Title: | Complex small-molecule architectures regulate phenotypic plasticity in a nematode |
Author(s): | Bose N; Ogawa A; von Reuss SH; Yim JJ; Ragsdale EJ; Sommer RJ; Schroeder FC; |
Address: | "Boyce Thompson Institute and Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1521-3773 (Electronic) 1433-7851 (Print) 1433-7851 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Chemistry the worm's way: The nematode Pristionchus pacificus constructs elaborate small molecules from modified building blocks of primary metabolism, including an unusual xylopyranose-based nucleoside (see scheme). These compounds act as signaling molecules to control adult phenotypic plasticity and dauer development and provide examples of modular generation of structural diversity in metazoans" |
Keywords: | Amino Acids/chemistry/metabolism Animals Caenorhabditis elegans/metabolism Fatty Acids/metabolism Metabolome Nematoda/*metabolism Nucleosides/chemistry/metabolism Pheromones/chemistry/metabolism Signal Transduction Transcription Factors/metabolism Xylose/; |
Notes: | "MedlineBose, Neelanjan Ogawa, Akira von Reuss, Stephan H Yim, Joshua J Ragsdale, Erik J Sommer, Ralf J Schroeder, Frank C eng R01 GM085285/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ R01 GM088290/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ GM085285/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ GM088290/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Germany 2012/11/20 Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Dec 7; 51(50):12438-43. doi: 10.1002/anie.201206797. Epub 2012 Nov 19" |