D-Sedoheptulose 7-phosphate is a common precursor of heptaic acid (group III) and the heptasaccharide of hygromycin B (group IV). This compound can be converted to NDP-heptose via similar biosynthetic pathways present in these substances.
Diplopterol is biosynthetic of squalene for use in acetobacter pasteurii in a cell-free system. It is a hopanoid and can be used as a substitute for sterols.
Littorine is a tropane alkaloid found in a variety of plants including Datura and Atropa belladonna. It is closely related in chemical structure to atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine, which all share a common biosynthetic pathway.
β-Rubromycin is a bacterial metabolite originally isolated from Streptomyces that has diverse biological activities.1 It inhibits the growth of HMO2, KATO-III, and MCF-7 cells with GI50 values of 0.5, 0.84, and <0.1 μM, respectively. β-rubromycin inhibits HIV-1 reverse transcriptase activity by 39.7% when used at a concentration of 10 μM. It also has antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. The structure of β-rubromycin was originally described as containing an ortho-quinone group, but it was revised to a para-quinone group in 2000 using organic and biosynthetic methods, as well as spectroscopic analysis.1,2,3References1. Ueno, T., Takahashi, H., Oda, M., et al. Inhibition of human telomerase by rubromycins: Implication of spiroketal system of the compounds as an active moiety. Biochemistry 39(20), 5995-6002 (2000).2. Puder, C., Loya, S., Hizi, A., et al. Structural and biosynthetic investigations of the rubromycins. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2000(5), 729-735 (2000).3. Goldman, M.E., Salituro, G.S., Bowen, J.A., et al. Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus-1 reverse transcriptase activity by rubromycins: Competitive interaction at the template.primer site. Mol. Pharmacol. 38(1), 20-25 (1990). β-Rubromycin is a bacterial metabolite originally isolated from Streptomyces that has diverse biological activities.1 It inhibits the growth of HMO2, KATO-III, and MCF-7 cells with GI50 values of 0.5, 0.84, and <0.1 μM, respectively. β-rubromycin inhibits HIV-1 reverse transcriptase activity by 39.7% when used at a concentration of 10 μM. It also has antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. The structure of β-rubromycin was originally described as containing an ortho-quinone group, but it was revised to a para-quinone group in 2000 using organic and biosynthetic methods, as well as spectroscopic analysis.1,2,3 References1. Ueno, T., Takahashi, H., Oda, M., et al. Inhibition of human telomerase by rubromycins: Implication of spiroketal system of the compounds as an active moiety. Biochemistry 39(20), 5995-6002 (2000).2. Puder, C., Loya, S., Hizi, A., et al. Structural and biosynthetic investigations of the rubromycins. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2000(5), 729-735 (2000).3. Goldman, M.E., Salituro, G.S., Bowen, J.A., et al. Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus-1 reverse transcriptase activity by rubromycins: Competitive interaction at the template.primer site. Mol. Pharmacol. 38(1), 20-25 (1990).
Benastatin A is a polyketide synthase-derived benastatin that has been found inStreptomycesand has diverse biological activities.1,2,3It inhibits glutathione S-transferase (GST; Ki= 5 μM for the rat liver enzyme).2Benastatin A is active against several bacteria, including methicillin-resistantS. aureus(MRSA; MIC = 3.12 μg ml). It induces apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at the G1 G0phase in Colon 26 mouse colon cancer cells when used at concentrations of 20 and 16 μM, respectively.3 1.Xu, Z., Schenk, A., and Hertweck, C.Molecular analysis of the benastatin biosynthetic pathway and genetic engineering of altered fatty acid-polyketide hybridsJ. Am. Chem. Soc.129(18)6022-6030(2007) 2.Aoyagi, T., Aoyama, T., Kojima, F., et al.Benastatins A and B, new inhibitors of glutathione S-transferase, produced by Streptomyces sp. MI384-DF12. I. Taxonomy, production, isolation, physico-chemical properties and biological activitiesJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)45(9)1385-1390(1992) 3.Kakizaki, I., Ookawa, K., Ishikawa, T., et al.Induction of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in mouse colon 26 cells by benastatin AJpn. J. Cancer Res.91(11)1161-1168(2000)
Benastatin C is a polyketide synthase-derived benastatin that has been found inStreptomycesand has diverse biological activities.1,2It inhibits glutathione S-transferase (GST; IC50= 24 μg ml for the rat liver enzyme).2Benastatin C also inhibits the esterase activity of isolated porcine pancreatic lipase (IC50= 10 μg ml). It increases LPS- or concanavalin A-induced blastogenesis of isolated mouse spleen lymphocytes in a concentration-dependent manner. 1.Xu, Z., Schenk, A., and Hertweck, C.Molecular analysis of the benastatin biosynthetic pathway and genetic engineering of altered fatty acid-polyketide hybridsJ. Am. Chem. Soc.129(18)6022-6030(2007) 2.Aoyama, T., Kojima, F., Yamazaki, T., et al.Benastatins C and D, new inhibitors of glutathione S-transferase, produced by Streptomyces sp. MI384-DF12. Production, isolation, structure determination and biological activitiesJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)46(5)712-718(1993)
Guanosine 5’-diphosphate (GDP) is a purine nucleotide and biosynthetic precursor of guanosine 5’-triphosphate .1It has been used to study the conformations of GTPases.2GDP (100 μM) activates sulfonylurea receptor 2B (SUR2B) linked to the inward-rectifier potassium channel 6.1 (Kir6.1) in HEK293T cells in a patch-clamp assay.3 1.Berg, J.M., Tymoczko, J.L., and Stryer, L.Biochemistry(2002) 2.Vetter, I.R., and Wittinghofer, A.The guanine nucleotide-binding switch in three dimensionsScience294(5545)1299-1304(2001) 3.Yamada, M., Isomoto, S., Matsumoto, S., et al.Sulphonylurea receptor 2B and Kir6.1 form a sulphonylurea-sensitive but ATP-insensitive K+ channelJ. Physiol.499(Pt 3)715-720(1997)
LTB3 is the LTA hydrolase metabolite of LTA3 in the leukotriene biosynthetic pathway. LTB3 and LTB4 are equipotent in their pro-inflammatory effects. However, LTB3 is five times less potent than LTB4 in eliciting chemotaxis of human neutrophils.
Riboflavin 5'-monophosphate (FMN) is a coenzyme that is tightly bound to enzymes catalyzing oxidation and reduction reactions in a variety of biosynthetic pathways. FMN also binds the FMN riboswitch (RFN element) on RNA to alter gene regulation. FMN is a substrate of FMN phosphohydrolases and is used to study their function.