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ArticleJACS Au2025

A Systematic Approach to Discover New Natural Product Scaffolds Using Database-Derived Relative Mass Spectral Defects and Molecular Networking.

Hyo Moon Cho, Eleonora Boccia, Rahim Rajwani, Robert D O'Connor, Helena Boshoff, Clifton Barry, Giuseppe Bifulco, Carole A Bewley

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Article in JACS Au, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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Hyo Moon ChoLaboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States.
Eleonora BocciaDipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, Fisciano (SA) 84084, Italy.
Rahim RajwaniLaboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States.
Robert D O'ConnorLaboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States.
Helena BoshoffTuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4333-206X
Clifton BarryTuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States.
Giuseppe BifulcoDipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, Fisciano (SA) 84084, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1788-5170
Carole A BewleyLaboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2203-0852

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Abstract

Rapid advances in mass spectrometry (MS) data analysis have accelerated the identification of natural products from complex mixtures such as natural product extracts. However, limitations in MS data in metabolite libraries and dereplication strategies are still lacking for assigning structures to known compounds and searching for unidentified compounds. To overcome these limitations, we present an approach that combines molecular networking with MS database-derived mass defect analysis to preferentially discover new compounds with high structural novelty in the initial stage of a discovery workflow. Specifically, unknown metabolites or clusters generated from molecular networking are assigned to a compound class based on their relative mass defects (RMDs) calculated using open-source databases. If ancillary data such as ultraviolet and MS/MS spectra of the unknown clusters are incongruent with the RMD-assigned compound class, metabolites are considered to have a new skeleton that exhibits a large difference in RMD value due to structural changes. Here, we applied this RMD-assisted method to a desert-derived bacterial strain library and validated it through the discovery of brasiliencin A (

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