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From a Natural Product to Its Biosynthetic Gene Cluster: A Demonstration Using Polyketomycin from Streptomyces diastatochromogenes Tü6028
Published on: January 13, 2017
Stereocontrolled total synthesis of natural products with characteristic molecular structures and biological
1Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokushima, 1–78–1 Sho-machi, Tokushima 770–8505, Japan. shishido@ph.tokushima-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
Total synthetic studies on natural products with promising biological profiles, coupled with their intriguing structural features, are described. The target molecules dealt with in this article are five helianane-type sesquiterpenes (heliannuols A, D and K and heliespirones A and C) and three meroterpenes (breviones A, B and C) with allelopathic activity, as well as four cytotoxic polyketides (lasonolide A and aspergillides A, B and C) and two pyrrolidinoindoline alkaloids (physostigmine and psychotrimine) with acetylcholine esterase inhibitory and antibacterial activities.
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