a new tris-chelate cd(ii) complex, [cd(dadmbtz)3](clo3)2 has been successfully synthesized and characterized by ir, 1h, 13c nmr spectroscopy, elemental analysis and single crystal x-ray determination. the thermal behavior, uv-vis and fluorescence spectra of compound were studied. in reaction with dadmbtz, cadmium (ii) forms a tris-chelate complex with nearly c3 symmetry for coordination polyhed...

Bleomycins constitute a widely studied class of complex DNA cleaving natural products that are used to treat various cancers. Since their first isolation, the bleomycins have provided a paradigm for the development and discovery of additional DNA-cleaving chemotherapeutic agents. The bleomycins consist of a disaccharide-modified metal-binding domain connected to a bithiazole/C-terminal tail via...

New bithiazole-type antibiotics, cystothiazoles A (C20H26N2O4S2) and B (C20H26N2O5S2), have been isolated from a culture broth of the myxobacterium, Cystobacter fuscus. The gross structures of these compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis, and their absolute stereochemistry was determined by chemical degradation of cystothiazole A. Cystothiazole A inhibits fungi and human tumor cell...

Cloning and sequence analysis of the bleomycin (BLM) biosynthetic gene cluster predicted that the two nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs), BlmIV and BlmIII, are responsible for the biosynthesis of the BLM bithiazole moiety. BlmIV is a seven domain (C(2)-A(2)-PCP(2)-Cy(1)-A(1)-PCP(1)-Cy(0)) NRPS, and BlmIII is a three domain (A(0)-PCP(0)-Ox) NRPS. The three domains of Cy(1)-A(1)-PCP(1) resi...