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ReviewAnnual review of biochemistry2009

Biosynthesis of phosphonic and phosphinic acid natural products.

William W Metcalf, Wilfred A van der Donk

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Review in Annual review of biochemistry, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers.

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133citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

133 citing papers in PubMed, 330 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Frontiers in microbiology · 2026
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  12. Phosphonates ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  16. Biosynthesis ofACS chemical biology · 2024
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73 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

William W MetcalfDepartment of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. metcalf@uiuc.edu
Wilfred A van der Donk
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

Structural Elucidation and Biosynthesis P01GM077596 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI METCALF, WILLIAM W · 2007 to 2016
$15.3M
MICROBIAL METABOLISMS OF REDUCED PHOSPHOROUS COMPOUNDSR01GM059334 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI METCALF, WILLIAM W · 1999 to 2008
$1.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM 077596NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM077596NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059334
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural products containing carbon-phosphorus bonds (phosphonic and phosphinic acids) have found widespread use in medicine and agriculture. Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the biochemistry and biology of these compounds with the cloning of the biosynthetic gene clusters for several family members. This review discusses the commonalities and differences in the molecular logic that lie behind the biosynthesis of these compounds. The current knowledge regarding the metabolic pathways and enzymes involved in the production of a number of natural products, including the approved antibiotic fosfomycin, the widely used herbicide phosphinothricin (PT), and the clinical candidate for treatment of malaria FR-900098, is presented. Many of the enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of these compounds catalyze chemically and biologically unprecedented transformations, and a wealth of new biochemistry has been revealed through their study. These investigations have also suggested new strategies for natural product discovery.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological ProductsBiosynthetic PathwaysDrug TherapyHerbicidesOrganophosphonatesPhosphinic AcidsPhospholipidsPolysaccharidesBiological ProductsHerbicidesOrganophosphonatesPhosphinic AcidsPhospholipidsphosphonolipidsPolysaccharides

Identifiers

PMID19489722
PMCPMC2729427
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