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2008

Van Lanen, S. G.; Lin, S.; Shen, B. (2008) The biosynthesis of the antitumor antibiotic C-1027 involves a new branching point in chorismate metabolism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105:494-499. (Featured in C & E News, January 14, 2008, p36)

Van Lanen, S. G.; Shen, B. (2008) Advances in polyketide synthase structure and mechanism. Curr. Opinion Drug Discov. Develop. 11:186-195.

 Zhang, J.; Van Lanen, S. G.; Ju, J.; Liu, W.; Dorrestein, P. C.; Li, W.; Kelleher, N. L.; Shen, B. (2008) A phosphopantetheinylating polyketide synthase producing a linear polyene to initiate enediyne antitumor antibiotic biosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105:1460-1465.

 Chen, Y.; Luo, Y.; Ju.; Wendt-Pienkowski, E.; Rajski, S. R.; Shen, B. (2008) Identification of fredericamycin E from Streptomyces griseus: insights into fredericamycin A biosynthesis highlighting carbaspirocycle formation.  J. Nat. Prod. 71:431-437.

 Song, D.; Coughlin, J.; Ju, J.; Zhou, X.; Shen, B.; Zhao, C.; Deng, Z. (2008) Alternative method for site-directed mutagenesis of complex polyketide synthase in Streptomyces albus JA3453. Acta Biochim. Biophys. Sinica 40:319-326.

 Montavon, T. J.; Christianson, C. V.; Festin, G. M.; Shen, B.; Bruner, S. D. (2008) Design and characterization of mechanism-based inhibitors for the tyrosine aminomutase SgTAM. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 18:3099-3102.

 Lin, S.; Van Lanen, S. G.; Shen, B. (2008) Characterization of the two-component, FAD-dependent monooxygenase SgcC that requires carrier protein-tethered substrates for the biosynthesis of the enediyne antitumor antibiotic C-1027.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130:6616-6623.

 Jiang, H.; Zirkle, R.; Metz, J. G.; Braun, L.; Richter, L.; Van Lanen, S. G.; Shen, B. (2008) The role of tandem acyl carrier protein domains in polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130:6336-6337.  (Featured in Nat. Chem. Biol. 2008, 4:340)

 Luo, Y.; Lin, S.; Zhang, J.; Cooke, H. A.; Bruner, S. D.; Shen, B. (2008)  Regiospecific O-methylation of naphthoic acids catalyzed by NcsB1, an O-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the enediyne antitumor antibiotic neocarzinostatin. J. Biol. Chem. 283:14694-14702.

Van Lanen, S. G.; Shen, B. (2008) Biosynthesis of enediyne antitumor antibiotics. Curr. Topics Med. Chem. 8:448-459.

 Chen, Y.; Wendt-Pienkowski, E.; Shen, B. (2008) Identification and utilities of FdmR1 as a SARP activator for fredericamycin production in Streptomyces griseus ATCC49344 and heterologous hosts.  J. Bcateriol. 190:5587-5596.

 Li, W.; Ju, J.; Rajski, S. R. ; Osada, H. ; Shen, B. (2008) Characterization of the tautomycin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces spiroverticillatus unveiling new insights into dialkylmaleic anhydride and polyketide biosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem. 283:28607-28617.

 Galm, U.; Wang, L.; Wendt-Pienkowski, E.; Tao, M.; Coughlin, J. M.; Shen, B. (2008) In vivo manipulation of the bleomycin biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces verticillus ATCC15003 revealing new insights into its biosynthetic pathway. J. Biol. Chem. 283:28236-28245.

 Ju, J.; Rajski, S. R.; Lim, S.-K. ; Seo, J.-W. ; Peters, N. ; Hoffmann, F. M.; Shen, B. (2008) Evaluation of new migrastatin and dorrigocin congeners unveils cell migration inhibitors with dramatically improved potency. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 18:5951-5954.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
In The News
   

"Polyketide Synthases Don't Determine Enediyne Ring Size" in Chemical and Engineering News! (Recent paper by Shen lab members Geoff Horsman and Yihua Chen featured in June 14, 2010 issue)

Ryan Peterson, a graduate student in the Shen lab wins a third place poster award at the Perlman Symposium on Antibiotic Discovery and Development (April 2010)

Shen lab receives grants from American Recovery Act Funds to support ongoing programs in natural product biosynthesis, engineering, and drug discovery (October 2009)

"Engineered bacterium churns out two new key antibiotics" (February 2009)

Michael Smanski, a graduate student in the Shen lab wins a travelship to the American Society of Pharmacognosy annual meeting and 50th anniversary celebration (May 2009)

"New Chorismate Metabolic Pathway" in Chemical and Engineering News!

"Enediynes Taught How To Act Better" in Chemical and Engineering News!

 

 

 
             

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