Pharmaceutical Biology

Publications

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2024 
18.Ribosomal peptides with polycyclic isoprenoid moieties,
F. Hubrich, S. K. Kandy, C. Chepkirui, C. Padhi, S. Mordhorst, P. Moosmann, T. Zhu, M. Gugger, J. R. Chekan, J. Piel,
Chem 2024, 10, 3224–3242
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2024.07.026
17.Methyltransferases from RiPP pathways: shaping the landscape of natural product chemistry,
M.-P. Schröder,# I. P.-M. Pfeiffer,# S. Mordhorst,*
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1652–1670 (review article)
https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.147 
16.

Opportunities and challenges of RiPP-based therapeutics,

I. P.-M. Pfeiffer,# M.-P. Schröder,# S. Mordhorst,*

Nat. Prod. Rep., 2024, 41, 990-1019 (review article)
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NP00057E

2023 
15.

Biomimetic S-Adenosylmethionine Regeneration Starting from Multiple Byproducts Enables Biocatalytic Alkylation with Radical SAM Enzymes,

L. Gericke, D. Mhaindarkar, L. C. Karst, S. Jahn, M. Kuge, M. K. F. Mohr, J. Gagsteiger, N. V. Cornelissen, X. Wen, S. Mordhorst, H. J. Jessen, A. Rentmeister, F. P. Seebeck, G.
Layer, C. Loenarz, J. N. Andexer,
ChemBioChem 2023, 24, e20230013.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202300133

14.Structural and Biochemical Insights into Post-Translational Arginine-to-Ornithine Peptide Modifications by an Atypical Arginase,
S. Mordhorst,# T. Badmann,# N. M. Bösch, B. I. Morinaka, H. Rauch, J. Piel, M. Groll, A. L. Vagstad,
ACS Chem. Biol. 2023, 18, 3, 528–536.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.2c00879
13.

Emulating nonribosomal peptides with ribosomal biosynthetic strategies,
S. Mordhorst,# F. Ruijne,# A. L. Vagstad, O. P. Kuipers, J. Piel,

RSC Chem. Biol. 2023, 4, 7–36 (review article).
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CB00169A

2021 
12.

A bicyclic S-adenosylmethionine regeneration system applicable with different nucleosides or nucleotides as cofactor building blocks, 

D. Popadic, D. Mhaindarkar, M. H. N. Dang Thai, H. C. Hailes, S. Mordhorst, J. N. Andexer,

RSC Chem. Biol. 2021, 2, 883-891.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CB00033K
This research article received the RSC Outstanding Paper Award 2021.

2020 
11.

Posttranslationally Acting Arginases Provide a Ribosomal Route to Nonproteinogenic Ornithine Residues in Diverse Peptide Sequences,

S. Mordhorst, B. I. Morinaka, A. L. Vagstad, J. Piel,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 21442-21447, (Angew. Chem. 2020, 132, 21626-21631).

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202008990

This research article has been highlighted as VIP (Very Important Paper) in Biosynthesis.

10.

Round, round we go – strategies for enzymatic cofactor regeneration,
S. Mordhorst, J. N. Andexer,
Nat. Prod. Rep. 2020, 37, 1316-1333 (review article).

https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NP00004C

2019 
9.

Several Polyphosphate Kinase 2 Enzymes Catalyse the Production of Adenosine 5’- Polyphosphates,

S. Mordhorst,# J. Singh,# M. K. F. Mohr, R. Hinkelmann, M. Keppler, H. J. Jessen, J. N. Andexer,

ChemBioChem 2019, 20, 1019-1022.

https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201800704

8.

Chorismatases – the family is growing,
M. J. Grüninger, P. C. F. Buchholz, S. Mordhorst, P. Strack, M. Müller, F. Hubrich, J. Pleiss, J. N. Andexer,
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2019, 17, 2092-2098.

https://doi.org/10.1039/C8OB03038C

2018 
7.

Substrate Recognition and Mechanism Revealed by Ligand-Bound Polyphosphate Kinase 2 Structures,
A. E. Parnell,# S. Mordhorst,# F. Kemper, M. Giurrandino, N. Schwarzer, A. Hofer, H. J. Jessen, S. Gerhardt, O. Einsle, P. C. F. Oyston, J. N. Andexer, P. L. Roach,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2018, 115, 3350-3355.

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710741115

2017 
6.A Flexible Polyphosphate-Driven Regeneration System for Coenzyme A Dependent Catalysis,
S. Mordhorst, A. Maurer, D. Popadic, J. Brech, J. N. Andexer,
ChemCatChem 2017, 9, 4164-4168.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201700848
5.Catalytic Alkylation Using a Cyclic S-Adenosylmethionine Regeneration System,
S. Mordhorst, J. Siegrist, M. Müller, M. Richter, J. N. Andexer,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 4037-4041, (Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 4095-4099).
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201611038
This research article has been highlighted as Hot Paper in Biocatalysis.
4.

Asymmetric C-Alkylation by the S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent Methyltransferase SgvM,
C. Sommer-Kamann, A. Fries, S. Mordhorst, J. N. Andexer, M. Müller,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 4033-4036, (Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 4091-4094).

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201609375

3.

Functional and structural characterisation of a bacterial O-methyltransferase and factors determ

ining regioselectivity,
J. Siegrist, J. Netzer, S. Mordhorst, L. Karst, S. Gerhardt, O. Einsle, M. Richter, J. N. Andexer, FEBS Lett. 2017, 591, 312-321.

https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.12530

2.

Regiocomplementary O-Methylation of Catechols by Using Three-Enzyme Cascades, J. Siegrist, S. Aschwanden,
S. Mordhorst, L. Thöny-Meyer, M. Richter, J. N. Andexer, ChemBioChem 2015, 16, 2576-2579, featured as back cover.

https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201500410

The research article is being featured on the back cover.

2013 
1.Cinnamic acid derivatives as inhibitors for chorismatases and isochorismatases,
F. Hubrich, S. Mordhorst, J. N. Andexer, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2013, 23, 1477-1481.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.12.059

# equal author contribution
* corresponding author