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Catalytic Strategies for Stereoselective Carbohydrate Synthesis: Emerging Concepts for Accessing Challenging Glycosides. [PDF]

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
The recent developments in catalytic stereoselective carbohydrate synthesis are presented. The converging synthetic trajectories of the catalytic and carbohydrate communities are discussed, including impactful case studies exemplifying noncovalent catalysis, radical catalysis, asymmetric catalysis and new catalytic modalities.
Loh CCJ.
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Gene turnover in the common ancestor of all C4 grasses

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Understanding how plants evolve more efficient photosynthesis is important in a warming world where improving crop productivity and resilience is a global priority. By generating the first reference genomes for an early‐diverging group of grasses called the Aristidoideae, we were able to reconstruct the genetic makeup of the last common ancestor of all
Lara Pereira, Ahmed S. Alenazi, Sahr Mian, Ilia J. Leitch, Pascal‐Antoine Christin, Colin P. Osborne, Luke T. Dunning   +6 more
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Covalent drug discovery: Progress against key targets, emerging strategies and lessons learnt

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Covalent drug discovery is currently experiencing a boom in industrial and academic interest. To date, at least 75 covalent drugs have received regulatory approval, targeting both traditional target classes and more challenging proteins for which other approaches failed. In many cases, unique aspects of covalent targeting are essential for the
Charles P. Brown, Alan Armstrong, David J. Mann   +2 more
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Protein Language Model‐Guided Engineering of a 2,3‐Butanediol Dehydrogenase for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Cyclic α‐Hydroxy Ketones

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 18, 27 March 2026.
A (2R,3R)‐butanediol dehydrogenase from Bacillus subtilis (BsBDH) is engineered for the enantioselective synthesis of 2‐hydroxycyclohexanone. A PASS computational design strategy is proposed to enhance the thermostability of BsBDH. Moreover, ESM‐1v combined with ISM is utilized for enhancing and inverting its stereoselectivity.
Haote Ding, Ling Jiang, Yijia Song, Zhongji Pu, Lirong Yang, Haoran Yu   +5 more
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Harmine Derivatives as Anticancer Agents Endowed With Potent and Selective Antileukemia Activity: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, Proapoptotic and Genotoxic Activity

Archiv der Pharmazie, Volume 359, Issue 2, February 2026.
We identified a novel N9‐substituted harmine analog, compound 6, that selectively suppresses leukemic cell growth, triggers DNA damage, and activates apoptosis while sparing healthy fibroblasts. This discovery highlights N9‐modified β‐carbolines as a powerful new class of selective antileukemic agents, bridging natural product chemistry with next ...
Abdul Aziz Timbilla, Filip Pidany, Eliska Kohelova, Jana Kroustkova, Karel Kralovec, Jan Rataj, Martina Ceckova, Negar Maafi, Víctor Lopez, Cristina Moliner Langa, Stefan Kosturko, Jaroslav Jenco, Darina Muthna, Darja Koutova, Martina Rezacova, Lucie Cahlikova, Jakub Chlebek, Radim Havelek   +17 more
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Deprotective Functionalization: An Emerging Concept for Amine Reactivity

Chemistry – A European Journal, Volume 32, Issue 4, 23 January 2026.
While protecting groups are indispensable in total synthesis to avoid undesired reactivity, installation and removal of protecting groups lead to an increase in the step‐count, cost, waste production and time requirement. One approach tackling these drawbacks is deprotective functionalization, which combines deprotection and postfunctionalization in a ...
Irmgard Tiefenbrunner, Saad Shaaban, Nuno Maulide   +2 more
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A Modular Biosensor Platform for the Detection of Plastic Monomers and the Engineering of Promiscuous Amidases Toward Challenging Substrates

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 6, 30 January 2026.
A luciferase is used as biosensor for aldehydes, produced enzymatically from different monomeric building blocks of plastics like polyurethanes (PUs). The screening platform is used to monitor esterase, amidase, and urethanase activity and to guide the selection of enzyme variants with improved hydrolytic activities toward difficult to hydrolyze ...
Ina Somvilla, Hannah Meier, Florian Oehlschläger, Hannes Meinert, Lena Koch, Patrick Ihrle, Katharina M. Mehnert, Morten Flieger, Jonas Boß, Marco Seifert, Dominique Böttcher, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Thomas Bayer   +12 more
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Procyanidin B3 and Its Derivatives Alleviate Neuronal Injury by Targeting G3BP1 for Ischemic Stroke Therapy

Advanced Science, Volume 12, Issue 45, December 4, 2025.
Ischemic stroke is a serious disease with high rates of mortality and disability, but there is a lack of novel therapeutic targets and agents for it. Now it is shown that Ras GTPase‐activating protein SH3 domain‐binding protein 1 (G3BP1) has the potential to serve as a therapeutic target for ischemic stroke.
Heyanhao Zhang, Yuyu Zhang, Yibo Chen, Wen Zhong, Subei Tan, Jinghuan Wang, Huanren Yan, Ning Yan, Mengjia Lin, Xinhua Liu, Jun Chang   +10 more
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Opportunities When Chemistry Meets Biology in Catalysis and Synthesis

Transformative Chemistry, Volume 1, Issue 1, December 2025.
Biosynthesis and chemical synthesis possess complementary strengths and limitations. Integrating these two systems across multiple levels offers opportunities for molecular synthesis to become highly efficient, precise, versatile, and scalable in the future, while also ensuring environmental compatibility and resource renewability.
Xiao Xiao, Xinyi Ren, Baoguo Zhao, Xiaoguang Lei, Wen Liu, Kuiling Ding   +5 more
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Cobalamin‐Dependent Aryl Methyl Ether O‐Demethylases: Promising Enzymes for Biocatalytic Applications from Lignin Valorization to Organic Synthesis

ChemCatChem, Volume 17, Issue 21, November 10, 2025.
Cobalamin‐dependent aryl methyl ether O‐demethylases have high potential for biocatalytic applications, including lignin valorization and synthetic chemistry. In this review, we provide a detailed overview of such O‐demethylase systems identified to date from various microorganisms, including their mechanism, substrate scope and selectivity, and ...
Niels Krabbe Johnsen, Santipap Chaiyasarn, Zheng Guo, Jaehong Han, Bekir Engin Eser   +4 more
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