Morphobase,an Encyclopedic Cell Morphology Database,and Its Use for Drug Target Identification

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Highlights? Development of an encyclopedia of cell morphology, Morphobase ? Small molecules classified by mode of action with Morphobase ? Morphobase system rapidly predicts molecular targets of compounds ? NPD6689 targets tubulin and is a lead for a class of antitubulin drugs     

A Synthetic Substrate of DNA Polymerase Deviating from the Bases,Sugar, and Leaving Group of Canonical Deoxynucleoside Triphosphates

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Highlights? A highly modified nucleotide as substrate for polymerases ? The reversibility of the polymerase reaction at the template level ? Synthesis of a nucleoside with two anomeric centers     

Interplay between the Ribosomal Tunnel,Nascent Chain,and Macrolides Influences Drug Inhibition

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Highlights? Macrolides exhibit nascent polypeptide chain–dependent inhibition ? Peptides can form specific interactions with the ribosomal tunnel ? A covalent bond between tylosin and the ribosome is necessary for inhibitory activity     

Picoliter cell lysate assays in microfluidic droplet compartments for directed enzyme evolution

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Highlights? Microfluidic droplet compartments miniaturize cell lysate screening assays ? Picoliter single-cell lysate assays comparable in sensitivity to macroscale ? Directed evolution results in improved clones validating this experimental set-up ? Precision of droplet sorting enables enrichment of clones with slight improvements     

Prohibitin Ligands in Cell Death and Survival: Mode of Action and Therapeutic Potential

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Highlights? Prohibitins regulate cell survival, metabolism, and inflammation ? Prohibitins act as a hub for many signaling pathways ? Prohibitin ligands are examined in cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and obesity     

Terpendole E,a Kinesin Eg5 Inhibitor,Is a Key Biosynthetic Intermediate of Indole-Diterpenes in the Producing Fungus Chaunopycnis alba

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Highlights? The terpendole biosynthetic gene cluster was isolated ? Terpendole E is a key biosynthetic intermediate of indole-diterpenes ? Terpendole E was overproduced by gene knockout of the bispecific enzyme TerP ? Indole-diterpene biosynthetic pathways can be classified into two groups     

BTZO-1, a cardioprotective agent, reveals that macrophage migration inhibitory factor regulates ARE-mediated gene expression

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Highlights? ARE activation is involved in cellular protection against oxidative stress ? MIF is a ubiquitous protein with conserved nucleophilic Pro1 in a hydrophobic pocket ? BTZO-1 selectively binds to MIF, and its binding required the intact N-terminal Pro1 ? Binding of BTZO-1 to MIF leads to the ARE activation in cardiomyocytes.     

Discovery of Oxysterol-Derived Pharmacological Chaperones for NPC1: Implication for the Existence of Second Sterol-Binding Site

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Highlights? Niemann-Pick disease type C is caused by folding defect in NPC1 protein ? Oxysterols and chemically optimized derivatives act as pharmacological chaperones ? Defects in localization, stability, maturation, and function were corrected in cell ? These derivatives bind to second sterol-binding site on NPC1 protein     

Cloning,Heterologous Expression,and Characterization of the Gene Cluster Required for Gougerotin Biosynthesis

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Highlights? The complete gougerotin biosynthetic gene cluster is cloned ? Heterologous production of gougerotin is accomplished in S. coelicolor M1146 ? Biosynthetic pathway is proposed based on bioinformatics, genetic, and chemical analyses ? Preliminary data support an uncommon enzymatic reaction for peptide bond formation     

Synthetically accessible non-secosteroidal hybrid molecules combining vitamin d receptor agonism and histone deacetylase inhibition

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Highlights? Synthetically accessible hybrids of 1,25D and HDACi are created ? Hybrids with hydroxamic acids in the A-ring binding pocket are active as VDR agonists ? Hybrids are potent inhibitors of 1,25D-sensitive and 1,25D-resistant cancer cell growth     

Specific Small Molecule Inhibitors of Skp2-Mediated p27 Degradation

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Highlights? In silico screening against a pocket formed by the Skp2-Cks1 protein interface ? Structure-based discovery of Skp2 ligase inhibitors that block p27 ubiquitylation ? Inhibition of Skp2 ligase activity stabilizes p27 protein in melanoma cells ? Inhibitor induction of p27 results in cell cycle arrest in various cancer cells     

A Chemical Biology Strategy to Analyze Rheostat-like Protein Kinase-Dependent Regulation

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Highlights? A genetics-based chemical screen leads to a fission yeast Aurora kinase inhibitor ? Inhibitor resistance conferring point mutation in the kinase gene is characterized ? Dose-dependent phenotypes in drug-resistant and sensitive cells are compared ? Key cell division processes depend of different levels of Aurora kinase activity     

Firefly luciferase in chemical biology: a compendium of inhibitors, mechanistic evaluation of chemotypes, and suggested use as a reporter

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Highlights? A representative small molecule library contains 12% firefly luciferase inhibitors ? Competitive, noncompetitive, uncompetitive, and MAI inhibitors were identified ? For FLuc-RGAs 65% of FLuc inhibitors with known MOIs increased the luminescence signal ? Methods to identify FLuc inhibitors that interfere with assay results are described     

Fluorogenic Probe for Constitutive Cellular Endocytosis

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Highlights? A lipid-based probe, lipid 1, for continuous monitoring of endocytosis in live cells is reported ? Lipid 1 was shown to report only on new endocytic events ? Lipid 1 reports on the rate of endocytosis ? Cancerous and noncancerous cell lines from the same patient have different endocytosis rates     

An Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay Identifies a Mechanistically Unique Inhibitor of Protein Sumoylation

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Highlights? Capillary electrophoresis assay using a mobility shift as a readout to study sumoylation ? Assay identified a 2-D08 (2′,3′,4′-trihydroxyflavone) as a potent sumoylation inhibitor ? 2-D08 acts by inhibiting the transfer of SUMO-1 from the E2 thioester to the SUMO substrate ? 2-D08 inhibits sumoylation of topo-I in two different breast cancer cell lines     

Identification of exosite-targeting inhibitors of anthrax lethal factor by high-throughput screening

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Highlights? Development of an assay for LF protease using a full-length protein substrate ? Lichen depsidones identified as exosite-targeting LF inhibitors ? Exosite inhibitors protect macrophages from LF cytotoxicity     

Reconstitution of Nucleosome Demethylation and Catalytic Properties of a Jumonji Histone Demethylase

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Highlights? Catalytic domain of JMJD2A (cJMJD2A) removes methyl marks in a distributive manner ? Homogeneously methylated nucleosomes were used as substrates ? Quantitative assay for nucleosome demethylation has been developed     

Development of Antibiotic Activity Profile Screening for the Classification and Discovery of Natural Product Antibiotics

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Highlights? Antibiotics can be classified by structural class based on biological fingerprints ? BioMAP predicts the presence of known compounds in natural product extracts ? BioMAP reveals compounds with unique antibacterial properties ? A naphthoquinone antibiotic with a unique carbon skeleton has been discovered