52328-96-8Relevant articles and documents
Phenolic 1,3-diketones attenuate lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response by an alternative magnesium-mediated mechanism
Zusso, Morena,Mercanti, Giulia,Belluti, Federica,Di Martino, Rita Maria Concetta,Pagetta, Andrea,Marinelli, Carla,Brun, Paola,Ragazzi, Eugenio,Lo, Rita,Stifani, Stefano,Giusti, Pietro,Moro, Stefano
, p. 1090 - 1103 (2017)
Background and Purpose: Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) plays a key role in the induction of inflammatory responses both in peripheral organs and the CNS. Curcumin exerts anti-inflammatory functions by interfering with LPS-induced dimerization of TLR4–myeloid
Versatility of the Curcumin Scaffold: Discovery of Potent and Balanced Dual BACE-1 and GSK-3β Inhibitors
Di Martino, Rita Maria Concetta,De Simone, Angela,Andrisano, Vincenza,Bisignano, Paola,Bisi, Alessandra,Gobbi, Silvia,Rampa, Angela,Fato, Romana,Bergamini, Christian,Perez, Daniel I.,Martinez, Ana,Bottegoni, Giovanni,Cavalli, Andrea,Belluti, Federica
, p. 531 - 544 (2016/02/05)
The multitarget approach has gained increasing acceptance as a useful tool to address complex and multifactorial maladies such as Alzheime?s disease (AD). The concurrent inhibition of the validated AD targets β-secretase (BACE-1) and glycogen synthase kin
Structural basis for the one-pot formation of the diarylheptanoid scaffold by curcuminoid synthase from Oryza sativa
Morita, Hiroyuki,Wanibuchi, Kiyofumi,Nii, Hirohiko,Kato, Ryohei,Sugio, Shigetoshi,Abe, Ikuro
experimental part, p. 19778 - 19783 (2011/09/20)
Curcuminoid synthase (CUS) from Oryza sativa is a plant-specific type III polyketide synthase (PKS) that catalyzes the remarkable one-pot formation of the C6-C7-C6 diarylheptanoid scaffold of bis-demethoxycurcumin, by the condensation of two molecules of 4-coumaroyl-CoA and one molecule of malonyl-CoA. The crystal structure of O. sativa CUS was solved at 2.5-? resolution, which revealed a unique, downward expanding active-site architecture, previously unidentified in the known type III PKSs. The large active-site cavity is long enough to accommodate the two C 6-C3 coumaroyl units and one malonyl unit. Furthermore, the crystal structure indicated the presence of a putative nucleophilic water molecule, which forms hydrogen bond networks with Ser351-Asn142-H 2O-Tyr207- Glu202, neighboring the catalytic Cys174 at the active-site center. These observations suggest that CUS employs unique catalytic machinery for the one-pot formation of the C6-C7-C 6 scaffold. Thus, CUS utilizes the nucleophilic water to terminate the initial polyketide chain elongation at the diketide stage. Thioester bond cleavage of the enzyme-bound intermediate generates 4-coumaroyldiketide acid, which is then kept within the downward expanding pocket for subsequent decarboxylative condensation with the second 4-coumaroyl-CoA starter, to produce bisdemethoxycurcumin. The structure-based site-directed mutants, M265L and G274F, altered the substrate and product specificities to accept 4-hydroxyphenyl- propionyl-CoA as the starter to produce tetrahydrobisdemethoxy- curcumin. These findings not only provide a structural basis for the catalytic machinery of CUS but also suggest further strategies toward expanding the biosynthetic repertoire of the type III PKS enzymes.