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Role and substrate specificity of the Streptomyces coelicolor RedH enzyme in undecylprodiginine biosynthesis
Haynes, Stuart W.,Sydor, Paulina K.,Stanley, Anna E.,Song, Lijiang,Challis, Gregory L.
, p. 1865 - 1867 (2008)
The function of RedH from Streptomyces coelicolor as an enzyme that catalyses the condensation of 4-methoxy-2,2′-bipyrrole-5-carboxaldehyde (MBC) and 2-undecylpyrrole to form the natural product undecylprodiginine has been experimentally proven, and the s
Mitochondrial Impairment by Cyanine-Based Small Molecules Induces Apoptosis in Cancer Cells
Patil, Sohan,Ghosh, Deepshikha,Radhakrishna, Mithun,Basu, Sudipta
supporting information, p. 23 - 28 (2019/12/24)
Mitochondrion, the powerhouse of the cells, has emerged as one of the unorthodox targets in anticancer therapy due to its involvement in several cellular functions. However, the development of small molecules for selective mitochondrial damage in cancer c
Antimalarial activity of natural and synthetic prodiginines
Papireddy, Kancharla,Smilkstein, Martin,Kelly, Jane Xu,Shweta,Salem, Shaimaa M.,Alhamadsheh, Mamoun,Haynes, Stuart W.,Challis, Gregory L.,Reynolds, Kevin A.
experimental part, p. 5296 - 5306 (2011/10/02)
Prodiginines are a family of linear and cyclic oligopyrrole red-pigmented compounds. Herein we describe the in vitro antimalarial activity of four natural (IC50 = 1.7-8.0 nM) and three sets of synthetic prodiginines against Plasmodium falciparum. Set 1 compounds replaced the terminal nonalkylated pyrrole ring of natural prodiginines and had diminished activity (IC 50 > 2920 nM). Set 2 and set 3 prodiginines were monosubstituted or disubstituted at either the 3 or 5 position of the right-hand terminal pyrrole, respectively. Potent in vitro activity (IC50 = 0.9-16.0 nM) was observed using alkyl or aryl substituents. Metacycloprodiginine and more potent synthetic analogues were evaluated in a P. yoelii murine patent infection using oral administration. Each analogue reduced parasitemia by more than 90% after 25 (mg/kg)/day dosing and in some cases provided a cure. The most favorable profile was 92% parasite reduction at 5 (mg/kg)/day, and 100% reduction at 25 (mg/kg)/day without any evident weight loses or clinical overt toxicity.
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of prodigiosin analogues - Exploring the substrate specificity of PigC
Chawrai, Suresh R.,Williamson, Neil R.,Salmond, George P. C.,Leeper, Finian J.
, p. 1862 - 1864 (2008/12/22)
Analogues of prodigiosin, a tripyrrolic pigment produced by Serratia species with potent immunosuppressive and anticancer activities, have been produced by feeding synthetic analogues of the normal precursor MBC to mutants of Serratia sp. ATCC 39006 or to engineered strains of Escherichia coli; in this way it has been shown that the prodigiosin synthesising enzyme, PigC, has a relaxed substrate-specificity. The Royal Society of Chemistry.
