Structure, biosynthesis and possible function of tunichromes and related compounds

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-25

  Sugumaran, Manickam ^a   Robinson, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense reactions; Dehydrodopamine; Quinone methides; Tunic formation; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; CELENAMIDE A; CELENAMIDE B; CELENAMIDE C; CELENAMIDE D; CELENAMIDE E; CLAVANIN DERIVATIVE; DEHYDRO N ACYLDOPAMINE; DOPAMINE DERIVATIVE; HALOCYAMINE; IRON; MONOMER; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MORULIN PM; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PLICATAMIDE; STORNIAMIDE DERIVATIVE; STYELIN DERIVATIVE; TUNICHROME DERIVATIVE; TUNICHROME MM 1; TUNICHROME MM 2; TUNICHROME PM 1; TUNICHROME PM 2; TUNICHROME PM 3; TUNICHROME QUINONE METHIDE; TUNICHROME SP1; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANADIUM;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASCIDIACEA; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD CELL; CHELATION; CHORDATA; CROSS LINKING; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; UROCHORDATA; WOUND HEALING;

ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; HEXAPODA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84862988670     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: 18791107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2012.05.005     Document Type: Review

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