Methyltransferases from RiPP pathways: shaping the landscape of natural product chemistry

• Maria-Paula Schröder,
• Isabel P.-M. Pfeiffer and
• Silja Mordhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1652–1670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.147

• regeneration systems have been widely applied to small molecules [28][29][30], as well as polyketide natural products [31], and RNA [32]. To the best of our knowledge, these systems have not yet been applied to peptide natural products. By providing a comprehensive overview of the various methylation options

Asymmetric synthesis of a stereopentade fragment toward latrunculins

• Benjamin Joyeux,
• Antoine Gamet,
• Nicolas Casaretto and
• Bastien Nay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 428–433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.32

• the natural products. Keywords: allylation; aldol reaction; latrunculins; stereocontrol; total synthesis; Introduction Latrunculins constitute a class of marine polyketide natural products isolated from Sponges like Negombata (= Latrunculia) magnifica [1][2]. They are characterized by the presence

Syntheses of spliceostatins and thailanstatins: a review

• William A. Donaldson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1991–2006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.166

• with their complex structure, a number of total syntheses have been reported. This review will compare the synthetic strategies reported through the end of 2019. Keywords: antiproliferative; polyketide natural products; tetrahydropyrans; total synthesis; Introduction The spliceostatins/thailanstatins

• (Figure 1) are a family of linear peptide/polyketide natural products isolated from the bacteria Burkholderia sp. FERM BP-3421 [1][2][3] (originally identified as Pseudomonas sp. No 2663) and Burkholderia sp. MSMB 43 [4][5]. These compounds are of interest due to their ability to bind to a subunit of the

Evidence for an iterative module in chain elongation on the azalomycin polyketide synthase

• Hui Hong,
• Yuhui Sun,
• Yongjun Zhou,
• Emily Stephens,
• Markiyan Samborskyy and
• Peter F. Leadlay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2164–2172, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.206

• , and Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People’s Republic of China 10.3762/bjoc.12.206 Abstract The assembly-line synthases that produce bacterial polyketide natural products follow a modular paradigm in which each round of chain extension is catalysed by a different set

• ; marginolactone; natural products; polyketide synthase; Introduction Bacterial modular Type I polyketide synthases (PKSs) are multienzymes that govern the biosynthesis of diverse complex polyketide natural products, including clinically useful antibiotics, immunosuppressants, and antitumor compounds. They follow

The direct oxidative diene cyclization and related reactions in natural product synthesis

• Juliane Adrian,
• Leona J. Gross and
• Christian B. W. Stark

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2104–2123, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.200

• of the present review is to assemble key results of these applications and illustrate scope and limitations. Review Oxidative cyclizations in the synthesis of carbohydrates, amino acids and polyketide natural products (+)-Anhydro-D-glucitol and (+)-D-chitaric acid (+)-Anhydro-D-glucitol (6) was

Biosynthesis of oxygen and nitrogen-containing heterocycles in polyketides

• Franziska Hemmerling and
• Frank Hahn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1512–1550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.148

• Bayreuth, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.12.148 Abstract This review highlights the biosynthesis of heterocycles in polyketide natural products with a focus on oxygen and nitrogen-containing heterocycles with ring sizes between 3 and 6 atoms. Heterocycles are abundant structural elements of natural products from

• ]. Polyketides Polyketide natural products are biosynthesised by polyketide synthases (PKSs) of the types I–III. Type I PKS are multimodular megaenzyme complexes that produce linear, reduced polyketides in an assembly line process that uses acyl carrier proteins (ACP), ketosynthase (KS) and acyl transferase (AT

Recent highlights in biosynthesis research using stable isotopes

• Jan Rinkel and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2493–2508, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.271

• in the structure elucidation of complex polyketide natural products will be discussed. Especially in combination with two-dimensional NMR spectroscopic techniques, several powerful tools are becoming more interesting to natural products research. Production of new compounds in a labeled medium and

4-Hydroxy-6-alkyl-2-pyrones as nucleophilic coupling partners in Mitsunobu reactions and oxa-Michael additions

• Michael J. Burns,
• Thomas O. Ronson,
• Richard J. K. Taylor and
• Ian J. S. Fairlamb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1159–1165, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.116

• of pyronyl ethers is useful in itself, the ability to introduce an unsaturated group onto the oxygen, leading to a pyronyl enol ether, would have additional value. This is a highly unusual motif found in some marine polyketide natural products (such as compound 1, Figure 1). Conjugate addition to α,β