), cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA), thermal proteome profiling (TPP), and bioinformatics-based analysis of connectivity. This review focuses on and reports case studies of the latest advances in target protein identification methods for label-free natural products. The integration of newly developed technologies will provide new insights and highlight the value of natural products for use as biological probes and new drug candidates.
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Amaryllidaceae and Sceletium alkaloids
Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry ( IF 1.254 ) Pub Date: 2019-02-01 , DOI: 10.1039/C8NP00055G
Covering: July 2015 to June 2017. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep. , 2016, 33 , 1318–1343 Recent progress on the isolation, identification, biological activity and synthetic studies of the structurally diverse alkaloids from plants of family Amaryllidaceae has been summarized in this review. In addition, the structurally related alkaloids isolated from Sceletium species are discussed.
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Amaryllidaceae and Sceletium alkaloids
Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry ( IF 1.254 ) Pub Date: , DOI: 10.1039/A815107Y
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Alternative metabolic pathways and strategies to high-titre terpenoid production in Escherichia coli?
Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry ( IF 1.254 ) Pub Date: 2021-07-07 , DOI: 10.1039/D1NP00025J
Covering: up to 2021 Terpenoids are a diverse group of chemicals used in a wide range of industries. Microbial terpenoid production has the potential to displace traditional manufacturing of these compounds with renewable processes, but further titre improvements are needed to reach cost competitiveness. This review discusses strategies to increase terpenoid titres in Escherichia coli with a focus on alternative metabolic pathways. Alternative pathways can lead to improved titres by providing higher orthogonality to native metabolism that redirects carbon flux, by avoiding toxic intermediates, by bypassing highly-regulated or bottleneck steps, or by being shorter and thus more efficient and easier to manipulate. The canonical 2- C -methyl- D -erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) and mevalonate (MVA) pathways are engineered to increase titres, sometimes using homologs from different species to address bottlenecks. Further, alternative terpenoid pathways, including additional entry points into the MEP and MVA pathways, archaeal MVA pathways, and new artificial pathways provide new tools to increase titres. Prenyl diphosphate synthases elongate terpenoid chains, and alternative homologs create orthogonal pathways and increase product diversity. Alternative sources of terpenoid synthases and modifying enzymes can also be better suited for E. coli expression. Mining the growing number of bacterial genomes for new bacterial terpenoid synthases and modifying enzymes identifies enzymes that outperform eukaryotic ones and expand microbial terpenoid production diversity. Terpenoid removal from cells is also crucial in production, and so terpenoid recovery and approaches to handle end-product toxicity increase titres. Combined, these strategies are contributing to current efforts to increase microbial terpenoid production towards commercial feasibility.
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Amaryllidaceae and Sceletiumalkaloids
Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry ( IF 1.254 ) Pub Date: 2007-05-21 , DOI: 10.1039/B502163B
Covering: July 2004 to June 2006. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep. , 2005, 22 , 111–126 A great number of natural products, especially alkaloids, which exhibit a range of biological activities including acetylcholinesterase inhibition and antineoplastic, cardiovascular and immunostimulatory activities, have been isolated from the plants of the Amaryllidaceae family. This review summarizes isolation, biological activity, and synthetic studies of these alkaloids. The primary biosynthetic pathways of each type of alkaloids are also proposed.
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Advances in Aspergillussecondary metabolite research in the post-genomic era
Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry ( IF 1.254 ) Pub Date: 2012-01-06 , DOI: 10.1039/C2NP00084A
Covering: 2005 to 2011 This review studies the impact of whole genome sequencing on Aspergillus secondary metabolite research. There has been a proliferation of many new, intriguing discoveries since sequencing data became widely available. What is more, the genomes disclosed the surprising finding that there are many more secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways than laboratory research had suggested. Activating these pathways has been met with some success, but many more dormant genes remain to be awakened.
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Amaryllidaceae and Sceletium alkaloids
Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry ( IF 1.254 ) Pub Date: , DOI: 10.1039/NP9941100329
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