Reverse Biosynthesis: Generating Combinatorial Pools of Drug Leads from Enzyme-Mediated Fragmentation of Natural Products
作者:Tomas Richardson-Sanchez、William Tieu、Rachel Codd
DOI:10.1002/cbic.201600636
日期:2017.2.16
desferrioxamine B (1) gave a pool of catabolites; subsequent derivatisation yielded a 5‐lipoxygenase inhibitor. This top‐down approach to generate new drug leads from a natural product, “reverse biosynthesis”, provides a new perspective on natural products as a resource for drug discovery.
建设性破坏:天然产物去铁草胺B(1)的酶介导裂解产生大量的分解代谢产物。随后的衍生化产生了5-脂氧合酶抑制剂。这种从天然产物“逆向生物合成”产生新药线索的自上而下的方法为将天然产物作为发现药物的资源提供了新的视角。