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ArticleScientific reports2019

The identification of small molecule inhibitors of the plant inositol phosphorylceramide synthase which demonstrate herbicidal activity.

Elizabeth C Pinneh, John G Mina, Michael J R Stark, Stephen D Lindell, Peter Luemmen, Marc R Knight, Patrick G Steel, Paul W Denny

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Elizabeth C PinnehDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
John G MinaDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0429-1370
Michael J R StarkCentre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9086-191X
Stephen D LindellBayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Peter LuemmenBayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Marc R KnightDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
Patrick G SteelDepartment of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK. p.g.steel@durham.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2493-5826
Paul W DennyDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK. p.w.denny@durham.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-1613
Durham University · GBBayer (Germany) · DEUniversity of Dundee · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K012703/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M024156/1Medical Research Council MR/P027989/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resistance to 157 different herbicides and 88% of known sites of action has been observed, with many weeds resistant to two or more modes. Coupled with tighter environmental regulation, this demonstrates the need to identify new modes of action and novel herbicides. The plant sphingolipid biosynthetic enzyme, inositol phosphorylceramide synthase (IPCS), has been identified as a novel, putative herbicide target. The non-mammalian nature of this enzyme offers the potential of discovering plant specific inhibitory compounds with minimal impact on animals and humans, perhaps leading to the development of new non-toxic herbicides. The best characterised and most highly expressed isoform of the enzyme in the model-dicot Arabidopsis, AtIPCS2, was formatted into a yeast-based assay which was then utilized to screen a proprietary library of over 11,000 compounds provided by Bayer AG. Hits from this screen were validated in a secondary in vitro enzyme assay. These studies led to the identification of a potent inhibitor that showed selectivity for AtIPCS2 over the yeast orthologue, and activity against Arabidopsis seedlings. This work highlighted the use of a yeast-based screening assay to discover herbicidal compounds and the status of the plant IPCS as a novel herbicidal target.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsEnzyme AssaysGene Knockout TechniquesHerbicidesHexosyltransferasesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSeedlingsArabidopsis ProteinsHerbicidesHexosyltransferasesphosphatidylinositol-ceramide phosphoinositol transferase

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PMID31147620
PMCPMC6542793
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